IDC may refer to:

Organizations

Independent Democratic Conference The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) was a caucus consisting of several New York State Democratic Committee, Democratic members of the New York State Senate that existed from 2011 to 2018. The IDC is notable for having formed a power-shar ...

, members of the New York State Senate * Industrial Development Corporation, also known as Castle Grande, an Arkansas company involved in the Whitewater political controversy *

Industrial Development Corporation (South Africa) Castle Grande was a real estate development in Arkansas about 10 miles south of Little Rock. It came into National news as a result of the Whitewater controversy, Whitewater investigations. The project was a lot where Jim McDougal hoped to build ...

, an agency of the South African Department of Economic Development * Information Dominance Corps, a group of US Navy military information specialties * Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, a think tank based in Paris *

Interactive Data Corporation ICE Data Services (formerly known as Interactive Data) was an American 1960s-founded Time-sharing services company that later became known for providing financial market data (financial data vendor), analytics and related solutions to financial ...

, a financial services company * InterDigital Communications, a telecommunications company * Interdnestrcom, a mobile telephone broadband provider in Transnistria, Moldova *

International Data Corporation International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is an American market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry. IDG, Inc.'s mission is centered around supporting the technology industry through research, data, market ...

, a market research company * International Detention Coalition, a non-government organization advocating for human rights *

Invensys Invensys Limited was a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. At its height, the company had offices in more than 50 countries and its products were sold in around 180 countries. I ...

Development Centre, a global common software development centre *

Islands District Council The Islands District Council is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Islands District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Islands District currently consists of 18 members, of which the district is divided in ...

, the district council for the Islands District in Hong Kong

Schools

Imperial Defence College The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) instructs the most promising senior officers of the British Armed Forces, His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Civil Service in national defence and international security matters at the highest level ...

, former name of the Royal College of Defence Studies, a British military academy (and post nominal letters used by graduates) * Industrial Design Centre, part of IIT Bombay, India * Institut de Cognitique, a school of engineering in France *

Institute of Design and Construction Institute of Design and Construction (IDC), was a non-profit technical college located in Brooklyn, New York, that was founded in 1947 and closed in 2015. Its founder was Vito P. Battista, a first generation Italian-American architect, civic lea ...

, a technical school in Brooklyn, NY, US *

Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Reichman University () is Israel's only private university, located in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District. It was founded in 1994 as the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, ) private college, before being rebranded in 2021. It receives no ...

, the former name of Reichman University, Israel *

Paris Institute of Comparative Law The Paris Institute of Comparative Law ( French: ''Institut de droit comparé de Paris'', commonly referred to as "IDC") is a public institution of research and higher education which was founded in 1931 by Henri Capitant and Henri Lévy-Ullmann. ...

, France

Science and technology

Economics

Indirect costs Indirect costs are costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function or product). Like direct costs, indirect costs may be either fixed or variable. Indirect costs include administration, ...

, costs of economic overhead (like administration)

Medical

Dilated cardiomyopathy Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition in which the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood effectively. Symptoms vary from none to feeling tired, leg swelling, and shortness of breath. It may also result in chest pain or fainting. C ...

, a disease of the heart muscle * Immature dendritic cells, a type of

dendritic cell A dendritic cell (DC) is an antigen-presenting cell (also known as an ''accessory cell'') of the mammalian immune system. A DC's main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system ...

* Indwelling catheter, a tube inserted into the urinary bladder for drainage * Infiltrating ductal carcinoma or invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer

Technology

Insulation-displacement connector An insulation-displacement contact (IDC), also known as insulation-piercing contact (IPC), is an electrical connector designed to be connected to the conductor(s) of an insulated cable by a connection process which forces a selectively sharpe ...

, a connector that pierces the insulation on a wire

Computing

* Ideographic Description Characters *

Internet data center A data center is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Since IT operations are crucial for business co ...

, a facility run by a service provider to house computer systems and associated components for their customers * Inter-domain controller, implements Inter-domain Controller protocol for dynamic networking across administrative domains

Music

* IDC (musician), a British musician * "I Don't Care" (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song), also referred to as "IDC" * "IDC", a 2015 song by Chastity Belt from their album ''

Time to Go Home ''Time to Go Home'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Chastity Belt. It was released on March 23, 2015, by Hardly Art. Music and lyrics The album opens with the track "Drone". A line from Sheila Heti's ''How Should a Perso ...

'' * "IDC", a 2023 song by

Collar Collar may refer to: Human neckwear *Clerical collar (informally ''dog collar''), a distinctive collar used by the clergy of some Christian religious denominations *Collar (clothing), the part of a garment that fastens around or frames the neck ...

Other uses

* Ideographic Description Characters, symbols for describing the composition of CJK characters * Independent duty corpsman, a US Navy medical staff position; see

United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance The reconnaissance mission within the United States Marine Corps is divided into two distinct but complementary aspects; Marine Division Recon and Force Reconnaissance. The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly calle ...

* Industrial Development Certificate, UK planning licence from the late 1940s to early 1980s * Intangible drilling costs, an oil and gas industry term * "I don't care", in Internet/chat slang {{Disambiguation