ANC
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ANC commonly refers to the African National Congress
, a revolutionary movement which became the ruling political party in South Africa in the 1994 election.
ANC may also refer to:
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
, a revolutionary movement which became the ruling political party in South Africa in the 1994 election.
ANC may also refer to:
Organizations
- Armenian National CongressArmenian National CongressThe Armenian National Congress is a coalition of 13 opposition parties in the Republic of Armenia led by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian and formed in 2008. Its direct predecessor was the Armenian Popular Movement...
, a coalition of political parties in Armenia - Advisory Neighborhood CommissionAdvisory Neighborhood Commissionthumb|right|upright|The District of Columbia is divided into 8 wards, each of which is further divided into local ANCs.Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are bodies of local government in Washington, D.C...
, community-based legislative councils which advise the other branches of the city government on neighborhood matters in Washington, D.C. - Army Nurse Corps, a nursing branch of the United States Army
- All Nations' Church (Apostolic Church), an apostolic church located in Kennington, London, UK, also known as The All Nations Centre
- Association National Carabinieri, National association of the pertaining to the Arm of the Italian Police (Carabinieri)
- The Association of Noise Consultants
- Armée Nationale Congolaise, the Congolese armed forces from 1960–71
- Australian Navy CadetsAustralian Navy CadetsThe Australian Navy Cadets is a voluntary youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Australian Navy. Together with the Australian Air Force Cadets and Australian Army Cadets, it forms the Australian Defence Force Cadets. It hosts over 91 units.-History:...
, voluntary youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Australian Navy.
Companies
- Agilent TechnologiesAgilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies , or Agilent, is a company that designs and manufactures electronic and bio-analytical measurement instruments and equipment for measurement and evaluation...
Inc.'s ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange - All News ChannelAll News ChannelAll News Channel was a 24-hour news channel carried mainly on DirecTV . All News Channel had also been syndicated to network television afflliates in the United States.-Background:...
, a former TV channel - ANC SportsANC SportsANC Sports Enterprises, is a sports marketing and signage company based in Purchase, New York. ANC’s product and service offering includes Light Emitting Diode , rotational, and fixed visual displays; digital media software and control systems; signage operation and maintenance; marketing...
, a sports marketing and signage company - ABS-CBN News ChannelABS-CBN News ChannelABS-CBN News Channel or better known as ANC is the Philippines first 24-hour news channel broadcasting both in cable television domestically and in satellite television internationally via The Filipino Channel, owned and operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation under its ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs...
, a news channel for ABS-CBN - ANC Holdings Limited, a UK courier company acquired by FedExFedExFedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...
on December 18, 2006 - Acsion Nuclear Consultants, a Canadian company providing services in radiation protection, health physics and nuclear reactor calculations
- Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Technology and science
- Active noise controlActive noise controlActive noise control is a method for reducing unwanted sound.- Explanation :...
or (Active noise cancellation), a noise-reduction technique - Absolute neutrophil countAbsolute neutrophil countAbsolute neutrophil count is a measure of the number of neutrophil granulocytes present in the blood...
, a measure of the number of neutrophils per microliter of blood that may be included in a blood testBlood testA blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a needle, or via fingerprick.... - Acid neutralizing capacityAcid neutralizing capacityAcid-neutralizing capacity or ANC in short is a measure for the overall buffering capacity against acidification for a solution, e.g. surface water or soil water....
(also see AlkalinityAlkalinityAlkalinity or AT measures the ability of a solution to neutralize acids to the equivalence point of carbonate or bicarbonate. The alkalinity is equal to the stoichiometric sum of the bases in solution...
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Places
- Ancaster railway stationAncaster railway stationAncaster railway station serves the village of Ancaster in Lincolnshire, England. The station is north of Grantham on the Nottingham to Skegness Line.-History:...
, United Kingdom (National Rail code) - Arkansas Northeastern College, a post-secondary state educational institution whose main campus is in Blytheville, Arkansas
- Arlington National CemeteryArlington National CemeteryArlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport-Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Inter-terminal:...
, Alaska (IATA airport code)
Other
- American National CorpusAmerican National CorpusThe American National Corpus is a text corpus of American English currently containing 22 million words written and spoken data produced since 1990. The ANC may at some point of time include a range of genres comparable to the British National Corpus...
, a compendium of several hundred million examples of American English modeled after the British National Corpus, being compiled to advance scholarly study - Ngas language of Nigeria, SIL International code
- Nuclear anchorage phenotype in Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans is a free-living, transparent nematode , about 1 mm in length, which lives in temperate soil environments. Research into the molecular and developmental biology of C. elegans was begun in 1974 by Sydney Brenner and it has since been used extensively as a model...
- ANC-Halfords Cycling TeamANC-Halfords Cycling TeamANC-Halfords Cycling Team was a British-based professional team that was created in 1985 but folded in 1987 due to a lack of funds. The team used Peugeot cycles with Campagnolo components...
. Professional cycle race oufit from the 1980s. - A Northern ChorusA Northern ChorusA Northern Chorus was a Canadian band from Hamilton, Ontario.-History:The band was formed in 1999 after the breakup of Stu Livingstone and Pete Hall's previous band, Datura Dream Defered. They have released four records on the Sonic Unyon label, Before We All Go To Pieces, Spirit Flags, Bitter...
, a now-defunct dream pop band from Canada. - African Nations Cup, or African Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of NationsThe Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations or African Nations Cup, officially CAN , is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football , and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been...
, an international football tournament