Definitions for "DPC"
deferred procedure call. A queued call to a kernel-mode function that will usually be executed at a later time. DPCs are used by drivers to schedule I/O operations that do not have to take place in an ISR at a high IRQL, and can instead be safely postponed until the processor IRQL has been lowered. For more information, see the topic, DPC Objects and DPCs. DPCs can also be used with timers. For more information, see the topic, Timer Objects and DPCs.
See deferred procedure call.
Deferred Payment Credit. A DC which allows the nomination of a bank, or the issuing bank to effect payment against stipulated documents at a maturity date as specified or determinable from the wording of the credit.
The standard and widely used abbreviation for damp-proof course.
Damp proof course. A thick band of polythene, laid in the brickwork, just above ground level and around doors and windows. In older houses slate or mineral felt may have been used, and chemical injection may be required.
Damp Proof Course:. Course Layer of impervious material (mineral felt, pvc etc) incorporated into a wall to prevent dampness rising up the wall or lateral dampness around windows, doors etc. Various proprietary methods are available for damp proofing existing walls including "electro-osmosis" and chemical injection.
Digital Processing Chain
Digital Preservation Coalition; a membership organisation whose mission is to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base.
The Digital Preservation Coalition: www.dpconline.org
acrynomn for ays ost oitum, used often in staging embryonic development in animal models.
New York isaster reparedness ommission.
Destination Point Code. The part of a routing label that identifies where an SS7 signaling message should be sent.
See Destination Point Code.
destination point code. A part of the label in a signalling message which uniquely identifies, in a signalling network, the (signalling) destination point of the message.
direct product cost. A product's total distribution costs, transportation, handling and advertising.
Diagnostic Products Corporation
development and production contract
Direct Patient Care (Clerkships)
Department of City Planning
Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Desired Plant Community. The plant community that has been determined through a land use or management plan to best meet the plan's objectives for a site. A real, documented plant community that embodies the resource attributes needed for the present or potential use of an area, the desired plant community is consistent with the site's capability to produce the required resource attributes through natural succession, management intervention, or a combination of both.
Data Protection Commission/Commissioner
Diagnosis procedure combination. System for paying medical bills consisting of set fees determined by individual hospitals. In the past, medical bills were payable on a per-visit basis, so they increased with the number of visits. Under the DPC system, medical costs are more effectively controlled.
Domestic Policy Council
Data Processing Center.