Dictionary of Meaning

<<Back
Please select a letter:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-9

Pc

*** Shopping-Tip: Pc
'''pc''' may mean: * parsec, an astronomical unit of distance (from "parallax-second") * Percent or per cent '''pC''' may mean: * pico coulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10^{-12 coulomb

'''PC''' may mean:

Codification

* Pacific Islands Trust Territory: ISO 3166 country code (obsolete since 1986; was split into Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau)
* "Patrol, Coastal", a US Navy hull classification symbol
* Penn Central, a railroad in the United States {{reporting mark|PC}}
* Pitcairn Islands: List of FIPS country codes FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
* Production code number Production code, a designation used to identify television episodes

People

* P. Chidambaram, finance minister of India
* Patrick Carpenter, a D.J. and one of the collaborators in the Ninja Tune recording outfit, DJ Food
* Pierre Cardin, fashion designer
* Frank PC (Howles), production coordinator at TGI Friday's 2001-2004

Science

* Principal component, in statistics (also PC1, PC2 etc.)
* petacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10^{15 coulombs
* Photonic crystal, periodic dielectric or metallo-dielectric (nano)structures
* Polycarbonate, a particular group of thermoplastics
* Pubococcygeus muscle, a muscle in the human body

Technology

* Personal computer, a computer used and owned by a person
** IBM PC ("Personal Computer"), or IBM PC compatible (the latter is the computer component of the computing platform that makes up the majority of today's desktop and laptop computers)
* Pocket computer, a small programmable calculator
* Program counter, a special type of register in a computer
* Programmable Controller (PLC)
* Prontor/Compur, a jack or plug for providing flash synchronization to a camera
* Printed Circuit, usually in the context of PC board
* Phrozen Crew, a group of computer software crackers

Title

*Privy Counsellor, a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
*Privy Counsellor, a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada

Product Identification

* Mazda C engine#PC PC, a Mazda piston engine
* President's Choice, a private label brand of Loblaw Companies Limited

Society & Linguistics

* Political correctness, a term used to criticise attempts to impose limits on language and public debate
* Police Constable (also Pc), in the UK and Canada
* Presbyterian Church (USA), a Christian denomination
* Privy Council, a body that advises the head of state of a nation (see also Queen's Privy Council for Canada)
* Pro-choice, a self-description used by people who believe that women should have the legal right to have an abortion
* Proto-Celtic language, the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages

Political parties

* ''Plaid Cymru'', a Welsh nationalist political party
* Progressive Canadian Party, Canada's new progressive conservative party
* Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a Canadian centre-right conservative political party
* Privy Counsellor, UK honour given by HM the Queen, permits use of title Right Honourable

Institutions

* Phoenix College, a community college in Phoenix, Arizona
* Presbyterian College, in Clinton, South Carolina
* Providence College, a private four-year Catholicollege in Providence, Rhode Island] USA

Other initialisms

* Politically correct, a reference to a wording that is likely to offend the smallest possible portion of a population
* Piano concerto, a concerto for solo piano and orchestra
* Picture Cover, a method of book binding in which the cover of the book has a picture relating to the contents
* Player character or playable character, a fictional character controlled by a human player
* ''post cibum'' (Latin for "after meals"), a medical prescription shorthand
* Postcard or postal card, a typically piece of paper intended for mailing
* Process Control, a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architectures, mechanisms, and algorithms
* Public convenience, another name for a toilet

{{disambig}}

de:PC
eo:PC
fr:PC
ko:PC
it:Pc
hu:PC
nl:PC
ja:PC
pl:PC
sl:PC
fi:PC (täsmennyssivu)
vi:PC
zh:PC

see PC

*** Shopping-Tip: Pc}}