PPC

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PPC may stand for:

In communications and computers:

• Pay per click, a method of charging for advertising on the Internet
• PearPC, a PowerPC platform emulator
• Peripheral pin controller, a feature present in the StrongARM CPU family that controls IO ports
• Pocket PC, Microsoft's specification for handheld devices
• PowerPC, a microprocessor architecture
• PPC-1 (Pipe Pacific Cable), an international communications link to be constructed by PIPE Networks
• Protected procedure call, a messaging facility in computer operating systems

In engineering:

• Plastic Parts Centre, formed in 1995 as the U.K. Distribution business for Moss Plastic Parts Ltd
• Pollution Prevention and Control, the industrial permitting regime in the United Kingdom
• Powered parachute, or paraplane; a type of ultralight aircraft
• Precast Prestressed concrete concrete, a type of concrete structure that contains reinforcing cables or rods under tension
• Production planning and control
• Public Power Corporation of Greece (PPC S.A.), the biggest electric power company in Greece
• PPC worldwide, a U.S. based manufacturer of connector technology for the telecommunications, broadcast and wireless industries.

In politics:

• Partido de los Pueblos Costeños, a regional political party in Nicaragua
• Partido Popular Cristiano (Christian People's Party), a Peruvian political party
• Partido del Pueblo Costarricense, the Costa Rican People's Party
• Prospective parliamentary candidate, a role in politics in the United Kingdom
• Partit Popular de Catalunya, the catalan branch of People's Party (Spain)

In 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
• Petits Propos Culinaires, a journal of food studies and history
• Polypropylene carbonate, a plastic
• Posterior parietal cortex, an association area involved in the integration of sensory information from multiple modalities
• Production Possibility Curve, in economics, a graph that depicts the trade-off between any two items produced

Other uses:

• Paramount Pictures Corporation, an American movie studio owned by media conglomerate Viacom
• Particle projection cannon, a fictional weapon in the BattleTech universe
• Ppc Racing, a defunct NASCAR team
• Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, a publishing agency of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Prior Park College, a Catholic private school in Bath
• Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge, a family of centerfire rifle cartridges for benchrest shooting sports

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