NIC may refer to:
Banking and insurance companies
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National Insurance Corporation, Uganda
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NIC Bank
NCBA Bank Kenya, whose full name is NCBA Bank Kenya Plc, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the country's central bank and national banking regulator.
Location
The bank's headquarters are located at ...
, a commercial bank in Kenya
Politics, government and economics
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National Ice Center
The National Ice Center (NIC) is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide worldwide navigational ice analyses for the armed forces of the United States, allied nations, and U.S. government agencies.
It is represented by the U ...
, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice analyses for the United States military and government
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National Incubation Center, Ignite - National Technology Fund, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Government of Pakistan
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Natal Indian Congress, a political party in South Africa formed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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, a committee chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan regarding the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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National Indigenous Council
The National Indigenous Council (NIC) was an appointed advisory body to the Australian Government through the Minister's for Indigenous Affairs' Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs (MTIA) established in November 2004 (not to be confused with the ea ...
, an advisory body to the Australian Government from late 2004 to early 2008
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National Informatics Centre
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architect ...
, Government of India
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National Infrastructure Commission
The National Infrastructure Commission is the executive agency responsible for providing expert advice to the UK Government on infrastructure challenges facing the UK.
Inaugurated in 2015, and established as an executive agency of HM Treasur ...
, a UK government body advising on large-scale infrastructure projects
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National Institute of Corrections, a division of the United States Department of Justice
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National Insurance
National Insurance (NI) is a fundamental component of the welfare state in the United Kingdom. It acts as a form of social security, since payment of NI contributions establishes entitlement to certain state benefits for workers and their fami ...
Contributions, UK contributions towards state benefits
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National Integration Council of India, to combat the problems of Communalism, casteism and Regionalism
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National Intelligence Council
The National Intelligence Council (NIC), established in 1979 and reporting to the Director of National Intelligence, bridges the United States Intelligence Community (IC) with policy makers in the United States. The NIC produces the "Global Tren ...
, center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States intelligence community
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National Irrigation Commission The National Irrigation Commission was established in 1986 and became operational in May 1987. The commission obtains its authority from the Irrigation Amendment Act (1999). Its chief role is to provide irrigation services to the agricultural sect ...
, Jamaica agricultural irrigation government commission
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Newly industrialized country
The category of newly industrialized country (NIC), newly industrialized economy (NIE) or middle income country is a socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world by political scientists and economists. They represe ...
, a socio-economic classification status used by political scientists
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the coun ...
, the ISO 3166-1 three-letter country code
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NIC Argentina The Network Information Center Argentina, or NIC Argentina, is an office of the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of Argentina responsible for operating the .ar country code top-level domain (ccTLD).
Delegation for the .ar ccTLD, ...
, Network Information Center, an office of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Niger–Congo languages
Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic-Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of ...
, the ISO 639-2 three-letter language code
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NIC Inc.
NIC Inc. () is a digital government service provider for federal, state and local governments in the United States. It was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Olathe, Kansas. Harry H. Herington serves as the chief executive officer and chairma ...
(eGov.com), an information service provider for federal and state government in the United States
Technology
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Negative impedance converter, configuration of an operational amplifier which acts as a negative load
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Network information center, formerly InterNIC, part of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS)
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Network interface controller
A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter or physical network interface, and by similar terms) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
Ear ...
, electronic hardware that enables a computer to communicate over a computer network
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New Internet Computer
The New Internet Computer (NIC) was a Linux-based internet appliance released July 6, 2000 by Larry Ellison's and Gina Smith's New Internet Computer Company. The system (without a monitor) sold for US$199.
The NIC boots from a CD-ROM with a cust ...
, former inexpensive Linux-based network computer
Science and medicine
* A brand name for the drug
lorazepam
Lorazepam, sold under the brand name Ativan among others, is a benzodiazepine medication. It is used to treat anxiety disorders, trouble sleeping, severe agitation, active seizures including status epilepticus, alcohol withdrawal, and che ...
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Nomarski interference contrast
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, also known as Nomarski interference contrast (NIC) or Nomarski microscopy, is an optical microscopy technique used to enhance the contrast in unstained, transparent samples. DIC works on the p ...
, a technique in microscopy
Other topics
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National identity card (Sri Lanka), an identity document in Sri Lanka
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Nagoya International Center
The Nagoya International Center (''Japanese: ''名古屋国際センター ''Nagoya Kokusai Sentaa'') is a non-profit organization based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. The center was established in 1984 and is known locally as the "NIC."
Desc ...
, a non-profit organization based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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National Ice Centre
The National Ice Centre (NIC) is located in Nottingham, England. It is situated just east of the city centre, close to the historic Lace Market area. The NIC was the first twin Olympic-sized (60m x 30m) ice pad facility in the UK, "heraldin ...
, an ice and music arena in Nottingham, England
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New In Chess'', a chess magazine issued eight times a year
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NIC Zuidlaren NIC Zuidlaren is an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, the Netherlands.
Overview
NIC Zuidlaren is the abbreviation of ''Noordelijk Internationaal Concours hippique Zuidlaren'' (Dutch), which might be translated in English as ' ...
, an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, Netherlands
* The IATA airport code for
Nicosia International Airport, an abandoned airport near Nicosia in Cyprus
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North Idaho College
North Idaho College (NIC) is a public community college in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has an enrollment exceeding 6,000 and is situated at the north end of Lake Coeur d'Alene near downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Tubbs Hill, Coeur d'Alene, Idah ...
, a community college located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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North Island College
North Island College (NIC) North Island College (NIC), is a community college located primarily on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Starting as a distance educational institution in the 1970’s, NIC has grown to a comprehensive post ...
, a community college complex on the northern half of Vancouver Island, Canada
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North American Interfraternity Conference
The North American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC; formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of intercollegiate men's social fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began at a meeting ...
, an association of collegiate men's fraternities formally organized in 1910
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Nursing Interventions Classification The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a care classification system which describes the activities that nurses perform as a part of the planning phase of the nursing process associated with the creation of a nursing care plan.
The NIC ...
, a classification system for nursing
See also
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Nic
NIC may refer to:
Banking and insurance companies
* National Insurance Corporation, Uganda
* NIC Bank, a commercial bank in Kenya
Politics, government and economics
* National Ice Center, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice a ...
, a given name
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Nick (disambiguation)
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Nix (disambiguation)
Nix or NIX may refer to:
Places
* Nix, Alabama, an unincorporated community, United States
* Nix, Texas, a ghost town in southwestern Lampasas County, Texas, United States
* Nix (moon), a moon of Pluto
People
* Nix (surname), listing people ...
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