MPC

MPC, Mpc or mpc may refer to:

Astronomy

• Megaparsec (Mpc), unit of length used in astronomy
• Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Minor Planet Circulars (MPC, M.P.C. or MPCs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
  • Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (MPEC or MPECs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center

Computers and electronics

• GNU MPC, a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily high precision
• Massively parallel computing, using a large number of processors to perform coordinated computations
• Media PC, a computer used to replace typical TV peripherals
• Media Player Classic, a free software media player
• MPC Computers, an American computer builder, formerly known as MicronPC
• Multimedia PC, hardware standard of Microsoft
• Multi Project Chip, a VLSI design prototyping service
• Multipeer Connectivity, a technology for Apple's iOS
• Musepack, an audio compression format (.mpc & other file extensions)
• Music Player Command, the command line interface to the Music Player Daemon
• Akai MPC, a series of electronic musical instruments
• Secure multi-party computation
• Maximum PC a magazine published in North America catering to computer enthusiasts

Mathematics

• 'Mean-preserving contraction, the opposite of a mean-preserving spread
• Model predictive control

Money and economics

• Marginal Private Costs, in economics
• Marginal propensity to consume, in economics
• Military Payment Certificate, scrip paid to overseas US Military personnel
• Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

Places

• Manitoba Pioneer Camp
• Michael Polanyi Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• Monterey Peninsula College, one of the 109 colleges in the California Community Colleges system
• Muntinlupa Polytechnic College, the former name of the University of the City of Muntinlupa in the Philippines
• Mindanao Polytechnic College, Philippines
• Milton Peters College, Sint Maarten (operated by the Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs van de Bovenwindse Eilanden)

Miscellaneous

• Main Press Centre (Olympics on television)
• Magnetic particle clutch (or magnetic powder clutch)
• Mai-Liao Power Corporation, an independent power producer company in Taiwan
• Marine Personnel Carrier, a wheeled armored personnel carrier
• Market Performance Center, the non-German branches of Mercedes-Benz
• Member of Provincial Council, a member of provincial councils in Sri Lanka
• Metal phthalocyanine (MPc), a phthalocyanine used in dyeing
• Military Police Corps (United States)
• Milk protein concentrate
• Mizoram People's Conference, A regional political party in Mizoram, India.
• Mobile Portability Code
• Model Penal Code
• Model Products Corporation, manufacturer of styrene plastic model kits and promotional models.
• Most Placeable Candidate, A candidate that a headhunter would represent into a market.
• Moving Picture Company, a visual effects and post production company located in Soho, London
• MPC Computers Bowl, a previous name of the college football Humanitarian Bowl game held annually at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho
• Multi-particle collision dynamics, a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids
• Myanmar Peace Centre
• Myanmar Press Council
• Member Pickwick Club
• A Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier protein such as Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2

Video gaming

• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, a 2007 video game for the Nintendo Wii