NPC
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NPC can stand for:
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, a common tumour of the nasopharynx, especially common in parts of Africa and Southern China
- National Parents Council: The representative organisation for parents in Ireland, with statutory recognition through the Education Act
- NATO Programming Centre, NATO body responsible for the maintenance and deployment of NATO's air defence software systems
- Near point of convergence, a measure of the eye's ability to converge
- Nestled Pines Chalet, a Berkeley Springs area chalet.
- NPC (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable system connecting Japan and the USA
- Nuclear pore complex, in molecular biology
[edit] College
- Navotas Polytechnic College in the Philippines
[edit] Corporations
- National Planning Corporation, an American Independent Broker Dealer
- Nauru Phosphate Corporation, located in Nauru
- National Petrochemical Public Company Limited, first grassroots petrochemical producer in Thailand, established 1984
- Nevada Power Company
- Nuclear Power Corporation, a Government of India Enterprise
[edit] Police
- Naval Police Coxswain, the category of officers and sailors in the Royal Australian Navy who deal in naval discipline and investigation of service related offences. Also see [1]
- Neighbourhood Police Centre, a mid-sized police station in Singapore
[edit] Political organizations
- National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
- Nationalist People's Coalition, a political party in the Philippines
- National Petroleum Council, The National Petroleum Council (NPC), a federally chartered and privately funded advisory committee, was established by the Secretary of the Interior in 1946 at the request of President Harry S. Truman. In 1977, the U.S. Department of Energy was established and the NPC’s functions were transferred to the new Department. The purpose of the NPC is solely to represent the views of the oil and natural gas industries in advising, informing, and making recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas, or to the oil and gas industries submitted to it or approved by the Secretary. The NPC does not concern itself with trade practices, nor does it engage in any of the usual trade association activities.
[edit] Student organizations
- National Panhellenic Conference, an organizing body of fraternal University campus organizations
- National Postgraduate Committee, the representative body for postgraduates in the United Kingdom
[edit] Sports
- National Provincial Championship, the name of a now-defunct domestic rugby competition in New Zealand
- Nam Pai Chuan, a style of Kung Fu
- National Paralympic Committee, equivalent to the National Olympic Committee
- National Physique Committee, the amateur division of the International Federation of BodyBuilders for United States
[edit] Computing
[edit] Media organizations
- Network Production Centre, BBC term describing its main regional centres in England - BBC Bristol, BBC Birmingham and BBC Manchester
- National Press Club (USA), the private association of members of the journalism and public relations community based in Washington, DC
- National Press Club (Australia), an association of primarily Australian journalists, but also includes academics and others.
[edit] Video games
- Non-player character, a character in a role-playing game or video game who is controlled by the gamemaster or computer, rather than by a player.
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection
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