APC most often refers to:
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Armoured personnel carrier
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world.
Acc ...
, 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
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Adaptive predictive coding, an analog-to-digital conversion system
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Advanced process control
In control theory, Advanced process control (APC) refers to a broad range of techniques and technologies implemented within industrial process control systems. Advanced process controls are usually deployed optionally and in addition to ''basic'' ...
, a concept in control theory
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Alternative PHP Cache
This is a list of PHP accelerators.
Alternative PHP Cache (APC)
Alternative PHP Cache is a free and open (PHP license) framework that caches the output of the PHP bytecode compiler in shared memory, thus reducing parsing and disk I/O overhead ...
, a PHP accelerator program
* Angled physical contact, a technique used in
optical fiber connections
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''APC'' (magazine), a computer magazine in Australia
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APC III
The NEC APC (Advanced Personal Computer), APC II and APC III were the international versions of models from the Japanese NEC N5200 series. The 8086-based N5200, released in 1981, was the first computer to use the NEC µPD7220 High-Performance Gr ...
or Advanced Personal Computer, a 1983 NEC microcomputer
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APC by Schneider Electric
APC by Schneider Electric (formerly American Power Conversion Corporation) is a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies, electronics peripherals, and data center products.
In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE ...
, 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''
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APC-7 connector
The APC-7 connector (also referred to as a 7 mm connector) is a precision coaxial connector used on laboratory microwave test equipment for frequencies up to 18 GHz. APC-7 connectors are advantageous because they have a low-reflection co ...
, a coaxial connector used for high frequency applications
* Application Program Command, a
C1 control code
The C0 and C1 control code or control character sets define control codes for use in text by computer systems that use ASCII and derivatives of ASCII. The codes represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, ...
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Asynchronous procedure call
Asynchronous procedure call is a unit of work in a computer. Usually a program works by executing a series of synchronous procedure calls on some thread. But if some data are not ready (for example, a program waits user to reply), then keeping thr ...
, a function that executes asynchronously in the context of a specific thread on Microsoft Windows
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Atari Punk Console
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, a simple DIY noisemaker circuit
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VIA APC
The VIA APC is a low-cost ($49) single-board computer from VIA Technologies designed to run the Android operating system. It has been available for purchase since July 2012. Since January 2013 enhanced versions are available for purchase at a high ...
, a low-cost Android PC computer
Science
General
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Article processing charge
An article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors. Most commonly, it is involved in making a work available as open access (OA), in either a full OA journal or in a hybrid journal. ...
, a fee charged to authors for publication in an
open access journal
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...
Biology and medicine
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Activated protein C
Protein C, also known as autoprothrombin IIA and blood coagulation factor XIX, is a zymogen, that is, an inactive enzyme. The activated form plays an important role in regulating anticoagulation, inflammation, and cell death and maintaining ...
, an anti-coagulant and anti-inflammatory protein
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Adenomatous polyposis coli
Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) also known as deleted in polyposis 2.5 (DP2.5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''APC'' gene. The APC protein is a negative regulator that controls beta-catenin concentrations and interacts with E-c ...
, a tumor suppressor protein encoded by the ''APC'' gene, mutations in which can cause colon cancer
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Anaphase-promoting complex
Anaphase-promoting complex (also called the cyclosome or APC/C) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that marks target cell cycle proteins for degradation by the 26S proteasome. The APC/C is a large complex of 11–13 subunit proteins, including a culli ...
, a ubiquitin ligase cell cycle protein
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Antigen-presenting cell
An antigen-presenting cell (APC) or accessory cell is a cell that displays antigen bound by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins on its surface; this process is known as antigen presentation. T cells may recognize these complexes using ...
, a type of cell that displays foreign antigens
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APC Family
The Amino Acid-Polyamine-Organocation (APC) FamilyTC# 2.A.3 of transport proteins includes members that function as solute:cation symporters and solute:solute antiporters. They occur in bacteria, archaea, fungi, unicellular eukaryotic protists, s ...
, a family of transport proteins
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APC Superfamily, a superfamily of transport proteins
* APC tablet, analgesic compound of aspirin,
phenacetin
Phenacetin (acetophenetidin, ''N''-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used following its introduction in 1887. It was withdrawn from medicinal use as dangerous from the 1970s (e.g., withdrawn ...
, and caffeine
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Argon plasma coagulation
Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is a medical endoscopic procedure used to control bleeding from certain lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. It is administered during esophagogastroduodenoscopy or colonoscopy.
Medical use
APC involves the use ...
