DDC

Examples

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• After much experimentation, Wang sees the DDC, above all, as a human construct that is based on convention rather than a machine-friendly hierarchy.

  Academic text (2012)

• Instead of using vernacular terms like "cars" or "trucks," DDC refers to motor land vehicles (629.2).

  Academic text (2013)

• Concerns about students being overwhelmed when coming into a library that isn't using DDC are quite overblown.

  Academic text (2013)

• The title of this article is borrowed from an old DDC teaching kit still available in the Dewey collection in the OCLC library.

  Academic text (2013)

• Red Hawk students find a word-based nonfiction section easier to navigate than a section arranged by DDC.

  Academic text (2013)

• At the local level, librarians have continuously adapted or exempted DDC categories to facilitate access.

  Academic text (2013)

• We wonder sometimes if our traditional tools, like the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, can cope with the onslaught of information.

  Academic text (2013)

• DDC is an essential antiviral drug used to help treat patients with HIV infection.

• Doctors often prescribe DDC as part of a comprehensive treatment plan for managing HIV.

• Many studies have shown that DDC can effectively reduce the viral load in HIV-positive patients.

Synonyms

D

ddC

vsDDC

• Specialized

1 8.9

An antiviral medicine that stops HIV from making copies of itself

is the same drug term but written in all uppercase letters

D

dideoxycytosine

vsDDC

• Specialized

9.9

A medicine used to treat HIV that stops the virus from making more copies

is the same drug but expressed as an abbreviation instead of the full name

Surface Forms

Etymology