PPC may refer to:

Computing

Personal programmable calculator Programmable calculators are calculators that can automatically carry out a sequence of operations under control of a stored program. Most are Turing complete, and, as such, are theoretically general-purpose computers. However, their user interf ...

, programmable calculators for personal use *

Pay-per-click Pay-per-click (PPC) is an internet advertising model used to drive traffic to websites, in which an advertiser pays a publisher (typically a search engine, website owner, or a network of websites) when the ad is clicked. Pay-per-click is usually ...

, an internet advertising model *

PearPC PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running many PowerPC operating systems, including pre-Intel versions of Mac OS X, Darwin and Linux. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL ...

, a PowerPC platform emulator *

Peercoin Peercoin, also known as Peer-to-Peer Coin, PP Coin, or PPC is a cryptocurrency utilizing both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems. History Peercoin is based on an August 2012 paper which listed the authors as Scott Nadal and Sunny King. Ki ...

, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency * Peripheral pin controller, a feature present in the StrongARM CPU family that controls IO ports *

Pocket PC A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs. The name was introduced by Microsoft in 2000 ...

, Microsoft's specification for handheld devices *

ZEOS PPC Zeos International, Ltd. (stylized as ZEŌS), was a PC manufacturer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally based in New Brighton, Minnesota, and founded by Gregory E. Herrick, the company incorporated in Minnesota in 1981. Prior to manuf ...

, an early MS-DOS 5.0-based palmtop PC by ZEOS *

PowerPC PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple Inc., App ...

, a microprocessor architecture * PPC Ltd., a supplier of cement, lime, and related products in southern Africa * Protected procedure call, a messaging facility in computer operating systems

Business and economics

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is a religious corporation, which is the publishing agency of the Presbyterian Church (USA). According to its official website, "The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is one of six agencies of the Presby ...

, a publishing agency of the American Presbyterian Church * Production Possibility Curve, a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy could efficiently produce with limited productive resources *

Public Power Corporation The Public Power Corporation S.A. ( el, Δημόσια Επιχείρηση Ηλεκτρισμού A.E., translit=Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou A.E., abbreviated PPC, or DEI InfoCuriaCommission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic Ca ...

(Δημόσια Επιχείρηση Ηλεκτρισμού), a Greek electric power company * Practitioners Publishing Company, an imprint of

Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre. Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corpora ...

Tax & Accounting

Engineering and construction

* PPC Ltd., a South African cement producer *

PPC worldwide Belden Incorporated is an American manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products. The company designs, manufactures, and markets signal transmission products for demanding applications. These products serve the industrial automat ...

, a U.S.-based manufacturer of connector technology for the telecommunications, broadcast and wireless industries *

Partially premixed combustion Partially premixed combustion (PPC), also known as PPCI (partially-premixed compression ignition) or GDCI (gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition) is a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines of automobi ...

, a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines *

Powered parachute A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels. The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible o ...

or paraplane, a type of aircraft

Entertainment and sports

6mm PPC The 6mm PPC (Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge), or 6 PPC as it is more often called, is a centerfire rifle cartridge used almost exclusively for benchrest shooting. It is one of the most accurate cartridges available at distances of up to 300 met ...

(Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge), a family of centerfire rifle cartridges for benchrest shooting sports * Particle projection cannon, a fictional weapon in the ''BattleTech'' universe * ''

Peg + Cat ''Peg + Cat'' is an animated children's television series based on the children's picture book "The Chicken Problem", which was published in 2012. The series, which featured the voice acting of Hayley Faith Negrin and Dwayne Hill, was created by ...

'', a TV series * Police Pistol Combat, a type of target shooting competition *

Ppc Racing ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The team ...

, a defunct NASCAR team * Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, a rock band from Australia

Politics

* , the Costa Rican People's Party * , a regional political party in Nicaragua * (Christian People's Party), a Peruvian political party * , the Catalan branch of People's Party, Spain *

Party for Progress and Concord The Party for Progress and Concord (, PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'. History The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.Arthur S ...

, Rwanda *

People's Party of Canada The People's Party of Canada (french: Parti populaire du Canada, PPC) is a right-wing populist federal political party in Canada. The party was formed by Maxime Bernier in September 2018, shortly after his resignation from the Conservative Pa ...

, a conservative party founded by Maxime Bernier *

Peoples Planning Campaign People's Plan Campaign, held in 1996 in Kerala State, was an experiment in decentralization of powers to local governments with focus on local planning. Kerala State lies in the south-west part of India. In India's Ninth Five-Year Plan (India), ...

(People's Plan Campaign), the Kerala experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments *

Pirate Party of Canada The Pirate Party of Canada (french: Parti Pirate du Canada; PPCA) was a minor party in federal Canadian politics. Founded in 2009, the party officially registered with Elections Canada in 2010. The PPCA is modelled on the Swedish Pirate Party and ...

* Pirate Party of Chile *

Poor People's Campaign The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL ...

founded by Martin Luther King Jr. * Prospective parliamentary candidate, a role in politics in the United Kingdom

Science

* 4-Phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol, an organic chemical * Pediatric Prehospital Care, an educational program offered by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians * Polypropylene carbonate, a plastic *

Posterior parietal cortex The posterior parietal cortex (the portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex) plays an important role in planned movements, spatial reasoning, and attention. Damage to the posterior parietal cortex can produce a ...

, an association area involved in the integration of sensory information from multiple modalities

Other uses

Pakistan Penal Code The Pakistan Penal Code (; ), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan. It was originally prepared by Lord Macaulay with a great consultation in 1860 on the behalf of the Government of India as the Indian Penal ...

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Petits Propos Culinaires ''Petits Propos Culinaires'' (PPC) is a journal covering the history of food and cookery. History and content Founded by Jane and Alan Davidson in 1979 and first published in 1980, ''Petits Propos Culinaires'' is edited by Tom Jaine and publishe ...

'', a journal of food studies and history *

Prior Park College Prior Park College is a Mixed-sex education, mixed Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Public school (United Kingdom), public school for both day and boarding students. Situated on a hill overlooking the city of Bath, Somerset, Bath, Somerset, in s ...

, a Catholic private school in Bath, England