| Acronym | Definition |
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| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment (OSF) |
| DCE | Data Circuit-terminating Equipment |
| DCE | Division of Continuing Education |
| DCE | Data Communications Equipment |
| DCE | Delhi College of Engineering |
| DCE | Dichloroethene |
| DCE | Diretorio Central Dos Estudantes |
| DCE | Dichloroethylene (CAS Number 540-59-0) |
| DCE | Data Center Ethernet (Cisco) |
| DCE | Director of Christian Education |
| DCE | Dossier de Consultation des Entreprises |
| DCE | Dalian Commodity Exchange (Chinese commodities exchange focusing primarily on agriculture) |
| DCE | Dead Code Elimination |
| DCE | Diabetes Care and Education |
| DCE | Data Collection Event |
| DCE | Data Center Efficiency |
| DCE | Department of Civil Engineering |
| DCE | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| DCE | Defense Coordinating Element (MSCA) |
| DCE | Drum Corps Europe |
| DCE | Diploma in Civil Engineering |
| DCE | Data Circuit Equipment |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Equipment |
| DCE | Data Carrier Equipment |
| DCE | Droplet Combustion Experiment |
| DCE | Die Casting Engineer (magazine) |
| DCE | Dynamic Channel Equalizer |
| DCE | Digital Cellular Equipment |
| DCE | Documented Categorical Exclusion |
| DCE | Directie Cultureel Erfgoed (Dutch: direction for cultural heritage) |
| DCE | Diploma in Computer Engineering |
| DCE | Digital Communications Experiment |
| DCE | Division of Chemistry and the Environment (International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry) |
| DCE | Diversified Cooperative Education |
| DCE | Disability Coalition on Education |
| DCE | Directorate of Continuing Education |
| DCE | Digital Communication Equipment |
| DCE | Dynamic Clergy Europe |
| DCE | Dutch Caribbean Airline (Netherlands Antilles, ICAO code) |
| DCE | Defense Combat Evaluation |
| DCE | Directie Coordinatie Emancipatiebeleid (Dutch: Management Coordination Emancipation Policy; Netherlands) |
| DCE | Detector Control Electronics |
| DCE | Division of Comparative Endocrinology (Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology ) |
| DCE | Distributed Component Environment |
| DCE | Disque Compact Enregistrable (French: Writeable compact disk) |
| DCE | Disaster Coordinating Element (FEMA) |
| DCE | Direction de la Coopération Européenne (French: Directorate for European Cooperation; France and EU) |
| DCE | Disaster Communications Equipment (FEMA) |
| DCE | Department of Cancer Epidemiology |
| DCE | Design Construction Evaluation (USACE) |
| DCE | Deployment Control Electronics |
| DCE | Database Consultants Europe |
| DCE | Data Capture Equipment |
| DCE | Digital Channel Equipment |
| DCE | Delta Computer Education |
| DCE | Disaster Control Element |
| DCE | Dual Cycle Ergometer |
| DCE | Damascus Cutting Effect |
| DCE | Distributed Carrier Equipment |
| DCE | Dark Cauldron Entertainment (record label) |
| DCE | Distributed Collaborative Execution |
| DCE | Depth Chart Engineering (football slang) |
| DCE | Defense Contract Executive |
| DCE | Destruction, Creation, Evolution (D.C.E. Records; Adleaide Australia) |
| DCE | Doppler Compensation Enabled |
| DCE | Department of Correctional Education (Virginia) |
| DCE | Digital Camera Eyepiece |
| DCE | Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (French: Framework Directive on Water) |
| DCE | Dependent Care Expense |
| DCE | Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (medical tests) |
| DCE | Dictionary of Contemporary English |
| DCE | Direction du Contre-Espionnage (French: Directorate of Counter-Espionage; Algeria) |
| DCE | Division of Clinical Epidemiology (various locations) |
| DCE | Dynamic Collaborative Environment |
| DCE | Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Maryland) |
| DCE | Duke Corporate Education (est. 2000) |
| DCE | Discounted Cash Flow to Equity (method of valuation; usually seen as DCFE) |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| DCE | Dental Continuing Education (various organizations) |