SCN may stand for:

Science and technology

* Switched circuit network, i.e. the public switched telephone network *

Server change number The Server Change Number (SCN) is a counter variable used in Client/Server Architecture systems to find out whether the server state could be synchronized with the state of the client. In case of a difference, there have been obviously communication ...

, a counter variable used in client-server architecture *System change number, a stamp that defines a committed version in an

Oracle Database Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle DBMS, Oracle Autonomous Database, or simply as Oracle) is a multi-model database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation. It is a database commonly used for running online t ...

* Thiocyanate, an organic compound in the cyanate family *

Scandium nitride Scandium nitride (ScN) is a binary III-V indirect bandgap semiconductor. It is composed of the scandium cation and the nitride anion. It forms crystals that can be grown on tungsten foil through sublimation and recondensation. It has a rock-salt ...

(ScN), an inorganic compound * Satellite Catalog Number, an identification number given to satellites * Scene mode, a mode in digital cameras *

Sociocybernetics Sociocybernetics is an interdisciplinary science between sociology and general systems theory and cybernetics. The International Sociological Association has a specialist research committee in the area – RC51 – which publishes the (electron ...

*.scn,

SceneKit SceneKit, sometimes rendered Scene Kit, is a 3D graphics application programming interface (API) for Apple Inc. platforms written in Objective-C. It is a high-level framework designed to provide an easy-to-use layer over the lower level APIs like O ...

archive format

Medicine

* Severe congenital neutropenia, rare disorders *

Suprachiasmatic nucleus The suprachiasmatic nucleus or nuclei (SCN) is a tiny region of the brain in the hypothalamus, situated directly above the optic chiasm. It is responsible for controlling circadian rhythms. The neuronal and hormonal activities it generates regula ...

, in the brain's hypothalamus *SCN1A to SCN11A, SCN2B to SCN4B,

sodium channel Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's membrane. They belong to the superfamily of cation channels and can be classified according to the trigger that opens the channel ...

genes and beta subunits * Solid cell nests, in pathology * Soybean cyst nematode, a type of parasitic nematode

Communications & media

* Saskatchewan Communications Network, TV channel *Southern Command Network,

American Forces Network The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the U.S. military provides to those stationed or assigned overseas. Headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, AFN's broadcast operations, which i ...

* SAP Community Network, of SAP SE users * SCN (TV station), TV station in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Southern Cross Austereo *SCN, former branding of GLV/BCV, a TV station in Victoria, Australia

Organizations

* Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, a Roman Catholic religious order * Supervisory Council of the North, an Afghan military unit * Supreme Court of Nigeria

Other uses

* Saarbrücken Airport, by IATA airport code *

Scottish Candidate Number The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA; Gaelic: ''Ùghdarras Theisteanas na h-Alba'') is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting educational awards. It is partly funded by the E ...

, a student identifier *

Sicilian language Sicilian ( scn, sicilianu, link=no, ; it, siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands. A variant, ''Calabro-Sicilian'', is spoken in southern Calabria, where it is called Southern Calabro ...

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