PCP may refer to:

Science

Medicine

Pharmacy Council of Pakistan The Pharmacy Council of Pakistan (); acronym PCP) is a professional body for accreditation of pharmacy education and regulation of pharmacy profession in Pakistan. It was established under ''Pharmacy Act, 1967'' to protect, promote and maintai ...

Phencyclidine Phencyclidine or phenylcyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), also known as angel dust among other names, is a dissociative anesthetic mainly used recreationally for its significant mind-altering effects. PCP may cause hallucinations, distorted perceptio ...

, a hallucinogenic and dissociative recreational drug, also known as angel dust **

3-HO-PCP 3-Hydroxyphencyclidine (3-HO-PCP) is a dissociative of the arylcyclohexylamine class related to phencyclidine (PCP) that has been sold online as a designer drug. Pharmacology 3-HO-PCP acts as a high-affinity uncompetitive antagonist of the NMD ...

, a designer drug related to phencyclidine **

3-MeO-PCP 3-Methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP) is a dissociative hallucinogen of the arylcyclohexylamine class related to phencyclidine (PCP) which has been sold online as a designer drug. It acts mainly as an NMDA receptor antagonist, though it has also bee ...

, a designer drug related to phencyclidine **

4-MeO-PCP 4-Methoxyphencyclidine (methoxydine, 4-MeO-PCP) is a dissociative anesthetic drug that has been sold online as a research chemical. The synthesis of 4-MeO-PCP was first reported in 1965 by the Parke-Davis medicinal chemist Victor Maddox. A 1999 ...

, a research chemical related to phencyclidine * ''Pneumocystis'' pneumonia, a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus ''Pneumocystis jirovecii'' *

Post-coital pill Emergency contraception (EC) is a birth control measure, used after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy. There are different forms of EC. Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), sometimes simply referred to as emergency contraceptives (ECs), o ...

, a form of emergency contraception * Primary care paramedic, the entry-level of paramedic practice in Canada *

Primary care physician A primary care physician (PCP) is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. The term ...

, a doctor who acts as first point of consultation for patients

Other

Lysosomal Pro-X carboxypeptidase Lysosomal Pro-Xaa carboxypeptidase (, ''angiotensinase C'', ''lysosomal carboxypeptidase C'', ''peptidylprolylamino acid carboxypeptidase'', ''aminoacylproline carboxypeptidase'', ''prolyl carboxypeptidase'', ''carboxypeptidase P'', ''proline-speci ...

, an enzyme *

Parallel coordinates Parallel coordinates are a common way of visualizing and analyzing high-dimensional datasets. To show a set of points in an ''n''-dimensional space, a backdrop is drawn consisting of ''n'' parallel lines, typically vertical and equally spaced ...

, a common way of visualizing high-dimensional geometry and analyzing multivariate data *

Pentachlorophenol Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant. First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade names. It can be found as pure PCP, or as the sodium salt of PCP, the latter of which diss ...

, an organochlorine compound used as a timber preservative herbicide, insecticide, fungicide and algaecide * Peptidyl carrier protein, related in structure to

Acyl carrier protein The acyl carrier protein (ACP) is a cofactor of both fatty acid and polyketide biosynthesis machinery. It is one of the most abundant proteins in cells of ''E. coli.'' In both cases, the growing chain is bound to the ACP via a thioester derived fro ...

s *

Peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complex The peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complex (PCP or PerCP) is a soluble molecular complex consisting of the peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein bound to peridinin, chlorophyll, and lipids. The peridinin molecules absorb light in the blue-green wavelengt ...

, a complex of protein and pigment molecules found in dinoflagellates *

Planar cell polarity Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) is the protein mediated signaling that coordinates the orientation of cells in a layer of epithelial tissue. In vertebrates, examples of mature PCP oriented tissue are the stereo-cilia bundles in the inner ear, motile cil ...

, a mechanism in embryonic development *

Put–call parity In financial mathematics, put–call parity defines a relationship between the price of a European call option and European put option, both with the identical strike price and expiry, namely that a portfolio of a long call option and a short put ...

, in financial mathematics, a relationship between the price of a call option and a put option

Computing

* PCP theorem, a theorem in computational complexity theory * Performance Co-Pilot, an open-source performance monitoring system *

Port Control Protocol Port Control Protocol (PCP) is a computer networking protocol that allows hosts on IPv4 or IPv6 networks to control how the incoming IPv4 or IPv6 packets are translated and forwarded by an upstream router that performs network address translat ...

