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IDC

American  
Or idc

abbreviation

  1. I don’t care.


IDC British  

abbreviation

  1. industrial development certificate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of IDC

From its use in digital communications

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Market research firm IDC said in February, external it expected memory supply challenges to "persist throughout 2026 and likely well into 2027".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

“Cursor is in a very strong position to pull away from the pack,” Arnal Dayaratna, research vice president of software development at IDC, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

“Dethroning the giant that is Meta won’t come easy,” wrote Jitesh Ubrani, an IDC research manager in a post this week about smart glasses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

In the first quarter of this year it became one of the most popular wearable brands in the U.S. by unit volume, trailing only Apple and Alphabet’s Google, according to IDC data.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Now, about one of every two Americans uses a cellphone; in 2004, there were 176 million subscribers, almost eight times the number a decade earlier, according to the market research firm IDC.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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