DLC

See also: dlc and dlç

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

DLC (countable and uncountable, plural DLCs)

2. (countable, uncountable, video games) Initialism of downloadable content.

   Coordinate terms: expansion pack, add-on, mod

   • 2022 March 5, Diana Coker, “The Batman Drives the Batmobile to Rocket League”, in Technowize‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 May 2022:

     The Batmobile, the heavily armored vehicle driven by Batman, is available as a paid DLC for Rocket Leaguers.

   • 2024 September 9, Kijanna Henry, “All Destiny 2 DLC expansions: Vaulted content & The Final Shape”, in Dexerto‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 April 2025:

     Destiny 2 DLCs offer plenty of content for Guardians to play. Each DLC features a brand new story, new raids, and lots of activities to partake in. Additionally, the main story is connected across every DLC in conjunction with smaller seasonal stories, and as of The Final Shape, episodes too.

3. (uncountable, chemistry, tribology) Initialism of diamond-like carbon.
4. (countable, chemistry, environmental science) Initialism of dioxin-like compound.
5. (countable, business law) Initialism of dual-listed company.
6. (countable, electronics) Initialism of datalink connector
7. (telecommunications) Initialism of data link communications

   Hyponym: CPDLC

Translations

downloadable content

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: DLC (zh)

• Portuguese: DLC (pt)
• Spanish: DDC
• Ukrainian: заванта́жуваний вміст m (zavantážuvanyj vmist)

Proper noun

DLC

1. (US politics, historical) Initialism of Democratic Leadership Council.
   • 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 4, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:

     The DLC also proclaimed its desire to move the Democratic Party closer to Republican positions on questions of social policy and moral traditionalism.

Further reading

• downloadable content on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CDL, CLD, Cld., DCL, LCD, LDC

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English DLC.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde ˈɛ.li ˈse/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse/

Noun

DLC f (plural DLCs)

1. (countable, video games) DLC (downloadable content)