NICS is a four-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, such as: *

Network of International Christian Schools The Network of International Christian Schools (NICS) is an organization that consists of 15 schools in 13 countries in Asia, Africa, South America, Europe and includes an online school in North America. Plans are underway to establish more schools ...

National Instant Criminal Background Check System The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a background check system in the United States created by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 to prevent firearm sales to people prohibited under the Act. The system ...

in the United States *

Non-invasive cerebellar stimulation Non-invasive cerebellar stimulation (NICS) is the application of non-invasive neurostimulation techniques on the cerebellum to modify its electrical activity. Techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or transcranial direct curre ...

Northern Ireland Civil Service The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS; ; Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlann Cïvil Sarvice'') is the permanent bureaucracy of employees that supports the Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved government of Northern Ireland. The NICS is one ...

** Northern Ireland Civil Service F.C. *

Nucleus-independent chemical shift An aromatic ring current is an effect observed in aromatic molecules such as benzene and naphthalene. If a magnetic field is directed perpendicular to the plane of the aromatic system, a ring current is induced in the delocalized π electrons o ...

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 famil ...

Contributions (''NICs'') in the United Kingdom *

National Institute for Computational Sciences The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) is funded by the National Science Foundation and managed by the University of Tennessee. NICS was home to Kraken, the most powerful computer in the world managed by academia. The NICS petas ...

, a supercomputing center managed by the University of Tennessee

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