DCI may be an abbreviation for:

Technology

  • D-chiro-inositol, an isomer of inositol
  • Data, context and interaction, an architectural pattern in computer software development
  • Data center interconnect, a connection between data centers
  • Digitally controlled impedance, a control function in FPGAs
  • Display Control Interface, a computer graphics device driver standard developed using code from San Francisco Canyon Company
  • Ductile cast iron, or ductile iron, a more flexible type of cast iron
  • dCi (direct Common-rail Injection), Renault/Nissan's common rail fuel injection technology for diesel engines

Businesses

  • Digital Cinema Initiatives, a consortium to establish a specification for a standard digital cinema architecture
  • Discovery Communications, an American global media and entertainment company
  • Dynamic Cassette International, a Boston, Lincolnshire, UK company that produces products under the Jet Tec brand name
  • DCI Cheese Company
  • Dolphin Capital Investors, a real estate investment company
  • Diners Club International, a global charge card
  • Défense Conseil International, a French international services company in the field of defense and security

Organizations

  • DCI (Wizards of the Coast) (formerly Duelists' Convocation International, now Wizards Play Network), tournament sanctioning body for games including Magic: The Gathering
  • Defence for Children International, a children's rights organization
  • Dental Council of India, an organisation regulating dental education
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc, a nonprofit medical organization
  • Drum Corps International, the nonprofit organization governing modern junior drum and bugle corps
  • DCI Global Partnerships, a Christian charity organization
  • Distressed Children & Infants International, a nonprofit organization
  • Criminal Investigation Department (Kenya), aka Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), a department within the Kenya Police

Other

  • Dade Correctional Institution, a prison in Florida
  • Development Cooperation Instrument, a financial construct of the European Union
  • Director of Central Intelligence, formerly the head of the U.S. Intelligence Community and Central Intelligence Agency
  • Detective chief inspector, a police rank in the United Kingdom
  • Decompression illness, brought on by rapid decompression
  • Defence Capabilities Initiative, a 1999 NATO plan to ensure the effectiveness of multinational operations
  • DCI, the number 601 in Roman numerals
  • District of Columbia International School, a charter school in the District of Columbia