, a computer networking protocol allowing hosts to create explicit port forwarding rules on default gateways *

Post correspondence problem The Post correspondence problem is an undecidable decision problem that was introduced by Emil Post in 1946. Because it is simpler than the halting problem and the ''Entscheidungsproblem'' it is often used in proofs of undecidability. Definiti ...

, an important problem in computability theory *

Probabilistically checkable proof In computational complexity theory, a probabilistically checkable proof (PCP) is a type of proof that can be checked by a randomized algorithm using a bounded amount of randomness and reading a bounded number of bits of the proof. The algorithm i ...

, a notion in the theory of computational complexity *

Principia Cybernetica Principia Cybernetica is an international cooperation of scientists in the field of cybernetics and systems science, especially known for their website, Principia Cybernetica. They have dedicated their organization to what they call "a computer-sup ...

Project, an organization and website devoted to evolutionary-cybernetic philosophy *

Priority ceiling protocol In real-time computing, the priority ceiling protocol is a synchronization protocol for shared resources to avoid unbounded priority inversion and mutual deadlock due to wrong nesting of critical sections. In this protocol each resource is assigned ...

, a computer science concept * Priority Code Point, a three-bit priority field within an Ethernet frame header when using IEEE 802.1q tagged frames

Politics

Palestine Communist Party The Palestine Communist Party ( yi, פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי, ''Palestinische Komunistische Partei'', abbreviated PKP; ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني) was a political party in British Mandate ...

* Paraguayan Communist Party *

Personal Choice Party The Personal Choice Party (PCP) was a United States political party whose presidential candidate for 2004 qualified for the ballot in the state of Utah. The first State Convention of the Personal Choice Party of Utah was held May 22, 2004, at F ...

, a former minor party in Utah, United States *

Portuguese Communist Party The Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português, , PCP) is a communist, Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,Portugue ...

Pridnestrovie Communist Party The Pridnestrovie Communist Party (PCP), Moldovan Cyrillic: , uk, Придністровська комуністична партія is a communist party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria. The party was led by Oleg Khorzhan until his ...

, in the unrecognised state of Transnistria, part of Moldova * Proletarian Catalan Party (1934–1936), in Catalonia, Spain *

Puerto Rican Communist Party The Puerto Rican Communist Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño,'' PCP) was a communist party in Puerto Rico founded on 23 September 1934 following the sugar strikes on the island that same year. Relevant members include Genera ...

Peru

* '' Partido Comunista del Peru'', several different left-oriented organizations in Peru **

Shining Path The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the gro ...

(''Partido Comunista del Perú'') ** Partido Comunista del Perú - Patria Roja (PCP-BR) *

Peruvian Communist Party The Peruvian Communist Party ( es, Partido Comunista Peruano, abbr. PCP) is a communist party in Peru that was founded in 1928 by José Carlos Mariátegui, under the name Peruvian Socialist Party (, PSP). The party changed its name in 1930. In ...

Other uses

* ''PCP - Perfect Crime Party'', part of the ''Bakuman'' franchise * ''

PCP Torpedo ''PCP Torpedo'' is a 6" vinyl EP by American grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed. It was released in 1998 on Hydra Head Records. '' PCP Torpedo'' was pressed on assorted colours, including black, black/red mixed, red, and orange/red mixed. The op ...

'', 1998 EP by American grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed *

Person-centred planning Person-centred planning (PCP) is a set of approaches designed to assist an individual to plan their life and supports. It is most often used for life planning with people with learning and developmental disabilities, though recently it has been a ...

, life-planning model *

Personal care product Personal care or toiletries are consumer products used in personal hygiene, personal grooming or for beautification. Products Personal care includes products as diverse as cleansing pads, colognes, cotton swabs, cotton pads, deodorant, eye line ...

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Personal contract purchase Personal contract purchase (PCP), often referred to as a personal contract plan, is a form of hire purchase vehicle finance for individual purchasers, to both personal contract hire and a traditional hire purchase (buying on installments). Unlik ...

, a vehicle financing product *

Pre-charged pneumatic An air gun or airgun is a gun that fires projectiles pneumatically with compressed air or other gases that are mechanically pressurized ''without'' involving any chemical reactions, in contrast to a firearm, which pressurizes gases ''chem ...

, a type of air gun *

Purple City Productions Purple City Productions is a Harlem-based rap crew. The original members include Shiest Bub, Agallah, Un Kasa & E-Norm. In more recent years the roster has extended to include artists such as Smoke DZA, A-Mafia, Ben Bostaph, Streets da Block, ...

, a US rap group