FCC

See also: fcc

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Proper noun

FCC

  1. (Canada) Initialism of Farm Credit Corporation.
  2. (US) Initialism of Federal Communications Commission.
    • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
      The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
    • 2002, Eminem, “Without Me”:
      So the FCC won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see / They tried to shut me down on MTV
    • 2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN‎[1]:
      That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.
  3. (particle physics) Initialism of Future Circular Collider.
    Coordinate term: LHC

Noun

FCC (plural FCCs)

  1. (US) Initialism of Federal Correctional Complex.
  2. (travel, cruising) Abbreviation of future cruise credit.

Adjective

FCC (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of fcc (“face-centered cubic”).

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