PC or pc may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not control ...

or playable character, a fictional character controlled by a human player, usually in role-playing games or computer games * ''

Port Charles ''Port Charles'' (commonly abbreviated as ''PC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from June 1, 1997, to October 3, 2003. It was a spin-off of the series ''General Hospital'', which has been running since 1963 and takes pl ...

'', an American daytime TV soap opera * Production code number, a designation used to identify television episodes * ''

Pretty Cure , also known as and ''PC'', is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and Bandai and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK, Toei Animation and Bandai. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls kn ...

'', a Japanese anime franchise

Business and finance

Percentage In mathematics, a percentage (from la, per centum, "by a hundred") is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", although the abbreviations "pct.", "pct" and sometimes "pc" are also us ...

(pc), numeric ratio signifier *

Prime cost Variable costs are costs that change as the quantity of the good or service that a business produces changes.Garrison, Noreen, Brewer. Ch 2 - Managerial Accounting and Costs Concepts, pp 48 Variable costs are the sum of marginal costs over all un ...

or variable cost * Principal Consultant, a

management consulting Management consulting is the practice of providing consulting services to organizations to improve their performance or in any way to assist in achieving organizational objectives. Organizations may draw upon the services of management consultant ...

position *

Professional corporation Professional corporations or professional service corporation (abbreviated as PC or PSC) are those corporate entities for which many corporation statutes make special provision, regulating the use of the corporate form by licensed professionals su ...

, a type of corporate entity for licensed professionals (attorneys, architects, physicians, engineers, etc.)

Organizations

Businesses

Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts Pakistan Services Limited, doing business as Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts (also abbreviated to PC Hotels), is the largest chain of five-star hotels in Pakistan with properties in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, Muza ...

, a hotel chain in Pakistan * Pirelli & C. (stock symbol: PC) *

President's Choice President's Choice ( French: Le choix du Président) or PC are a line of grocery products or services offered by a Canada based company, Loblaw Companies Ltd. The various products are available at the companies retail locations. History Pr ...

, a private label product brand of the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw Companies **

PC Mobile PC Mobile is a licensed white label prepaid wireless service operated in Canada. Its mobile telephone products and services operate on the network infrastructure operated by Bell Mobility and formerly Telus Mobility (the two companies managed one ...

, a Canadian mobile virtual network operator **

PC Optimum PC Optimum is a single loyalty program operated by Canadian retail conglomerate Loblaw Companies; it was created through the merger of Loblaws' PC Plus and Shoppers Drug Mart's Shoppers Optimum programs. Launched on 1 February 2018, the program ...

, a Canadian rewards program **

President's Choice Financial President's Choice Financial (french: Services financiers le Choix du Président), commonly shortened to PC Financial, is the financial service brand of the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw Companies. Two different wholly owned subsidiaries of ...

, a Canadian financial services provider

Government bodies

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order of President John F. ...

, a volunteer program run by the United States government *

Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...

, a defunct police force * Libyan Presidential Council *

Privy council A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

, a body that advises the head of state of a nation **

King's Privy Council for Canada The 's Privy Council for Canada (french: Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada),) during the reign of a queen. sometimes called Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council (PC), is the full group of personal consultants to the ...

Privy Council of the United Kingdom The Privy Council (PC), officially His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of e ...

Political parties

Colorado Party (disambiguation) Colorado Party (Spanish: ''Partido Colorado'', colored referring to red) can refer to two South American political parties: * Colorado Party (Paraguay) * Colorado Party (Uruguay) The Colorado Party ( es, Partido Colorado, lit=Red Party) is a ...

Partido Comunista (disambiguation) ''Partido Comunista'' is Spanish and Portuguese for Communist Party. Therefore, it may refer to any of the following political parties: * Angolan Communist Party * Argentine Workers' Communist Party * Bolshevik Communist Party * Brazilian Communi ...

Partidul Conservator The Conservative Party ( ro, Partidul Conservator, PC) was a conservative political party in Romania. It was founded in 1991, approximately two years after the fall of Communism in Romania, originally under the name Romanian Humanist Party ( ro, ...

, a Romanian conservative party *

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ...

, a Welsh nationalist political party *

Porozumienie Centrum Porozumienie Centrum (PC; en, Centre Agreement) was a Polish Christian democratic political party. The party rose in 1990. Its chairman was Jarosław Kaczyński. In its programme, the PC opposed socialism and was anti-communist. In 1997 PC joine ...

, a now-defunct Polish right-wing political party *

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the ...

, a defunct Canadian federal political party **

Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party (PC Party) (french: Parti progressiste canadien) was a minor centre-right federal political party in Canada. It was registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004. Under prov ...

, a party made up of former members of the Progressive Conservative party * Several current and former provincial political parties of Canada: **

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party f ...

(1905–2017) **

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right, conservative political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The party has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granti ...

