NPC may stand for:

Science and medicine

Computing

* Network Parameter Control in computer networks * Non-deterministic polynomial-time complete *

Non-printing character In computing and telecommunication, a control character or non-printing character (NPC) is a code point (a number) in a character set, that does not represent a written symbol. They are used as in-band signaling to cause effects other than ...

Non-player character A non-player character (NPC), or non-playable character, is any character in a game that is not controlled by a player. The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster ...

Electronics

* Neutral Point Clamped, an inverter topology

Medicine

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), or nasopharynx cancer, is the most common cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the postero-lateral nasopharynx or pharyngeal recess ( fossa of Rosenmüller), accounting for 50% of cases. NPC occurs ...

*"Near point of convergence" or "no previous correction",

optometric abbreviations Certain abbreviations are current within the profession of optometry. They are used to denote clinical conditions, examination techniques and findings, and various forms of treatment. Eye examination terms Clinical conditions terms Contact le ...

*Neural progenitor cell; see

Notch signaling pathway The Notch signaling pathway is a highly conserved cell signaling system present in most animals. Mammals possess four different notch receptors, referred to as NOTCH1, NOTCH2, NOTCH3, and NOTCH4. The notch receptor is a single-pass transme ...

Niemann–Pick disease, type C Niemann–Pick type C (NPC) (colloquially, "Childhood Alzheimer's") is a lysosomal storage disease associated with mutations in NPC1 and NPC2 genes. Niemann–Pick type C affects an estimated 1:150,000 people. Approximately 50% of cases present b ...

NPC1 Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1) is a disease of a membrane protein that mediates intracellular cholesterol trafficking in mammals. In humans the protein is encoded by the ''NPC1'' gene (chromosome location 18q11). Function NPC1 was ident ...

, a protein involved in the disease ** NPC2, a protein involved in the disease *

Nuclear pore complex A nuclear pore is a part of a large complex of proteins, known as a nuclear pore complex that spans the nuclear envelope, which is the double membrane surrounding the eukaryotic cell nucleus. There are approximately 1,000 nuclear pore complex ...

, in molecular biology

Organisations

Corporations

National Petrochemical Company The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) ( fa, شرکت ملی صنایع پتروشیمی, ''Shirkat-e Mili-ye Sânai'-ye Petrushimiy''), a subsidiary to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry, is owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...

of Iran * National Power Corporation, the Philippines *

Nauru Phosphate Corporation The Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC) was a government-owned company controlling phosphate mining in Nauru, now known as the Republic of Nauru Phosphate, or RONPhos. Failed investments In the early years of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Develo ...

, Republic of Nauru * Nevada Power Company, United States

Political organisations

* National Peace Council, UK *

Nationalist People's Coalition The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then-presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. History The Party was founded in 1992 after some members of the Nacionalista ...

, a political party in the Philippines *

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

, China *

National Petroleum Council (US) The National Petroleum Council (NPC) is an American advisory committee representing oil and natural gas industry views to the United States Secretary of Energy. History The council was established in 1946 at the request of President Harry S. Tru ...

* Northern People's Congress, a political party in Nigeria

Student organisations

National Panhellenic Conference The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is an umbrella organization for 26 (inter)national women's sororities throughout the United States and Canada. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alum ...

, of North American sororities *

National Postgraduate Committee The National Postgraduate Committee of the United Kingdom (NPC) was a charitable organisation which represented postgraduates at UK universities. In 2009 it voted to dissolve itself and merge with the National Union of Students. NPC was forme ...

, UK

Other organisations

:''see also under

Sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

, below'' * National Press Club, several

press club Organizations A press club is an organization for journalists and others professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news. A press club whose membership is defined by the press of a given country may be known as a National Press ...

s *

Niagara Parks Commission The Niagara Parks Commission, commonly shortened to Niagara Parks, is an agency of the Government of Ontario which maintains the Ontario shoreline of the Niagara River. History The Commission was founded in 1885 and charged with preserving and ...

, Ontario, Canada *

Northern Provincial Council Northern Provincial Council ( ta, வட மாகாண சபை ''Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai''; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power ov ...

, Sri Lanka

Sport and games

Sport

National Paralympic Committee A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...

National Physique Committee The National Physique Committee (NPC) is the largest amateur bodybuilding organization in the United States. Amateur bodybuilders compete in competitions from local to national competitions sanctioned by the NPC. While the term "bodybuilding" is ...

, a US bodybuilding organization *

National Provincial Championship (1976–2005) The National Provincial Championship, often simply called the NPC, was an annual promotion and relegation rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby. First played during the 1976 season, it was the highest level of competition ...

, New Zealand rugby competition *

National Provincial Championship (2006–present) The National Provincial Championship, often simply called the NPC, is an annual round-robin rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby. First played during the 2006 season, it is the second highest level of competition in N ...

, New Zealand rugby competition *Non-playing captain of a team in

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions o ...

Computer and video games

NPC (meme) NPC (; each letter separately; also known as the NPC Wojak), derived from '' non-player character'', is an internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions; those who lack intrapersonal comm ...

, an Internet meme

Research and educational facilities

National Paralegal College National Paralegal College (NPC) is a private for-profit online college headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and focused on legal education. It is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. History National Paralegal College was ...

, Phoenix, Arizona, US * National Park College, Hot Springs, Arkansas, US *

Netherlands Proteomics Centre The Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC) is a Dutch people, Dutch research center in the field of proteomics. The research is focused on the proteome, the entire set of proteins expressed by a genome, Cell (biology), cell, Tissue (biology), tissue ...

, Netherlands

Other

National Ploughing Championships The National Ploughing Championships ( ga, Comórtas Náisiúnta Treabhdóireachta) or NPC, previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition, is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a p ...

, Ireland, an agricultural show *

NATO Programming Centre The NATO Programming Centre (NPC) is part of the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA). The NPC is responsible for system support and maintenance of the Air Command and Control Systems (Air C2). The centre is located in Glons, a villa ...

, for air system support *

Neighbourhood police centre A neighbourhood police centre (NPC) is a small to mid-sized police station commonly found in Singapore. It was first introduced during the mid-1990s to replace the Singapore Police Force's Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) system. Its concept of co ...

, a type of police station in Singapore *

NPC (cable system) NPC (North Pacific Cable) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the United States and Japan. It has landing points in: # Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan # Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, U ...

, linking Japan and the US * Fujicolor NPC 160, later

Fujicolor Pro Fujicolor Pro was a line of professional color negative films from Japanese company Fujifilm introduced in 2004 for weddings, portraits, fashion and commercial photography. It originally comprised four emulsions: Pro 160S, Pro 160C, Pro 400H a ...

160C, photographic film {{disambiguation