ASC

ASC may refer to:

Educational institutions

• Anglican Schools Commission, Australia
• Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
• Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
• Alfred State College, Alfred, New York

Organizations

Australia

• Australian Securities Commission, now the Australian Securities & Investments Commission
• Australian Singing Competition
• Australian Sports Commission
• ASC Pty Ltd (former Australian Submarine Corporation), a naval shipbuilder
• BAE Systems Maritime Australia, formerly ASC Shipbuilding, established by ASC Pty Ltd

Canada

• Advertising Standards Canada
• Agence spatiale canadienne, the Canadian Space Agency
• Alberta Securities Commission
• Association des Scouts du Canada

United Kingdom

• Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland, former trade union
• Army Service Corps, the name of the Royal Army Service Corps between 1870 and 1918
• Association of Speakers Clubs, a group of public speaking clubs

United States

• Accounting Standards Codification, of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Accredited Standards Committee of the American National Standards Institute
• ASC X9, standards for the financial services industry
• ASC X12, standards for business electronic data interchange
• Aeronautical Systems Center, inactivated Air Force product center
• Airflow Sciences Corporation, Livonia, Michigan
• American Shakespeare Center, a theatre company in Staunton, Virginia
• American Signal Corporation, a warning siren company founded in 1942
• American Society for Cybernetics
• American Society of Cinematographers, members use postnominal letters ASC
• American Society of Criminology
• American Society of Cytopathology
• American Southwest Conference, an athletic conference
• American Specialty Cars, former automobile parts manufacturer
• United States Army Sustainment Command

International

• Post-nominal letters of Adorers of the Blood of Christ
• Aquaculture Stewardship Council
• Asian Socialist Conference

Elsewhere

• Indian Army Service Corps, India
• Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (African Studies Centre), Netherlands
• Army Service Corps, a unit of the Pakistan Army
• Aviation Safety Council (now the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board), Taiwan
• Assets Scrutiny Committee, former government agency

Science and technology

• Abstract simplicial complex
• Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD, a protein encoded by the PYCARD gene
• Application Session Controller, an element of a telecommunications network
• Arnhem Space Centre, a spaceport in northern Australia
• Autism spectrum condition, a form of neurodivergence

Automotive

• Active Stability Control, Mitsubishi Electronic Stability Control system
• Automatic Stability Control, BMW traction control system, used in motorcycles such as BMW R1200RT

Computing

• Additional Sense Code, extension to a Key Code Qualifier error-code returned by a SCSI device
• <code><nowiki>.</nowiki>asc</code>, computer filename extension used for some ASCII text files, and Server-Side ActionScript
• Asynchronous serial communication
• Asynchronous serial controller, alternate name for universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
• Australia Singapore Cable, submarine telecommunications cable
• TI Advanced Scientific Computer, 1966 supercomputer architecture

Other uses

• Admiralty Sailing Craft, a UK sailing dinghy
• After School Club, South Korean TV show
• Al Ahly SC, a sports club based in Cairo, Egypt
• Altered state of consciousness
• Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale
• Ambulatory surgery center, a type of healthcare facility
• American Solar Challenge, solar car race
• American Song Contest, an American music competition
• Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station (UK National Rail code)
• Asian Science Camp
• ASC (musician), a musician producing electronic music

See also

• ASK (disambiguation)