APC (ship)

APC most often refers to:
* Armoured personnel carrier, an armoured fighting vehicle

APC or Apc may also refer to:

Computing and technology

* Auto Power Control, a system of powering e.g. laser diodes
* Adaptive predictive coding, an analog-to-digital conversion system
* Advanced process control, a concept in control theory
* Alternative PHP Cache, a PHP accelerator program
* Angled physical contact, a technique used in optical fiber connections
* ''APC'' (magazine), a computer magazine in Australia
* APC III or Advanced Personal Computer, a 1983 NEC microcomputer
* APC by Schneider Electric, a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies, electronics peripherals and data center products; the company was formerly known as American Power Conversion Corporation or simply ''APC''
* APC-7 connector, a coaxial connector used for high frequency applications
* Application Program Command, a C1 control code
* Asynchronous procedure call, a function that executes asynchronously in the context of a specific thread on Microsoft Windows
* Atari Punk Console, a simple DIY noisemaker circuit
* VIA APC, a low-cost Android PC computer

Science

General

* Article processing charge, a fee charged to authors for publication in an open access journal

Biology and medicine

* Activated protein C, an anti-coagulant and anti-inflammatory protein
* Adenomatous polyposis coli, a tumor suppressor protein encoded by the ''APC'' gene, mutations in which can cause colon cancer
* Anaphase-promoting complex, a ubiquitin ligase cell cycle protein
* Antigen-presenting cell, a type of cell that displays foreign antigens
* APC Family, a family of transport proteins
* APC Superfamily, a superfamily of transport proteins
* APC tablet, analgesic compound of aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine
* Argon plasma coagulation, an endoscopic technique for controlling hemorrhage
* Atrial premature complexes, a type of premature heart beat or irregular heart beat or arrhythmia which start in the upper two chambers of the heart

Chemistry

* Allophycocyanin, a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family
* Allylpalladium chloride dimer, a chemical compound
* Ammonium perchlorate, a powerful oxidizer used in solid rocket motors

Military

* Armour-piercing capped, an anti-armor shell type
* Army Proficiency Certificate, the training syllabus of the Army Cadet Force
* B&T APC9 (Advanced Police Carbine), a submachine gun produced by B&T AG
** B&T APC45, a variant of the B&T APC9

Organizations

* Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory, a research laboratory located in Paris
* A.P.C., A French design group and clothing retailer
* African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, a group of countries
* African Paralympic Committee, a political party in Nicaragua
* Alien Property Custodian, a former office within the Government of the United States
* All People's Congress, a political party in Sierra Leone
* All Progressives Congress, a political party in Nigeria
* Alternativa Popular Canaria, a separatist political party of the Canary Islands
* American Pie Council, an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage
* American Plastics Council, a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry
* Americas Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organization of National Paralympic Committees
* Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
* Animal Procedures Committee, a UK public body and task force
* Anti-Poverty Committee, a direct action organization in Vancouver, Canada
* Apocalypse Production Crew, an MP3 warez organization
* Arab Potash Company, a potash production company headquartered in Jordan
* Armed Proletarians for Communism, an Italian far-left terrorist group of the 1970s
* Arrangers' Publishing Company, a sheet music publishing company in the United States
* Asia Pacific College, a joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation
* Asian Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees
* Associated Presbyterian Churches, a Scottish Christian denomination
* Association for Progressive Communications, a worldwide network of organisations helping others use the internet to promote social justice and sustainable development
* Association of Professional Chaplains, internationally certified hospice chaplains
* Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a US-based independent investment bank
* Australian Paralympic Committee
* Patriotic Alliance for Change, a Paraguayan political alliance (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio)

Places

* Apc, Hungary, a village in the Heves County of Hungary
* Napa County Airport (IATA airport code APC), near Napa, California

Other uses

* A Perfect Circle, an American rock supergroup
* Alkali Pozzolan Cement, an alternative cement developed at Curtin University, Australia
* Ambulatory Payment Classification
* Attoparsec, an unusual unit of measurement
* Australian Provincial Championship, a rugby union competition in Australia
* Automatic Performance Control, a system that was used on some Saab H engines
* Average propensity to consume, the proportion of income spent
* North Levantine Arabic, by ISO 639-3 code

See also

* APCR (disambiguation)
* APCS (disambiguation)

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