AIC

AIC may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Alice in Chains, American rock band
• Alice in Chains: AIC 23, a 2013 mockumentary
• Anime International Company, a Japanese animation studio
• Art Institute of Chicago, an art museum in Chicago
• Académie Internationale de la Céramique (International Academy of Ceramics)
• An Inspector Calls, a 1945 play by J. B. Priestley

Business

• American Investment Council, formerly known as PEGCC, US trade association for the private equity and growth capital investment industry
• Asia Internet Coalition, an internet trade group in Asia
• Association of Investment Companies, also known as The Association of Investment Trust Companies, UK trade association for closed-ended investment companies

Charitable organizations

• Advocates for Informed Choice, now called Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth, a U.S. NGO
• Alternative Information Center, a joint Palestinian-Israeli NGO
• American Indian Center, social and cultural center
• American Institute for Conservation, an American organization devoted to preserving historic works

Computing

• Adaptec integrated circuit
• Add-in card, or expansion card, a circuit board that adds functionality to a computer
• Apple Intermediate Codec, a video codec used on OS X

Economics

• Actual Individual Consumption, a measure of economic well-being alternative to Gross Domestic Product

Politics and government

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce, a Chinese regulatory agency
• African Independent Congress, a South African political party
• Arab–Israeli conflict, a long-running conflict between Israel and Arab countries
• American Iranian Council, a think tank devoted to improving US–Iranian relations
• Association Internationale du Congo, an organization promoting Leopold II's rule of the Congo and predecessor to the Congo Free State, active from 1879 to 1885
• Australian Intelligence Community, the government agencies that make up Australia's intelligence operations

Philosophy

• Animal–industrial complex, a term describing systematic and institutionalized exploitation of animals

Religion

• African Initiated Church, a Christian church founded by Africans, also known as African Independent Church, African Indigenous Church or African Instituted Church
• Africa Inland Church, a church in Eastern Africa related to Africa Inland Mission
• American Islamic Congress, an American Muslim organization
• Answers In Creation, an organization promoting Old Earth creationism

Schools

• Academia de la Inmaculada Concepción, a Catholic school in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
• Alcanta International College, a private secondary school in Guangzhou, China
• American International College, a college in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• American Islamic College, a college in Chicago, United States
• Arizona International College, a former public college in Arizona, United States
• Art Institute of Colorado, a university in Denver, United States
• Associated Independent Colleges, a group of eight colleges in Queensland, Australia
• Auckland International College, a private secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand
• Australian Indigenous College, a former business college in Queensland, Australia
• Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, formerly known as the Army Industrial College

Science

• Akaike information criterion, estimates the quality of a statistical model, relative to other models
• American Institute of Chemists, an American chemistry organization
• Ampere Interrupting Capacity, the maximum safe fault current in a circuit breaker
• AIC (gene), which encodes the Aicardi syndrome protein
• Australian Institute of Criminology, an Australian research center on crime

Sports

• Anglo-Italian Cup, a football competition played from 1970 to 1996 between the UK and Italy
• Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference, a former college athletic conference competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, all members competed in the state of Arkansas
• Associazione Italiana Calciatori (Italian Footballers' Association), a football association in Italy

Statistics/Machine Learning

• Akaike information criterion, a measure of the relative quality of a statistical model, for a given data set

Transport and military

• Action Information Center, the tactical center on a warship or aircraft
• ICAO designator for Air India, an Indian airline
• Ammunition Identification Code, Ordnance Supply Catalog designation for ammunition used by the US Army Ordnance Corps from 1942 to 1958; see List of U.S. Army munitions by supply catalog designation
• Australian Instructional Corps, military unit, Australia

Other uses

• Adult In Custody, an acronym used to describe incarcerated people, especially in the context of penal labor
• Aichach-Friedberg, a district in Bavaria, Germany
• Alternative Information Center, joint Palestinian-Israeli NGO
• Association Internationale de la Couleur (International Colour Association), an organization that studies colour