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Dc: Direct Current.

Handcuff: Taking the immediate backup for one of your prominent players. If you have Marion Barber, for instance, you would be wise to handcuff him by drafting Felix Jones.

Animal Damage Control (ADC) Program: Renamed in 1997 as the Wildlife Services (WS) program, it is an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service effort to protect agriculture, natural resources, property or endangered species fr . . . View Full Definition

Series Dc Motors: Where high starting torques are required for a DC motor, the series motor is used. The load must be solidly connected to the motor and never decrease to zero to prevent excessive motor speed . . . View Full Definition

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP): Current measuring instrument employing the transmission of high frequency acoustic signals in the water. The current is determined by a Doppler shift in the backscatter echo from plankton, s . . . View Full Definition

Broadcast Standards And Practices (BSP): The units within TV networks that make sure offensive material is not broadcast--TV's internal censors.

Midcap Spdrs: This is the same as a SPDR, except that the index it tracks is Standard & Poor's Midcap 400. This SPDR also trades on the AMEX, under the symbol MDY.

Broadcast Calendar: This standard Broadcast calendar, created in the 1960s, is designed to conform to the uniform billing period adopted by Broadcasters, Agencies and Advertisers for billing and planning functi . . . View Full Definition

Digital Audio Broadcasting: A broadcast standard which describes the method of transmitting digital audio.

Adcock Range: National low-frequency radio navigation system (c.1930-c.1950) replaced by an omnirange (VOR) system. It consisted of four segmented quadrants broadcasting Morse Code 'A' (dot-dash) and 'N' . . . View Full Definition