UTC

phrase

Meaning

Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.
Initialism of unable to contact.
Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code.
Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

Etymology

A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

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