# 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

* AIC Diversified Canada, a Canadian mutual fund company
* 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

* 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