MPC, Mpc or mpc may refer to:

Astronomy

* Megaparsec (Mpc), unit of length used in astronomy *

Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Function ...

, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ** ''

Minor Planet Circular The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Function ...

s'' (MPC, M.P.C. or MPCs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center

Businesses

* Mai-Liao Power Corporation, Taiwan *

Model Products Corporation Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main com ...

, model kit manufacturer *

Moving Picture Company The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a multinational company providing visual effects, CGI, animation, motion design and other services for the film, TV, brand experience and advertising industries. Their artists have produced Academy Award W ...

, a visual effects company, London, UK * MPC, maker of encrypted mobile phones

Computing and electronics

* Media Player Classic, a software media player *

MPC Computers MPC Corporation was a computer-hardware company based in Nampa, Idaho, United States. It was best known as a provider of desktops, notebooks, servers and services to customers in the federal, state and local government, education, small and m ...

, a former US computer maker *

Multimedia PC The Multimedia PC (MPC) was a recommended configuration for a personal computer (PC) with a CD-ROM drive. The standard was set and named by the "Multimedia PC Marketing Council", which was a working group of the Software Publishers Association (SP ...

Multi Project Chip Multi-project chip (MPC), and multi-project wafer (MPW) semiconductor manufacturing arrangements allow customers to share mask and microelectronics wafer fabrication cost between several designs or projects. With the MPC arrangement, one chip is a ...

, sharing costs across projects * Musepack, an audio codec * Command-line client for the

Music Player Daemon Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a free and open music player server. It plays audio files, organizes playlists and maintains a music database. In order to interact with it, a client program is needed. The MPD distribution includes mpc, a simple com ...

Akai MPC The Akai MPC (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Center) is a series of music workstations produced by Akai from 1988 onwards. MPCs combine sampling and sequencing functions, allowing users to record portions of sound, modif ...

, musicworkstations *

Secure multi-party computation Secure multi-party computation (also known as secure computation, multi-party computation (MPC) or privacy-preserving computation) is a subfield of cryptography with the goal of creating methods for parties to jointly compute a function over their ...

Economics

* Marginal propensity to consume * Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)

Government and politics

Central African Patriotic Movement Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC, french: Mouvement patriotique pour la Centrafrique) is a rebel group in the Central African Republic based in nortwestern part of the country. History MPC was formed in July 2015 by Mahamat Al-Khatim. I ...

(MPC), a rebel group in the Central African Republic *

Member of Provincial Council In Sri Lanka a Member of Provincial Council (also known as Provincial Councilor), is the title given to an elected member of a provincial council. As of 2017, there are 455 members in nine provincial councils. Elections All positions in a provin ...

, a member of provincial councils in Sri Lanka *

Mizoram People's Conference The Mizoram People's Conference was a regional political party in Mizoram, India. It was formed by Brig Thenphunga Sailo on 17 April 1975. Ṭhenphunga was the party chairman and Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1979 to 1984, and an army officer ...

, a regional political party in Mizoram, India * Model Penal Code *

Myanmar Peace Centre The National Reconciliation and Peace Centre ( my, အမျိုးသားပြန်လည်သင့်မြတ်ရေးနှင့်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးဗဟိုဌာန; abbreviated NRPC), formerly known ...

Military

* Marine Personnel Carrier, a US armored personnel carrier * Military payment certificate, US military currency *

Military Police Corps (United States) The United States Army Military Police Corps (USAMPC) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. Investigations are conducted by Military Police Investigators under the Provost Marshal General's Office or Special Agents ...

Places

Michael Polanyi Center The Michael Polanyi Center (MPC) at Baylor University, Texas, was the first center at a research university exclusively dedicated to the principle of intelligent design, primarily to host William Dembski, its director, and Bruce L. Gordon, its a ...

, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, US *

Mindanao Polytechnic College Mindanao Polytechnic College (MPC) is a maritime school located at the junction of the National Highway and the Makar-Koronadal Road, about 7 kilometers from downtown General Santos, Philippines. History Mindanao Polytechnic College (MPC), for ...

, Philippines * Milton Peters College, Sint Maarten (operated by the

Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs van de Bovenwindse Eilanden Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs van de Bovenwindse Eilanden (SVOBE; "Foundation for the Advancement of Secondary Education Windward Islands") is a nonprofit organisation that operates two secondary schools on Sint Maarten: Milton Peters College (MPC ...

) * Monterey Peninsula College, California, US

Science and technology

* Model predictive control * Magnetic particle clutch (or magnetic powder clutch) * Metal phthalocyanine (MPc), a phthalocyanine used in dyeing * Milk protein concentrate *

Multi-particle collision dynamics Multi-particle collision dynamics (MPC), also known as stochastic rotation dynamics (SRD), is a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids which fully incorporates thermal fluctuations and hydrodynamic interactions. Coupling of ...

, a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids * A Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier protein such as

Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2 (MPC2) also known as brain protein 44 (BRP44) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''MPC2'' gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "... Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mend ...

Other uses

Most placeable candidate Most placeable candidate (MPC) is a term used by the recruiting industry to describe a candidate that the recruiter is willing to represent into a market because the recruiter believes they can place the candidate A candidate, or nominee, is t ...

, recruiting industry term *

MPC Computers Bowl The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, previously the Humanitarian Bowl (1997–2003, 2007–2010) and the MPC Computers Bowl (2004–2006), is an National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has be ...

, a football bowl game *

Myanmar Press Council The Myanmar Press Council ( my, မြန်မာသတင်းမီဒီယာကောင်စီ; abbreviated MPC; formerly the Myanmar Core Press Council) is a media adjudication body which investigates and settles press disputes, compiles ...

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