Roc

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The word Roc may refer to:

• Roc (mythology), a mythical giant bird
• Roc (TV series), an American television sitcom starring Charles S. Dutton which aired 1991 – 1994
• "Roc" (song), the second single release from Nâdiya's eponymous album.
• Roč, a historic town in Croatia
• Blackburn Roc, a British naval fighter-bomber and turret fighter aircraft of World War II
• Roc-A-Fella Records, a hip hop record label founded by Damon Dash and Jay-Z
• Roch, fourteenth century Occitan saint is called Roc in Catalan
• Rochester, New York
• Rochester Hills, Michigan
• Roc Books, a paperback science fiction and fantasy imprint of Penguin Group
• A surname, held by
  • Agustí Roc, Spanish ski mountaineer
  • Margaret Roc, Australian author
  • Patricia Roc, British actress
  • Ste V Roc, Irish hip-hop artist
• Roc, slang term referring to the dog breed Rottweiler.

[edit] ROC as an acronym

ROC or R.O.C. may refer to:

• Republic of China (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)
• Registrar of Companies
• Republic of Cuba
• Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
• ROC (publisher), a primarily fantasy-oriented imprint of the publishing company New American Library
• Greater Rochester International Airport, via its IATA airport code
• Rochester, New York, as a colloquialism based on its IATA airport code
• Rate of change (technical analysis)
• Receiver operating characteristic, ROC curve (signal detection theory or epidemiology)
• In biochemistry: Receptor-operated calcium channel
• region of convergence (relates to the Laplace transform)
• Renewables Obligation Certificates - used in UK's electricity supply industry
• Return on capital
• R.O.C. (band)
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, a computer game developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
• Race of Champions, motorsport event combining track and rally drivers
• Race of Champions (Brands Hatch), non-championship Formula One motor race in United Kingdom between 1967 and 1979, and again in 1983, the final non-championship F1 race
• Race of Champions (Modified), a yearly stock car race using modified race cars
• Radius of curvature
• Rest of Canada, slang for Canada other than Quebec
• Right of Centre, a shortlived New Zealand political party
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Romanian Orthodox Church
• Royal Observer Corps, Branch of the RAF and British air raid warning organisation (1926 to 1957), Nuclear burst and fallout warning organisation (1957 - 1995), now disbanded.
• Remote Operations Center
• Rocuronium, a drug used in medical anesthesia
• Richmond Outreach Centre, a controversial church.

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