ECU
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ECU may refer to:

Automotive terms
  • Electronic control unit
    Electronic control unit
    In automotive electronics, electronic control unit is a generic term for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a motor vehicle....

    , a generic term for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a motor vehicle
  • Engine control unit
    Engine control unit
    An engine control unit is a type of electronic control unit that determines the amount of fuel, ignition timing and other parameters an internal combustion engine needs to keep running...

    , one type of electronic control unit that manages an engine's operation


Currencies
  • European Currency Unit
    European Currency Unit
    The European Currency Unit was a basket of the currencies of the European Community member states, used as the unit of account of the European Community before being replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999, at parity. The ECU itself replaced the European Unit of Account, also at parity, on 13...

    , a former basket of the currencies of the European Community, precursor to the euro
  • Écu
    ECU
    ECU may refer to:Automotive terms* Electronic control unit, a generic term for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a motor vehicle...

    , the name of several French coins


Universities
  • East Carolina University
    East Carolina University
    East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...

     in Greenville, North Carolina, USA
  • East Central University
    East Central University
    East Central University is a four year public university in Ada, Oklahoma, located in the south central region of the state. The university also has courses available in McAlester, Shawnee, Ardmore, and Durant....

     in Ada, Oklahoma, USA
  • Edith Cowan University
    Edith Cowan University
    Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....

     in Perth, Western Australia, Australia


Other
  • Ecuador
    Ecuador
    Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

    , which is abbreviated to contain the first three letters: ECU
  • Extensor carpi ulnaris, a muscle of the forearm
  • Extreme close-up, a cinematographic term
  • ÉCU
    ECU
    ECU may refer to:Automotive terms* Electronic control unit, a generic term for any embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a motor vehicle...

    , the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, France
  • European Cheer Union, European govern body for the sport of Cheerleading
  • An Amazon "EC2 Compute Unit" (ECU), in computing, is the equivalent CPU capacity of approximately 1 GHz 2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor
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