AOC

The organic carbon in water and waste water consists of multiple organic compounds in various oxidation states.

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AOC may refer to:

Aeronautics

• Aeronautical operational control, a part of an aircraft's communications system
• Air and Space Operations Center, United States Air Force command and control system
• Air officer commanding, a title for officers holding certain command appointments in various countries' Air Forces
• Air operator's certificate, a commercial transport license for airlines
• Aircraft Operating Company, a British aerial photography company 1923–1940
• Aircraft Operations Center, the main base for aircraft of the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Leipzig–Altenburg Airport, IATA code AOC

Organizations

• Adelaide Ornithologists Club, a birding club in South Australia
• Akan Orthography Committee, a promoter and regulator of the Akan language in Ghana and elsewhere
• Allen Organ Company, an American manufacturer of musical organs
• Alliance of Civilizations, an organization associated with the UN that seeks international, intercultural and interreligious dialogue and cooperation
• American Opera Company, the name of four opera companies in the United States
• AOC International (formerly Admiral Overseas Corporation), electronics company in Taiwan
• Aon (company), an insurance corporation headquartered in the United Kingdom
• Architect of the Capitol, federal agency responsible for the United States Capitol Complex
• Arts Orange County, an arts council in California
• Association of Colleges, an educational agency in the United Kingdom
• Association of Old Crows, an international professional organization specializing in electronic warfare, headquartered in the United States
• Australian Olympic Committee, a sports body
• Australasian Ornithological Conference, meetings of ornithologists every 2 years, which focus on the Australasian region and Antarctica
• Worker–Peasant Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Operário-Camponesa), a front of the Communist Party of Portugal
• Army Ordnance Corps, the predecessor of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) of the British Army

People

• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

Law

• Age of consent, the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts
• Articles of Confederation, an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America
• Area of Concern, a designation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency

Science and technology

• Advice of Charge, part of GSM standard
• Autonomic computing, also called Autonomy-oriented computation
• Active Optical Cable, see 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Assimilable Organic Carbon, an assimilable form of Organic carbon

Video games

• Age of Chivalry, a 2007 multiplayer game based on the Source engine
• Age of Conan: Unchained, an online action RPG video game for the PC and Xbox 360
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, a 2000 realtime strategy game
• Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, a 2002 expansion pack for the realtime strategy game Empire Earth

Other uses

• Anglican Orthodox Church, a denomination of the Continuing Anglican movement in the United States
• Albanian Orthodox Church, an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church
• Anthropology of Consciousness, an academic journal
• Appellation d'origine contrôlée (Switzerland), a protected designation of origin for Swiss wines
• Appellation d'origine contrôlée, a protected designation of origin for French other agricultural products
• Axiom of choice, a mathematical concept
• All Over Corded, a style of pottery in the prehistoric European Beaker culture

See also

• AOC3, a human gene