PNP may refer to:

Science and technology

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase Purine nucleoside phosphorylase, PNP, PNPase or inosine phosphorylase () is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''NP'' gene. It catalyzes the chemical reaction :purine nucleoside + phosphate \rightleftharpoons purine + alpha-D-ribose 1- ...

, an enzyme * 4-Nitrophenol or ''p''-nitrophenol *

PNP transistor A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. In contrast, a unipolar transistor, such as a field-effect transistor, uses only one kind of charge carrier. A bipolar ...

Theoretical computer science

* P versus NP, a major unsolved problem in theoretical computer science.

Computing

Plug and play In computing, a plug and play (PnP) device or computer bus is one with a specification that facilitates the recognition of a hardware component in a system without the need for physical device configuration or user intervention in resolving resou ...

, not requiring configuration **

Legacy Plug and Play The term Legacy Plug and Play, also shortened to Legacy PnP, describes a series of specifications and Microsoft Windows features geared towards operating system configuration of devices, and some device IDs are assigned by UEFI Forum. The stan ...

or Legacy PnP * Perspective-n-Point in computer vision * PnP PowerShell (''Patterns and Practices PowerShell''), an open source and community driven PowerShell Module designed to work with scripting for Microsoft 365 environments such as SharePoint, Teams, Planner and Power Automate

Organizations

New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) The New Progressive Party ( es, Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both th ...

* Partido Nashonal di Pueblo, a Curaçaoan political party * National Patriots' Party, a Burkinabé political party *

National Popular Party (Romania) The National Popular Party ( ro, Partidul Național Popular, PNP) was an antifascist political party in Romania, founded during World War II as the underground Union of Patriots (''Uniunea Patrioților'', UP). The latter had defined itself as a sp ...

Parti national populaire The Parti national populaire (PNP, in English: "Popular National Party" ) was a minor political party in Quebec, Canada that operated in the 1970s. The PNP was created by a split in the Ralliement créditiste du Québec after Fabien Roy was e ...

, a 1970s political party in Quebec, Canada *

People's New Party The People's New Party (国民新党 ''Kokumin Shintō'', PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap electi ...

, Japan *

Peoples National Party (disambiguation) People's National Party or Peoples National Party may refer to: Current *People's National Party in Jamaica *People's National Party (Russia) *People's National Party (Tonga) *United Kashmir People's National Party * Awami National Party, in Pakist ...

Peruvian National Police The Peruvian National Police ( es, Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP) is the national police force of Peru. Its jurisdiction covers the nation's land, sea, and air territories. Formed from the merge of the Investigative Police, the Civil Guard, a ...

''Policía Nacional del Perú'') *

Peruvian Nationalist Party Peruvian Nationalist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista Peruano;'' PNP) is a center-left to left-wing political party in Peru. History The Nationalist Party had as its antecedent the Peruvian Nationalist Movement. The party was originally ...

* Philippine National Police * Princess Naoko Planning, Naoko Takeuchi's studio *

Progressive National Party (disambiguation) Progressive National Party can refer to the following political parties * Progressive National Party (Panama) * Progressive National Party (Suriname) *Progressive National Party (Turks and Caicos Islands) See also * PNP (disambiguation) *Progres ...

Princeton Newport Partners Convertible Hedge Associates (CHA) was an early alternative investment management company founded by Edward O. Thorp and a partner, Jay Regan, in November 1969. Based in Long Beach, California, CHA was said by Thorp to have been the first marke ...

, a hedge fund

Other uses

* Party and play (PnP), a combination of sex and drug use also known as chemsex *

Print and play Printing is the process for reproducing text and images using a master form or template Print or printing may also refer to: Publishing * Canvas print, the result of an image printed onto canvas which is often stretched, or gallery-wrapped, on ...

(PnP), a subset of the boardgaming community where designers and publishers share their digital files and players print and craft the games themselves.