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3-letter words containing c

  • scb — Bachelor of Science
  • scc — strongly connected component
  • scd — Doctor of Science
  • sce — Scottish Certificate of Education: either of two public examinations in specific subjects taken as school-leaving qualifications or as qualifying examinations for entry into a university, college, etc
  • scf — Save the Children Fund
  • scg — Sydney Cricket Ground
  • sci — (hardware)   1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART.
  • scl — (language)   1. System Control Language. 2. Symbolic Communication Language. Designed primarily for the manipulation of symbolic formulas. Featured pattern matching (which was partly the inspiration for SNOBOL), string operations in buffers, and automatic storage management. "A Language for Symbolic Communication", C.Y. Lee et al, Tech Mem 62-3344-4, Bell Labs, Sept 1962.
  • scm — 1.   (business)   Supply Chain Management. 2.   (language)   A Scheme interpreter in C by Aubrey Jaffer and others. SCM conforms to R4RS and IEEE P1178 and includes a conformance test. It is distributed under GPL. Version 5d0 runs under Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix, and similar systems.
  • sco — Santa Cruz Operation
  • scp — single-cell protein
  • scr — (in British universities) senior common room
  • sec — Single Edge Contact Cartridge
  • sfc — Sergeant First Class
  • sic — to attack (used especially in commanding a dog): Sic 'em!
  • sjc — Supreme Judicial Court
  • soc — sociology or a class or course in sociology.
  • spc — 1.   (business)   Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2.   (body)   Software Productivity Centre. 3.   (company)   Software Publishing Corporation. 4.   (security)   Software Publishing Certificate.
  • src — Science Research Council: a former agency responsible for scientific research that was publicly funded. Also known as the SERC or Science and Engineering Research Council.
  • ssc — (in India) Secondary School Certificate
  • stc — State Trading Corporation
  • svc — 1.   (operating system)   Supervisor Call. 2.   (networking)   switched virtual connection.
  • tac — 1. Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000. 2. Terminal Access Controller.
  • tbc — tbc is sometimes written in announcements about future events to indicate that details of the event are not yet certain and will be confirmed later. tbc is an abbreviation for 'to be confirmed'.
  • tcb — 1.   (jargon)   Trouble Came Back. 2.   (security)   (Orange Book) Trusted Computing Base. 3.   (operating system)   Task Control Block.
  • tce — ton coal equivalent: a measure of energy
  • tch — Chad (international car registration)
  • tcl — Tool Command Language
  • tcm — Trellis Code Modulation
  • tco — total cost of ownership: the real cost of owning and using a piece of equipment such as a computer, taking into account the price of the hardware, software, maintenance, training, and technical support that may be needed
  • tcp — Transmission Control Protocol
  • tec — detective.
  • thc — tetrahydrocannabidinol: the active ingredient in cannabis, giving it its narcotic and psychoactive effects
  • tic — Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
  • tlc — If someone or something needs some TLC, they need to be treated in a kind and caring way. TLC is an abbreviation for 'tender loving care.'
  • tnc — (hardware)   A threaded version of a BNC.
  • toc — train operating company
  • trc — Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a body established in 1996 to investigate political crimes committed under the apartheid system
  • tuc — In Britain, the TUC is an organization which represents trade unions, and to which most trade unions belong. TUC is an abbreviation for 'Trades Union Congress'.
  • ucb — University of California at Berkeley
  • ucc — Uniform Commercial Code
  • uce — unsolicited commercial e-mail
  • ucl — University College London
  • ucp — Universal Computer Protocol
  • ucs — Universal Character Set
  • uct — University of Cape Town
  • ucw — Union of Communication Workers, now part of CWU
  • ucx — Universal Communications X
  • udc — Urban District Council
  • ufc — Ultimate Fighting Championship
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