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 (arts), 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 tha ...

or playable character, a fictional character controlled by a human player, usually in role-playing games or computer games * '' Port Charles'', an American daytime TV soap opera *

Production code number A production code number, also known as the production code (PC) or episode code, is an alphanumeric designation used to uniquely identify episodes within a television series. As each studio can freely generate its own PC format, it cannot be ...

, a designation used to identify television episodes * ''

Pretty Cure The is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and produced by ABC Television, ABC Animation, ADK Emotions and Toei Animation. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls known as Pretty Cures who battle ag ...

'', a Japanese anime franchise

Business and finance

Percentage In mathematics, a percentage () is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction (mathematics), fraction of 100. It is often Denotation, denoted using the ''percent sign'' (%), although the abbreviations ''pct.'', ''pct'', and sometimes ''pc'' are ...

(pc) * Prime cost 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 corporations (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 s ...

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

Organizations

Businesses

* Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts, a hotel chain in Pakistan * Pirelli & C. (stock symbol: PC) *

President's Choice President's Choice (Canadian French, French: le Choix du Président) or PC is a line of grocery products and services offered by the Canada-based Loblaw Companies, Loblaw Companies Ltd. History President's Blend The first President's Ch ...

, a private label product brand of the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw Companies ** PC Mobile, 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 prog ...

, a Canadian rewards program **

President's Choice Financial President's Choice Financial (), commonly shortened to PC Financial, is the financial service brand of the Canada, Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw Companies. Two different wholly owned subsidiaries of Loblaw Companies provide services under t ...

, a Canadian financial services provider

Government bodies

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an Independent agency of the U.S. government, independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to communities in partner countries around the world. It was established in Marc ...

, a volunteer program run by the United States government *

Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; , ''HPP''; ) was a gendarmerie-type military police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Police. It was created by the Insular Government, American occupat ...

, a defunct police force * Libyan Presidential Council * Privy council, a body that advises the head of state of a nation **

King's Privy Council for Canada The King's Privy Council for Canada (), sometimes called His Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council (PC), is the full group of personal advisors to the monarch of Canada on State (polity), state and constitutional affair ...

Privy Council of the United Kingdom The Privy Council, formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a privy council, formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its members, known as privy counsellors, are mainly senior politicians who are curre ...

* Putnam City Schools, school district in Oklahoma

Political parties

* Colorado Party (disambiguation) * Partido Comunista (disambiguation) * Partidul Conservator, a Romanian conservative party *

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; , ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left, Welsh nationalist list of political parties in Wales, political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from th ...

, a Welsh nationalist political party * Porozumienie Centrum, a now-defunct Polish right-wing political party *

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; ) was a Centrism, centre to centre-right List of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 unti ...

, a defunct Canadian federal political party ** Progressive Canadian Party, 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 as the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, was a provincial centre-right party in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta that existed fro ...

(1905–2017) **

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a Centre-right politics, centre-right Conservatism in Canada, conservative political party in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. The party has its o ...

(1867– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC; ) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, following a defeat in the 2023 provincial election. Hist ...

(1882- ) **

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 200 ...

(1949– ) **

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been histor ...

(1867– ) **

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC; ), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party, or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. During its uninterr ...

(1854– ) ** Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island (1851– ) ** Progressive Conservative Party of Quebec (1982–1989) ** Protestant Coalition, Ulster loyalist political party in Northern Ireland (2013-2015) ** Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (1978–1991)

Religious denominations

* Presbyterian Church * Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Schools

* ESPCI, 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 on Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale ...

, a constituent college of the University of Oxford *

Phoenix College Phoenix College (PC) is a Public university, 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 Hi ...

, a community college in Arizona, US * Pickering College, an independent, co-educational K-12 school in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada *

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists ...

, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California * Port Charlotte High School, in Florida, US * Port Credit Secondary School, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada * Presbyterian College, in Clinton, South Carolina, US *

Providence College Providence College is a Private university, private Roman Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, it offers 47 undergraduate Academic ...

, in Rhode Island, US *

Prempeh College Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Metho ...

, in Ashanti Region, Ghana

Law enforcement

Police Constable A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. ''Constable'' is commonly the rank of an police officer, officer within a police ser ...

, a police rank * Protective custody, a type of imprisonment or care to protect a person from harm *

Probable cause In United States criminal law, probable cause is the legal standard by which police authorities have reason to obtain a warrant for the arrest of a suspected criminal and for a court's issuing of a search warrant. One definition of the standar ...

, reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.) *

Police commissioner A police commissioner is the head of a police department, responsible for overseeing its operations and ensuring the effective enforcement of laws and maintenance of public order. They develop and implement policies, manage budgets, and coordinate ...

, the chief manager of a police entity *

Penal code A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain Crime, offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that ...

, the legal code in some jurisdictions that define crimes

People

* PC (footballer) (born 1994), from Brazil * PC Siqueira (1986–2023), Brazilian YouTuber, presenter and comic book colourist * Priscilla Chan (singer) (born 1965), Hong Kong Cantopop singer *

Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is India's highest-paid actress and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards and fiv ...

, an Indian actress, model and singer

Places

United States

Park City, Utah Park City is a city in Utah, United States. Most of the city is within Summit County, Utah, Summit County, with some portions extending into Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is sou ...

* Panama City, Florida * Panorama City, Los Angeles, a district in the San Fernando Valley * Port Charlotte, Florida *

Port Chester, New York Port Chester is a administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and the largest part of the town of Rye (town), New York, Rye in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County by populati ...

Other places

* Pacific Centre, a shopping mall in Vancouver, British Columbia * Pacific Coast * Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 country code) *

Panama City Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...

, the capital of Panama *

Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands ( ; Pitkern: '), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the ...

(FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code) *

Port Credit Port Credit is a neighbourhood in the south-central part of the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, located at the mouth of the Credit River on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Its main intersection is Hurontario Street and Lakeshore Road, a ...

, a neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada *

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or the

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

, both of which can be abbreviated in Cyrillic to ()

Science, technology, and mathematics

Chemistry

Phosphatidylcholine Phosphatidylcholines (PC) are a class of phospholipids that incorporate choline as a headgroup. They are a major component of biological membranes and can easily be obtained from a variety of readily available sources, such as egg yolk or soyb ...

, a phospholipid *

Polycarbonate Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate ester, carbonate groups in their chemical structures. Polycarbonates used in engineering are strong, toughness, tough materials, and some grades are optically transp ...

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

Computing

Personal computer A personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as Word processor, word processing, web browser, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and PC ...

, a general-purpose computer for individuals **

IBM PC compatible An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central p ...

, a ubiquitous personal computer architecture *** an IBM PC specifically running

Microsoft Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...

* Programmable controller (disambiguation) * Pica (typography) (pc), a typographic unit of measure *

Program counter The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction address register (IAR), the instruction counter, or just part of the instruction sequencer, ...

, a special register inside CPUs

Mathematics

* Path connected, a concept in mathematical topology *

Precalculus In mathematics education, precalculus is a course, or a set of courses, that includes algebra and trigonometry at a level that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus, thus the name precalculus. Schools often distinguish betwe ...

, a level in math education * Polynomial chaos, a concept in stochastic mathematics * Principal component

Medicine and psychology

Anatomical structures

Posterior commissure The posterior commissure (also known as the epithalamic commissure) is a rounded band of white fibers crossing the middle line on the dorsal aspect of the rostral end of the cerebral aqueduct. It is important in the bilateral pupillary light re ...

, a brain landmark commonly used in biomedical image processing * Pubococcygeus muscle, or pelvic floor muscle * Parietal cell

Diseases

* Pachyonychia congenita, a genetic skin disorder *

Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of ...

Prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the neoplasm, uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through Screening (medicine), screening tests, ...

Other uses in medicine and psychology

Palliative care Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

, specialised care for people with serious illnesses * Perceived control, a psychological concept * ''Post cibum'' (Latin for "after food"), in

medical prescription A prescription, often abbreviated or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient. Historicall ...

s *

Primary care Primary care is a model of health care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated person-focused care. It aims to optimise population health and reduce disparities across the groups by ensuring equitable ...

* Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Physics and cosmology

Parsec The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System, approximately equal to or (AU), i.e. . The parsec unit is obtained by the use of parallax and trigonometry, and ...

(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 *

Prestressed concrete Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially prestressed (Compression (physics), compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service. Post-t ...

, 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 * Perspective Control, photographic lens arrangement for reducing keystone distortion

Transport

* Patrol craft, a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties * Penn Central, a railroad in the United States * Two US Navy hull classification symbols: Patrol craft (PC) and Patrol craft coastal (PC) * Pegasus Airlines (IATA code: PC)

Other uses

* Pickleball Canada, Canada's governing body for the sport of pickleball * 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 Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their ...

, the view that women should have the choice of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy *

Proto-Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed throu ...

, the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages