PPU or ppu may refer to:
Education
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Palestine Polytechnic University
Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU; ) is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union (UGU).
PPU has six colleges: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Life Scien ...
, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine
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Patliputra University
Patliputra University (PPU) is a collegiate public state university located in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established by an act of the state legislature in 2018. As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic ...
, Patna, India
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Point Park University
Point Park University is a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as Point Park College, the school name was revised in 2004 to reflect the number of graduate programs being offered. In 2021, it had a total undergraduate ...
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Science and technology
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Physics processing unit
A physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games. It is an example of hardware acceleration.
Examples of calculations involving a PPU mi ...
, a microprocessor typically used for video games
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Picture Processing Unit
A video display controller (VDC), also called a display engine or display interface, is an integrated circuit which is the main component in a video-signal generator, a device responsible for the production of a TV video signal in a computing ...
, the component which generates a video signal in the Nintendo Entertainment System
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Power processing unit, a component responsible for regulating electrical power
Organisations
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Peace Pledge Union
The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes pacifism, based in the United Kingdom. Its members are signatories to the following pledge: "War is a crime against humanity. I renounce war, and am therefore determine ...
, a British anti-war organisation
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Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
The Peoria and Pekin Union Railway is a switching and terminal railroad in Illinois that began operating in 1881 and they opened a roadhouse in 1882.
History
The railway managed hourly passenger travel, but ridership declined during the Great ...
(reporting mark: PPU), Illinois, US
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People's Protection Units
The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurds in Syria, Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The YPG mostl ...
, armed forces of the Kurdish Supreme Committee
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Pirate Party of Ukraine, a political party
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PPU (union)
The PPU was a British pilots' union that represented a minority of the pilots who worked for Virgin Atlantic.
History
On 26 November 2012, the PPU was certified as a new union by the Trades Union Certification Officer. "The PPU was launched ...
, a defunct British pilots' union
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Prvi Partizan
Prvi partizan (; abbr. PPU) is a Serbian manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components, based in Užice, Serbia.
The company produces ammunition for civilian and military consumers in a variety of calibers in various loadings. Several ...
(''Prvi Partizan zavod ad Užice''), a Serbian ammunition manufacturer
* Pidpilna Poshta Ukrainy, a Ukrainian Latin name of the
Ukrainian Underground Post, an internationally unrecognized postal agency
Other uses
* Papun Airport (
IATA airport code
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a unique three-letter geocode designating many airports, cities (with one or more airports) and metropolitan areas (citie ...
: PPU), Papun, Myanmar
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The Plastic People of the Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a Czech rock band from Prague. They are considered the foremost representatives of Prague's underground culture (1968–1989), which defied Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Members of the band o ...
, a Czech rock band
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Price per unit, in economics
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Papora-Hoanya language (ISO 639:ppu)
See also
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