DBC may refer to: Database connection libraries, e.g., JDBC IATA code for Baicheng Chang'an Airport dBc, decibels relative to carrier, a measurement in RF engineering dB(C), C-weighted decibels, a loudness measurement in acoustics DBC News, a Bangladeshi news channel DBC Pierre (born 1961), Australian-born author Dead Brain Cells, a Canadian thrash metal band Design by contract, a methodology for designing computer software Detroit Boat Club, a historic rowing club Digital Broadcasting Corporation (Hong Kong), a radio broadcasting corporation Dread Broadcasting Corporation, the UKs first black music radio station The Devastating Beat Creator, stage name of Martin Nemley, a member of the American hip hop band Stetsasonic Direct Bonded Copper, a power electronic substrate Direct-buried cable, a kind of electrical cable See also DBC 1012, a computer produced by Teradata Corporation in the early 1980s DBC1, a human protein Deleted in Breast Cancer 1, a human protein DBCS (disambiguation)