PPC may refer to:

Computing

Personal programmable calculator Programmable calculators are calculators that can automatically carry out a sequence of operations under the control of a stored program. Most are Turing complete, and, as such, are theoretically general-purpose computers. However, their user i ...

, programmable calculators for personal use *

Pay-per-click Pay-per-click (PPC) is an internet advertising model used to drive traffic to websites, in which an advertiser pays a publisher (typically a search engine, website owner, or a network of websites) when the ad is clicked. This differs from more t ...

, an internet advertising model *

PearPC PearPC is a PowerPC platform emulator capable of running many PowerPC operating systems, including pre-Intel versions of Mac OS X, Darwin, and Linux on x86 hardware. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It can be used on Wi ...

, a PowerPC platform emulator *

Peercoin Peercoin, also known as Peer-to-Peer Coin, PP Coin, or PPC, is a cryptocurrency A cryptocurrency (colloquially crypto) is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as ...

, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency *

Peripheral pin controller The StrongARM is a family of computer microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment Corporation and manufactured in the late 1990s which implemented the ARM v4 instruction set architecture. It was later acquired by Intel in 1997 from DEC's o ...

, a feature present in the StrongARM CPU family that controls IO ports *

Pocket PC A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile operating system, which is based on Windows Embedded Compact, Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact, and that has some of the abilities of modern ...

, Microsoft's specification for handheld devices * ZEOS PPC, an early MS-DOS 5.0-based palmtop PC by ZEOS *

PowerPC PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple Inc., App ...

, a microprocessor architecture * Protected procedure call, a messaging facility in computer operating systems

Business and economics

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is a religious corporation, which is the publishing agency of the Presbyterian Church (USA). According to its official website, "The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is one of six agencies of the Presby ...

, a publishing agency of the American Presbyterian Church * Production Possibility Curve, a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy could efficiently produce with limited productive resources * Prompt Payment Code, a voluntary code of practice for businesses *

Public Power Corporation The Public Power Corporation S.A. (, abbreviated PPC, or DEIInfoCuriaCommission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic Case C-394/02, published 2 June 2005, accessed 5 October 2022) is the largest electric power company in Greece. PPC ...

(), a Greek electric power company * Practitioners Publishing Company, an imprint of

Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational corporation, multinational content-driven technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and maintains its headquarters at 1 ...

Tax & Accounting

Engineering and construction

* PPC Ltd., 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 Partially premixed combustion (PPC), also known as PPCI (partially-premixed compression ignition) or GDCI (gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition) is a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines of automobi ...

, a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines *

Powered parachute A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels. The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible or ...

or paraplane, a type of aircraft

Politics

* , the Costa Rican People's Party * , a regional political party in Nicaragua * (Peru) (Christian People's Party), a Peruvian political party * , the Catalan branch of People's Party, Spain *

Party for Progress and Concord The Party for Progress and Concord (; , PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'. History The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.Arthur ...

, Rwanda *

People's Party of Canada The People's Party of Canada (PPC; ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party was formed by Maxime Bernier in September 2018, shortly after his resignation from the Conservative Party of Canada. It is placed from the right to the far ...

, a conservative party founded by Maxime Bernier *

Peoples Planning Campaign People's Planning refers to the establishment of local self-government institutions in Kerala in 1996 as per the 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution of India in 1992 which entrusted states with the responsibility of establishing Panch ...

(People's Plan Campaign), the Kerala experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments *

Pirate Party of Canada The Pirate Party of Canada (; PPCA) was a minor party in federal Canadian politics. Founded in 2009, the party officially registered with Elections Canada in 2010. The PPCA is modelled on the Swedish Pirate Party and advocates intellectual proper ...

Poor People's Campaign The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SC ...

founded by Martin Luther King Jr. *

Prospective parliamentary candidate In British politics, a prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) is a candidate selected by political parties to contest under individual Westminster constituencies in advance of a general election. The term originally came into use because of ...

, a role in politics in the United Kingdom

Science

4-Phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol 4-Phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol, also known as PPC, is an organic chemical which is a metabolite of phencyclidine Phencyclidine or phenylcyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), also known in its use as a street drug as angel dust among other nam ...

, an organic chemical *

Pediatric Prehospital Care The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians is an American professional association representing Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. Lobbying In March 2013, the association unsuccessfully lobbied for the Veteran Emerg ...

, an educational program offered by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians *

Polypropylene carbonate Polypropylene carbonate (PPC), a copolymer of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide, is a thermoplastic material. Catalysts like zinc glutarate are used in polymerization. Properties Polypropylene carbonate is soluble in polar solvents like lower ...

, a plastic *

Posterior parietal cortex The posterior parietal cortex (the portion of parietal neocortex posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex) plays an important role in planned movements, spatial reasoning, and attention. Damage to the posterior parietal cortex can produce a ...

, an association area involved in the integration of sensory information from multiple modalities *

Proprotein convertase Proprotein convertases (PPCs) are a family of proteins that activate other proteins. Many proteins are inactive when they are first synthesized, because they contain chains of amino acids that block their activity. Proprotein convertases remove tho ...

, an enzyme family

Sports and entertainment

6mm PPC The 6mm PPC (Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge), or 6x38 PPC as it is more often called, is a centerfire rifle cartridge used almost exclusively for benchrest shooting. It is one of the most accurate cartridges available at distances of up to 300&nbs ...

(Palmisano & Pindel Cartridge), a family of centerfire rifle cartridges for benchrest shooting sports *

Particle projection cannon ''BattleTech'' is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The trademark ...

, a fictional weapon in the ''BattleTech'' universe * ''

Peg + Cat PEG or peg may refer to: Devices * Clothes peg, a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying * Tent peg, a spike driven into the ground for holding a tent to the ground * Tuning peg, used to hold a string in the pegbox of a stringed instrumen ...

'', a TV series * Police Pistol Combat, a type of target shooting competition *

Ppc Racing ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The te ...

, a defunct NASCAR team * Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, a rock band from Australia *

Pink Pony Club "Pink Pony Club" is a song by the American singer and songwriter Chappell Roan. It was released through Atlantic Records on April 3, 2020, and was later included on her debut album, ''The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess'' (2023). Written b ...

, a 2020 single from

Chappell Roan Kayleigh Rose Amstutz (born February 19, 1998), known professionally as Chappell Roan ( ), is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her Camp (style), camp and drag queen–influenced aesthetic. Her debut EP, ''School Nights'' (201 ...

Other uses

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Petits Propos Culinaires ''Petits Propos Culinaires'' (PPC) is a journal covering the history of food and cookery. History and content Founded by Jane and Alan Davidson in 1979 and first published in 1980, ''Petits Propos Culinaires'' is edited by Tom Jaine and publi ...

'', a journal of food studies and history * Primary peritoneal carcinoma *

Prior Park College Prior Park College is a co-educational public school for both boarding and day pupils in Bath, south-west England. Its main building, Prior Park, stands on a hill overlooking the city and is a Grade I listed building. The adjoining Prior P ...

, a Catholic private school in Bath, England