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For abbreviations, see ARC

Arc may refer to:

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• .arc, a file extension for archive files
• Arc programming language, a Lisp dialect in development by Paul Graham
• ARC Macro Language, a high-level algorithmic language for ArcInfo
• An arc is a component of an Object identifier as used in ASN.1

• Arc lamp, a device that produces light by an electric arc
• Electric arc or voltaic arc, an ongoing plasma discharge (an electric current through a gas), producing light and heat
• In architecture, arc is another term for arch, a bowed or curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall), or possibly a free-standing structure, such as a triumphal arch

• Arc (Savoie), a river of eastern France, tributary of the Isère river
• Arc (Provence), a river of southern France, flowing into the Étang de Berre
• Les Arcs, a ski resort in the French Alps
• Island arc, a type of archipelago formed by plate tectonics

• Story arc, an extended or continuing storyline
• Advance reading copy, an early copy of a book which is sent to reviewers, bookstores, and magazines
• Arc (album), a live album by Neil Young
• Arc (band), a Japanese visual kei band
• Arc, Stockton-on-Tees, an arts centre in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
• Attack Retrieve Capture, a multi player online game
• American Record Corporation

• Arc (geometry), a segment of a differentiable curve
• Arcminute, a measure used for angles, equal to 1/60th of a degree
• A directed edge in graph theory is sometimes referred to as an "arc"
• "arc-" is sometimes used as a prefix for an inverse function, specifically trigonometry functions
• Arc (projective geometry), a particular type of set of points of a projective plane.

• ARC in Karolinska Institutet
• Aging Research Centre, an independent non-profit educational research centre

• The Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency devoted to the economic development of the Appalachian region of the U.S.
• UNSW Arc, the principal student organisation at the University of New South Wales
• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a Group 1 flat horse race
• The Arc (Bahá'í), a number of administrative buildings for the Bahá'í Faith, located on Mount Carmel in Israel
• Aramaic language (via ISO 639 alpha-3 code)
• Acceuil, Rencontre, Communauté, volunteers who organize guided tours of Christian monuments in Europe

• Ark