(1867– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party was founded in 1949 and most recently formed the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador from the 20 ...

(1949– ) **

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia (formerly Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia), is a moderate political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically as ...

(1867– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada ...

(1854– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island is one of three major political parties on Prince Edward Island. The party and its rival, the Liberals, have alternated in power since responsible government was granted in 1851. Histor ...

(1851– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec The ''Parti progressiste conservateur du Québec'' (Eng: Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec) was formed in 1982 with Denis Carignan as leader but was rebuffed by federal Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark who told them to keep their ...

(1982–1989) **

Yukon Progressive Conservative Party The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Yukon) was a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It was succeeded by the Yukon Party. History The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in ...

(1978–1991)

Religious denominations

Presbyterian Church Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PC(USA), is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US, and known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and ...

Schools

ESPCI ESPCI Paris (officially the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris; ''The City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution'') is a prestigious grande école founded in 1882 by ...

, an engineering school in France, also referred to as Physique-Chimie *

Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...

, a constituent college of the University of Oxford *

Phoenix College Phoenix College (PC) is a public community college in Encanto, Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest community colleges in the country. History The college was originally a part of the Phoenix Union High School and Juni ...

, a community college in Arizona, US *

Pickering College Pickering College is an independent, co-educational school for children in grades from Junior Kindergarten through grade 12. It is located in Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket, Ontario in Canada on a 17-hectare (42 acre) property on Bayview Avenue. The ...

, an independent, co-educational K-12 school in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada * Port Charlotte High School, in Florida, US *

Port Credit Secondary School Port Credit Secondary School (PCSS) is a high school located in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, and is a part of the Peel District School Board. It was the first secondary school in Peel, celebrating its 100th anniversary in May 2019. It is locat ...

, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada *

Presbyterian College Presbyterian College (PC) is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina. History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cl ...

, in Clinton, South Carolina, US * Providence College, in Rhode Island, US * Prempeh College, in Ashanti Region, Ghana

Law enforcement

* Police Constable, a police rank * Protective custody, a type of imprisonment or care to protect a person from harm *Probable cause, reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.) * Police commissioner, the chief manager of a police entity * Penal code, the legal code in some jurisdictions that define crimes

People

* PC (footballer) (born 1994), from Brazil * PC Chris, former professional ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player, named after Port Chester, New York * Priyanka Chopra, an Indian actress, model and singer

Places

United States

* Park City, Utah * Panama City, Florida * Panorama City, Los Angeles, a district in the San Fernando Valley * Port Charlotte, Florida * Port Chester, New York

Other places

* Pacific Centre, a shopping mall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Pacific Coast * Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 country code) * Panama City, the capital of Panama * Pitcairn Islands (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code) * Port Credit, a neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Science, technology, and mathematics

Chemistry

* Phosphatidylcholine, a phospholipid * Polycarbonate, a plastic polymer * Propylene carbonate, a polar organic solvent * Pyruvate carboxylase, an enzyme

Computing

* Personal computer, a general-purpose computer for individuals ** IBM PC compatible, a ubiquitous personal computer architecture ***an IBM PC specifically running Microsoft Windows * Programmable controller (disambiguation) * Pica (typography) (pc), a typographic unit of measure * Program counter, a special register inside CPUs

Mathematics

* Path connected, a concept in mathematical topology * Precalculus, a level in math education * Polynomial chaos, a concept in stochastic mathematics * Principal component

Medicine and psychology

Anatomical structures

* Posterior commissure, a brain landmark commonly used in biomedical image processing * Pubococcygeus muscle * Parietal cell

Diseases

* Pachyonychia congenita, a genetic skin disorder * Pancreatic cancer * Prostate cancer

Other uses in medicine and psychology

* Palliative care, specialised care for people with serious illnesses * Perceived control, a psychological concept * ''Post cibum'' (Latin for "after food"), in medical prescriptions * Primary care * Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Physics and cosmology

* Parsec (pc), a unit of distance used in astronomy * Picocoulomb (pC), a unit of electrostatic charge * Petacoulomb (PC), a unit of electrostatic charge * Photonic crystal, a photonic band gap material

Other uses in science and technology

* PC, a type of Mazda C engine#PC, Mazda C engine * Prestressed concrete, a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension * Progressive contextualization, a scientific method * Prontor-Compur, a standard connector type for photographic flash synchronization

Transport

* Patrol craft, a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties * Penn Central, a railroad in the United States * Patrol, Coastal, a US Navy hull classification symbol ** PC-461-class submarine chaser * Pegasus Airlines (IATA code: PC)

Other uses

* Political correctness, language or behavior that appears calculated to provide a minimum of offense * President's Counsel, a lawyer's rank in Sri Lanka * Pro-choice, the view that women should have the choice of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy * Proto-Celtic, the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages