VAC
Encyclopedia
VAC or Vac may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
In business
In government
In health
In sport
In technology
In other
In arts and entertainment
- Velvet Acid ChristVelvet Acid ChristVelvet Acid Christ is an electro-industrial band based in Denver, Colorado. The band was formed in 1990, gaining limited popularity in Europe's underground nightclub scene during the mid-1990s before expanding into other markets in the goth and industrial subcultures...
, an industrial band - Video Appeals CommitteeVideo Appeals CommitteeThe Video Appeals Committee was a body set up by the United Kingdom's Video Recordings Act. If a video or video-game distributor's work is rejected by the British Board of Film Classification , preventing it from being legally sold in the UK, the distributor can appeal to the VAC, which has the...
in the United Kingdom, responsible for hearing appeals against decisions by the British Board of Film Classification - Visual Arts Centre/Center, any of various institutes for the promotion of the visual artsVisual artsThe visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
In business
- VAC, to vacationVacationA vacation or holiday is a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations...
or go on a holiday - Value Added Conversion, the ability to redevelop commercial real estate into higher and better uses
- Value Added Chain, a graphical representation of business processes as an arrow
- Valve Amplification CompanyValve Amplification CompanyValve Amplification Company is a U.S. manufacturer of high end audio electronics, principally utilizing vacuum tube technology. It was founded in 1990 by Kevin Hayes and Channing W. Hayes...
, a manufacturer of high end audio and stereo components
In government
- Veterans Affairs CanadaVeterans Affairs CanadaThe Department of Veterans Affairs , also referred to as Veterans Affairs Canada , is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for pensions/benefits and services for war veterans, retired personnel of the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, their families,...
, the Canadian government department responsible for veterans affairs
In health
- Vaccinate Alaska CoalitionVaccinate Alaska CoalitionThe Vaccinate Alaska Coalition is a non-profit organization established to promote the immunization of Alaskan citizens and residents, and the reduction of vaccine-preventable diseases in Alaska...
, an Alaskan non-profit for the promotion of immunization - VAC Therapy, Negative pressure wound therapyNegative Pressure Wound TherapyNegative-pressure wound therapy is a therapeutic technique using a vacuum dressing to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and enhance healing of first and second degree burns. The therapy involves the controlled application of sub-atmospheric pressure to the local wound environment, using a...
as an aid to wound healing - Volunteer AmbulanceAmbulanceAn ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
Corps - Vascular Anomaly Centre; see Arteriovenous malformationArteriovenous malformationArteriovenous malformation or AVM is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries, usually congenital. This pathology is widely known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system, but can appear in any location. An arteriovenous malformation is a vascular anomaly. It is a...
, HemangiomaHemangiomaA hemangioma of infancy is a benign self-involuting tumor of endothelial cells, the cells that line blood vessels. It usually appears during the first weeks of life and sometimes resolves by age 10. In more severe case hemangioma may have permanency, if not treated by a physician...
In sport
- Vác-Újbuda LTC, a football club based in Vác, Hungary
In technology
- Valid Accessible CompatibleValid Accessible CompatibleValid, Accessible and Compatible, or VAC, is an online project aimed at encouraging the development of standards compliant websites as well as accessible ones...
, a proposed standard for websites - Valve Anti-CheatValve Anti-CheatValve Anti-Cheat, abbreviated to VAC, is an anti-cheat solution developed by Valve Corporation as a component of the Steam game development platform.-History:...
, anti-cheat software for online games - Virtual Audio CableVirtual Audio CableVirtual Audio Cable is a Windows WDM multimedia driver that allows a user to transfer audio streams from one application to another. Any application is able to send an audio stream to the output side of a "virtual cable" while a corresponding application can receive this stream from the input side....
, software to map audio from one application to another - IBM VisualAge, a C++ implementation
- Voltage in Alternating Current applications
In other
- VácVácVác is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spellings of the name are Vacz and Vacs.-Location:...
, a city in Hungary - V Amphibious CorpsV Amphibious CorpsThe V Amphibious Corps was a formation of the United States Marine Corps and was composed of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions during World War II. They were the amphibious landing force for the United States Fifth Fleet and were notably involved in the battles for Tarawa and Saipan in 1944...
, a World War II US Marine Corps formation - Voluntary Action Camden, the Council for Voluntary ServiceCouncil for Voluntary ServiceA Council for Voluntary Service is a type of charity in England. CVSs are "the place at which local voluntary and community organisations speak to each other"...
in the London Borough of Camden - VAC, the radio call sign for a Canadian Coast Guard station at Comox, British Columbia
- Roman Catholic Diocese of VácRoman Catholic Diocese of VácThe Roman Catholic diocese of Vác, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Hungary. The diocese was created in 1008 by St. Stephen, the first King of Hungary. Originally known as the diocese of Waitzen in German, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Eger...
in Hungary - VācVACVAC or Vac may refer to:In arts and entertainment* Velvet Acid Christ, an industrial band* Video Appeals Committee in the United Kingdom, responsible for hearing appeals against decisions by the British Board of Film Classification...
, the Sanskrit word for "speech" deified, personified as a goddess - Vac, informal abbreviation for vacuum cleanerVacuum cleanerA vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...
- VAC, the railway station code for Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia