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ABC (n.)
"the alphabet," late 13c.,
abece
. Sense "rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)" is from late 14c. From 1944 (in a "Billboard" headline) as a shortening of
American Broadcasting Company
. Related:
ABCs
.