NPC may refer to:

Geography and politics

  • Nilphamari City (NpC), Rangpur, Bangladesh

Science and medicine

Chemistry

  • NpC, a formula for Neptunium monocarbide

Computing

  • Network Parameter Control, in computer networks
  • Non-deterministic polynomial-time complete
  • Non-printing character

Electronics

  • Neutral Point Clamped, an inverter topology

Medicine

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • "Near point of convergence" or "no previous correction", optometric abbreviations
  • Neural progenitor cell; see Notch signaling pathway
  • Niemann–Pick disease, type C
  • NPC1, a protein involved in the disease
  • NPC2, a protein involved in the disease
  • Nuclear pore complex, in molecular biology

Organizations

Corporations

  • National Petrochemical Company, Iran
  • National Power Corporation, the Philippines
  • Nauru Phosphate Corporation, Republic of Nauru
  • Nevada Power Company, United States

Political organizations

  • An abbreviation of Nationalist Party of China, an alias for the Kuomintang
  • Nationalist Party of Canada
  • National Peace Council (Ghana)
  • National Peace Council (United Kingdom)
  • Nationalist People's Coalition, a center-right political party in the Philippines
  • National People's Congress, China
  • National Petroleum Council (US)
  • Northern People's Congress, a political party in Nigeria

Student organizations

  • National Panhellenic Conference, of North American sororities
  • National Postgraduate Committee, United Kingdom

Other organizations

See also under Sports, below

  • National Press Club, several press clubs<!---intentional DAB link--->
  • National Privacy Commission, Philippines
  • Niagara Parks Commission, Ontario, Canada
  • Northern Provincial Council, Sri Lanka

Sports and games

Sports

  • National Paralympic Committee, a national constituent of the Paralympic Movement
  • National Physique Committee, an American bodybuilding organization
  • National Pickleball Center, or Naples Pickleball Center, the home of the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
  • National Provincial Championship (1976–2005), a New Zealand rugby competition
  • National Provincial Championship (2006–present), a New Zealand rugby competition
  • Non-playing captain of a team in contract bridge

Role-playing and video games

  • Non-player character, a fictional character in a role-playing or video game that cannot be played or controlled by a real-world person
  • NPC (meme), a political Internet meme

Research and educational facilities

  • National Park College, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
  • Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Netherlands

Other uses

  • National Ploughing Championships, Ireland, an agricultural show
  • NATO Programming Centre, for air system support
  • Neighbourhood police centre, a type of police station in Singapore
  • NPC (cable system), linking Japan and the United States
  • Fujicolor NPC 160, later Fujicolor Pro 160C, a photographic film
  • Nickel plated copper, a type of plating applied to wire products due to its excellent corrosion resistance properties and, in particular, its durability and stability at extremes of temperatures

See also