WC

WC is derived from "water closet" (flush toilet), and is commonly used on signs to indicate the location of a public toilet

WC may also refer to:

Computing

• wc (Unix), a Unix utility used for counting words and lines in a file
• Write-combining, a computing performance method of combining multiple memory writes before sending them
• Writing Commons

Industry and technology

• Allis-Chalmers Model WC, a row crop tractor
• Dodge WC series, a range of light military trucks produced by Dodge during World War II.
• Water cooler, a device that cools and dispenses water.
• Weather Central, a provider of broadcast and interactive web weather solutions
• Wilson Combat, an American firearms manufacturer
• Wisconsin Central Ltd., a railroad subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway

Entertainment

• W.C. (film), an Irish feature film set
• WC (band), a Polish punk rock band
• WC (rapper), a rapper from Los Angeles, California
• Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play

Places

• WC postcode area, a group of postcode districts in central London, England
• West Covina, California, a city in Southern California
• Worldwide caliphate, a visionary far-reaching Islamic government with sharia law

Science

• The chemical formula for tungsten carbide, a high-boiling-point metallic compound
• Wall cloud,compounded area of a thunderstorm at the updraft-downdraft interchange where tornadoes may form
• Weil–Châtelet group in mathematics

Other uses

• Working capital, a financial metric
• Isleña Airlines (IATA code), an airline based in La Ceiba, Honduras
• Wellington College, school based in Wellington, New Zealand.
• Wikimedia Commons
• World Cup, a type of global sporting competition
• Workers' compensation, a form of insurance for work-related illness and injury