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, 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 The StrongARM is a family of computer microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment Corporation and manufactured in the late 1990s which implemented the ARM v4 instruction set architecture. It was later acquired by Intel in 1997 from DEC's o ...

, 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. PPC Ltd, a supplier of cement, lime (material) and related products in southern Africa. It has 11 cement factories and a lime manufacturing facility in six African countries including South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Et ...

, a supplier of cement, lime, and related products in southern Africa *

Protected procedure call A Protected Procedure Call (PPC) is a messaging facility wherein messages are sent and received using procedure call interfaces. They are a core component of the K42 operating system. Inter-process communication Subroutines {{Comp-sci-s ...

, 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 Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

, 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 Tax & Accounting

Engineering and construction

, 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, 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 ''BattleTech'' is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The trademark ...

, a fictional weapon in the ''BattleTech'' universe * '' Peg + Cat'', a TV series * Police Pistol Combat, a type of target shooting competition * Ppc Racing, a defunct NASCAR team *

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Psychedelic Porn Crumpets is an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in 2014 in Perth. The band are made up of English guitarist and singer Jack McEwan, guitarist Luke Parish, drummer Danny Caddy, bassist Wayan Billondana, and keyboardist Chri ...

, 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, Rwanda * People's Party of Canada, 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 The Pirate Party of Chile ( es, Partido Pirata de Chile) is a political party yet to be approved by the national Electoral Service (SERVEL). The party was created in 2007 based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party, founded in 2006 by Rick F ...

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 4-Phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol, also known as PPC, is an organic chemical which is a metabolite of phencyclidine (PCP). It can be detected in the hair of PCP users. PPC has been shown to cause increases in locomotor activity in lab mi ...

, an organic chemical *

Pediatric Prehospital Care The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians is an American professional association representing Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. Lobbying In March 2013, the association unsuccessfully lobbied for the Veteran Emerg ...

, an educational program offered by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians *

Polypropylene carbonate Polypropylene carbonate (PPC), a copolymer of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide, is a thermoplastic material. Catalysts like zinc glutarate are used in polymerization. Properties Polypropylene carbonate is soluble in polar solvents like lower k ...

, a plastic * Posterior parietal cortex, an association area involved in the integration of sensory information from multiple modalities

Other uses

* Pakistan Penal Code * '' Petits Propos Culinaires'', a journal of food studies and history * Prior Park College, a Catholic private school in Bath, England