, an endoscopic technique for controlling hemorrhage
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Atrial premature complexes
Premature atrial contraction (PAC), also known as atrial premature complexes (APC) or atrial premature beats (APB), are a common cardiac dysrhythmia characterized by premature heartbeats originating in the atria. While the sinoatrial node typic ...
, a type of premature heart beat or irregular heart beat or arrhythmia which start in the upper two chambers of the heart
Chemistry
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Allophycocyanin
Allophycocyanin ("other algal blue protein"; from Greek: '' (allos)'' meaning "other", '' (phykos)'' meaning “alga”, and '' (kyanos)'' meaning "blue") is a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with phycocyanin, phyco ...
, a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family
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Allylpalladium chloride dimer
Allylpalladium(II) chloride dimer (APC) is a chemical compound with the formula η3-C3H5)PdCl">hapticity.html" ;"title="hapticity">η3-C3H5)PdClsub>2. This yellow air-stable compound is an important catalyst used in organic synthesis.Tatsuno, Y. ...
, a chemical compound
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Ammonium perchlorate
Ammonium perchlorate ("AP") is an inorganic compound with the formula NH4 ClO4. It is a colorless or white solid that is soluble in water. It is a powerful oxidizer. Combined with a fuel, it can be used as a rocket propellant called ammonium pe ...
, a powerful oxidizer used in solid rocket motors
Military
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Armour-piercing capped
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate either body armour or vehicle armour.
From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many wars ...
, an anti-armor shell type
* Army Proficiency Certificate, the training syllabus of the
Army Cadet Force
The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...
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B&T APC9 (Advanced Police Carbine), a submachine gun produced by B&T AG
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B&T APC45, a variant of the B&T APC9
Organizations
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Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory
The Astroparticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory in Paris gathers researchers (experimentalists, theorists and observers) working in different areas including high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, gravitation, and neutrino physics.
The institut ...
, a research laboratory located in Paris
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A.P.C.
''Atelier de Production et de Création'', or A.P.C.'','' is a French ready-to-wear brand founded in 1987 by the Tunisian Jewish fashion designer Jean Touitou in Paris.
History
In 1987, Jean Touitou created a clothing line which would later b ...
, A French design group and clothing retailer
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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group ...
, a group of countries
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African Paralympic Committee
The African Paralympic Committee (APC) or the African Sports Confederation of physically challenged persons (ASCOD) is an organization based in Luanda, Angola. Its African membership is 48 National Paralympic Committees.Alianza Popular Conservadora
The Popular Conservative Alliance ( - APC) is a right-wing conservative Nicaraguan political party. The APC split from the Democratic Conservative Party (PCD) in 1984 when Miriam Argüello led a group opposed to the PCD's position on whether to p ...
, a political party in Nicaragua
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Alien Property Custodian
The Office of Alien Property Custodian was an office within the government of the United States during World War I and again during World War II, serving as a custodian to property that belonged to US enemies. The office was created in 1917 by E ...
, a former office within the Government of the United States
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All People's Congress
The All People's Congress (APC) is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being its main political rival the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The APC has been the main opposition party in Sierra Leone since 4 Apr ...
, a political party in Sierra Leone
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All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ...
, a political party in Nigeria
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Alternativa Popular Canaria
Alternativa Popular Canaria (APC, es, People's Alternative for the Canary Islands) is a Canarian nationalist leftist party founded in 2002, and part of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Canario (MLNC). Its creation was spurred by the youth or ...
, a separatist political party of the Canary Islands
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American Pie Council
The American Pie Council (APC) is an organization committed to "preserving America's pie heritage and promoting America's love affair with pies." As America's only purely pie-focused national organization, the APC combines aspects of a Club (organi ...
, an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage
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American Plastics Council
The American Plastics Council (APC) is a defunct trade association for the U.S. plastics industry. Through a variety of outreach efforts, APC works to promote the benefits of plastics and the plastics industry. APC comprises 22 of the leading resin ...
, a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry
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Americas Paralympic Committee
Americas Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC; es, Comité Paralímpico de Américas ; pt, Comitê Paralímpico das Américas ; ca, Comitè Paralímpic de les Amèriques ; eo, Komitato Paralimpika de la Amerikoj ; french: Comité Paralympique des ...
, an umbrella organization of National Paralympic Committees
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
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Animal Procedures Committee
The Animal Procedures Committee advised the British Home Secretary on matters related to animal testing in the UK. The function of the committee was made a statutory requirement by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (the ASPA), which mand ...
