Glossary

The term arc may refer to the following:

• Arc (activity-regulated cystoskeleton-associated protein, also Arg3.1), a type of protein and a member of the immediate-early gene family that is considered important in neurobiology
• Arc (Anoxic Respiratory Control) system, a type of two-component system hemoprotein that regulates various genes
• a closed segment of a differentiable curve in Euclidean geometry
• a set of points in finite projective geometry that satisfies a feature of curved figures in continuous geometries in an intuitive way
• arcminute (also minute of arc, MOA, arcminute, arcmin, minute arc), a unit of measurement equal to ¹?₆₀ of a degree
• arc (or arch), a type of curved structure that spans a space, but may or may not support weight above it
• arc chute, a part of an electrical circuit breaker
• arc lamp (or arc light), a type of lamp that produces an electric arc
• arc welding, a method of welding that utilizes electric arcs to melt the metals to be welded together
• electric arc (also arc discharge, voltaic arc), an ongoing discharge of plasma that produces light and heat
• ARC, a lossless data compression and archival file format (and extension) developed by System Enhancement Associates
• Arc, a dialect (a variation or extension) of the programming language Lisp
• Automatic Reference Counting, a type of memory management enhancement for certain programming languages
• Adaptive Replacement Cache, a memory replacement algorithm
• Google App Runtime for Chrome (or ARC), a compatibility layer and sandboxing technology used for running Android apps on desktop and laptop computers
• ArcInfo (formerly ARC/INFO), a geographic information system
• ARC International, formerly a company that developed configurable microprocessors
• Arc System Works, a video game developer and publisher
• ARC (Art. Recognition. Culture.) Magazine, a semi-annual art magazine that specifically covers contemporary Carribean art and culture
• Arc Poetry Magazine, a tri-annual Canadian literary magazine
• Arc, a song from American rock band Pearl Jam's 2002 album, Riot Act
• Arc, a 1991 album by North American musicians, Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Arc, a 2013 album by British rock band, Everything Everything
• a general term for certain types of optical phenomenon
• island arc, a type of archipelago that may be formed from a volcanic arc
• volcanic arc, a chain of volcanoes positioned in arc shape when seen from above
• the names of two rivers in Provence and Savoie in France, respectively
• Arc, a group of administrative buildings of the Bahá'í Faith located on Mount Carmel, Halifa in Israel
• Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc), The Maid of Orléans (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), a canonized Roman Catholic saint and French heroine
• Les Arcs, a ski resort in Savoie in France
• Arc @ UNSW, a student organization at the University of New South Wales in Australia
• Arc of the United States, an organization dedicated to helping and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Aramaic language, with an ISO 693-2/3 code of arc
• Xperia Arc (or Xperia X12), an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson

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Arc-lamps (Arc lamp is characterized as an optical source. ..)
Carbon-arc welding (Carbon-arc welding refers to arc welding using a ...)
Arc follower (Arc follower is described as an arc extinguishing ...)

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