DC

n 1: the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington

[syn: {District of Columbia}, {DC}]

2: an electric current that flows in one direction steadily

[syn: {direct current}, {DC}] [ant: {alternating current}]

DC

The {Unix} {arbitrary precision} {postfix}

calculator and its language.

Here is an example program which prints out {factorial}s:

echo "[la1:dsa▫pla2220>y]sy0sa1lyx" | dc

{Unix manual page}: dc(1).

{bc} provides a somewhat more readable syntax which is

compiled into dc. There is also a {GNU DC}.

(1995-03-17)