, a UK public body and task force
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Anti-Poverty Committee, a direct action organization in Vancouver, Canada
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Apocalypse Production Crew, an MP3 warez organization
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Arab Potash Company
The Arab Potash Company (APC) is a company that is primarily involved in harvesting minerals from the Dead Sea. It is the eighth largest potash producer worldwide by volume of production and the sole Arab producer of potash. The company was forme ...
, a potash production company headquartered in Jordan
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Armed Proletarians for Communism
Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in ...
, an Italian far-left terrorist group of the 1970s
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Arrangers' Publishing Company
The Arrangers' Publishing Company (APC) is an American publisher of marching band music, concert band music and drill designs for middle school, high school and college bands.
The company originated in 1985 with the goal of providing a new appro ...
, a sheet music publishing company in the United States
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Asia Pacific College
Asia Pacific College (APC) is a private tertiary education institution in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1991 as a non-profit joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation. Its program is focused on inf ...
, a joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation
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Asian Paralympic Committee
The Asian Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. It has 44 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as members. It organizes the Asian Para Games and is affiliated to the International Pa ...
, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees
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Associated Presbyterian Churches
The Associated Presbyterian Churches (APC) is a Scottish Calvinist fundamentalist denomination (with a congregation in Canada), formed in 1989 from part of the community of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
History
The division occu ...
, a Scottish Christian denomination
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Association for Progressive Communications
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of organizations that was founded in 1990 to provide communication infrastructure, including Internet-based applications, to groups and individuals who work for peace ...
, a worldwide network of organisations helping others use the internet to promote social justice and sustainable development
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Association of Professional Chaplains, internationally certified hospice chaplains
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Atlantic-Pacific Capital
Atlantic-Pacific Capital (APC) is an independently owned private placement agent, placement agent. APC has established relationships with a network of institutional investors in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australasia, and the emer ...
, a US-based independent investment bank
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Australian Paralympic Committee
Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian tea ...
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Patriotic Alliance for Change
The Patriotic Alliance for Change ( es, Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio, APC) was a Paraguayan electoral alliance.
Its candidate in the 2008 election was Fernando Lugo, who won the election.
Composition
Its members included:http://www.abc.co ...
, a Paraguayan political alliance (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio)
Places
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Apc, Hungary
Apc is a village in Heves County, Northern Hungary Region, Hungary.
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, a village in the Heves County of Hungary
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Napa County Airport
Napa County Airport (Napa Valley Airport) is a public airport five miles (8 km) south of Napa, in Napa County, California, United States. It has three runways.
During 2008 the airport's 1960-era control tower received extensive radio, plumb ...
(IATA airport code APC), near Napa, California
Other uses
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A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. A Perfect Circle has released four studio albums, the first three during the early 2000s: ' ...
, an American rock supergroup
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Alkali Pozzolan Cement, an alternative cement developed at Curtin University, Australia
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Ambulatory Payment Classification
APCs or Ambulatory Payment Classifications are the United States government's method of paying for facility outpatient services for the Medicare (United States) program. A part of the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 made the Centers for Medica ...
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Attoparsec
Many people have made use of, or invented, units of measurement intended primarily for their humor value. This is a list of such units invented by sources that are notable for reasons other than having made the unit itself, and that are widely ...
, an unusual unit of measurement
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Australian Provincial Championship
The Australian Provincial Championship, or APC, is a now-defunct rugby union football competition played in Australia. It was one of several provincial competitions since the late 1960s, including the Wallaby Trophy and Ricoh National Champions ...
, a rugby union competition in Australia
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Automatic Performance Control Automatic Performance Control (APC) was the first engine knock and boost control system. The APC was invented by Per Gillbrand at the Swedish car maker SAAB.
SAAB introduced it on the turbo charged Saab H engines in 1982, and the APC was fitted ...
, a system that was used on some Saab H engines
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Average propensity to consume Average propensity to consume (as well as the marginal propensity to consume) is a concept developed by John Maynard Keynes to analyze the consumption function, which is a formula where total consumption expenditures (C) of a household consist of au ...
, the proportion of income spent
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North Levantine Arabic
North Levantine Arabic ( ar, اللهجة الشامية الشمالية, al-lahja š-šāmiyya š-šamāliyya, North Levantine Arabic: ) is a subdivision of Levantine Arabic, a variety of Arabic.
It stems from the north in Turkey, specificall ...
, by ISO 639-3 code
See also
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APCR (disambiguation)
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APCS (disambiguation)
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