PPC

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PPC may refer to:

Computing

• Personal programmable calculator, programmable calculators for personal use
• Pay per click, a method of charging for advertising online
• Password Policy Configuration, the set of rules designed to enforce strong Password
• PearPC, a PowerPC platform emulator
• Peercoin, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency
• Peripheral pin controller, a feature present in the StrongARM CPU family that controls IO ports
• Pocket PC, Microsoft's specification for handheld devices
• ZEOS PPC, an early MS-DOS 5.0-based palmtop PC by ZEOS
• PowerPC, a microprocessor architecture
• PPC Ltd., a supplier of cement, lime, and related products in southern Africa
• Protected procedure call, a messaging facility in computer operating systems

Business and economics

• Public Power Corporation S.A., an electric power company in Greece
• Production Possibility Curve, a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy could efficiently produce with limited productive resources
• Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, a publishing agency of the Presbyterian Church, US
• Pacific Publishing Company, a publishing company in Seattle, Washington
• Paypal Credit

Engineering and construction

• Production Planning Control, or Ppc cycle
• Pollution Prevention and Control, the industrial permitting regime in the United Kingdom; see Landfills in the United Kingdom
• Powered parachute or paraplane, a type of ultralight aircraft
• Pretoria Portland Cement Company, a South African cement producer
• PPC worldwide, 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

Entertainment and sports

• 6mm PPC (Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge), a family of centerfire rifle cartridges for benchrest shooting sports
• Particle projection cannon, a fictional weapon in the BattleTech universe
• Peg + Cat, a TV series
• Ppc Racing, a defunct NASCAR team
• Police Pistol Combat, a type of target shooting competition

Politics

• Partido del Pueblo Costarricense, the Costa Rican People's Party
• Partido de los Pueblos Costeños, a regional political party in Nicaragua
• Partido Popular Cristiano (Peru) (Christian People's Party), a Peruvian political party
• Partit Popular de Catalunya, the Catalan branch of People's Party, Spain
• Party for Progress and Concord, Rwanda
• Peoples Planning Campaign (People's Plan Campaign), the Kerala experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments
• Prospective parliamentary candidate, a role in politics in the United Kingdom
• Pirate Party of Canada
• Pirate Party of Chile
• Czech Pirate Party
• People's Party of Canada, a conservative party founded by MP and former cabinet minister Maxime Bernier

Science

• 4-Phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol, an organic chemical
• Pediatric Prehospital Care, an educational program offered by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
• Polypropylene carbonate, a plastic
• Posterior parietal cortex, an association area involved in the integration of sensory information from multiple modalities

Other uses

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

See also

• PPC-1 (Pipe Pacific Cable), an international communications link constructed by PIPE Networks