C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet
C may also refer to:
Computing
- C (programming language), developed at Bell Labs in 1972
- C++, an object oriented programming language based on C
- Objective-C, an object oriented programming language based on C, while available on various platforms, used mainly on Mac OS X
- C# (programming language), developed at Microsoft in 2001
- C (digit), a hexadecimal digit
- C (magazine), a defunct Finnish computer magazine
- Control-C, a keyboard control code
- C, a Computable function, the set of all computable decision problems.
C:\, or "Drive C", the default letter configuration for the default hard drive in MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and Microsoft Windows.
Technology
- C battery (size)
- C battery (type), grid bias battery for vacuum tube radios
- Battery charging rate. Signifies a charge or discharge rate equal to the capacity of a battery divided by 1 hour. For example C for a 1600 mAh battery would be 1600 mA (or 1.6 amps). 2C is twice this rate and 1/2C is half the rate.
- C-clamp, a type of fastener
- C band, radio frequency band from 4 GHz to 6 GHz
- C, the standard abbreviation for an electronic capacitor, used e.g. in circuit diagrams
Science
- Vitamin C
- Haplogroup C (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
- Haplogroup C (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup
- ATC code C Cardiovascular system, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
- C1 to C7, cervical vertebrae
- C, chemical symbol for the element carbon
- C, a prefix for astronomical objects listed in the Caldwell catalogue
- c, the speed of light in a vacuum
- c, the speed of sound
- c, the specific heat of a substance
- Cytosine, nucleic acid
- C, Capacitance
- Cysteine
Transportation
Symbols
Mathematics
- A digit meaning twelve in hexadecimal and other positional numeral systems with a radix of 13 or greater
- C, the Constant of integration
- Ⅽ, in Roman numerals, the symbol for 100
- ℂ or
, the set of all complex numbers
- ℭ or
, the cardinality of the continuum
- C, the set of continuous functions
- In probability theory, the combination or "choose" function, phrased as "choose n objects k at a time" or "n choose k", using the notations
,
,
, or 
Measurement
- c., or circa, an approximate date or other value
- °C, degrees Celsius
- C, for Carat (purity)
- c, Centi-, an SI prefix
- C, Coulomb, the SI derived unit for electric charge
- c, Cup (unit), a unit of volume
Music
People
- C, alias for Mansfield Smith-Cumming (1859-1923), Chief of the SIS, the UK Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6
- His successors as Chief of the SIS have since been generally known by his alias, C.
Other uses
See also
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