ADC

ADC

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andakombe Airport, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

ADC (countable and uncountable, plural ADCs)

1. Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Three and—an Extra”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 13:

     Then ‘the ADC in Waiting was commanded by Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr and Mrs Cusack-Bremmil to Peterhoff on July 26 at 9.30 p.p.’

2. (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
3. Initialism of aid to dependent children.
4. (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
5. (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
6. Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
   • 2020, Catalent, Life Science Leader‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2021:

     Catalent’s SMARTag® technology platform offers ADC and biologics developers a one-step toolkit to develop optimized ADCs and bioconjugates.

7. Initialism of automatic distance control.
8. Initialism of after-death communication.

• (electronics): DAC (digital-to-analog converter)
• (aerospace): AD (air defense or aerospace defense)

ADC

1. Initialism of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
   • 2025 July 17, “ADC Warns: California’s SB 771 is Censorship Disguised as Civil Rights”, in American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee‎^[2]:

     “Exposing companies to such extreme civil penalties would likely force the overpolicing of lawful expression, chill free speech, and distort the online environment in ways that harms all users,” said ADC National Executive Director, Abed Ayoub. “Beyond moral and political concerns, SB 771 also raises serious constitutional issues.”

• ACD, CAD, CDA, D.Ac., DAC, DAc, DAc., DCA, cad, cad.