APC

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APC most often refers to:

Armoured personnel carrier, an armoured fighting vehicle

APC or Apc may also refer to:

Computing and technology

Auto Power Control, a system of powering e.g. laser diodes
Adaptive predictive coding, an analog-to-digital conversion system
Advanced process control, a concept in control theory
Alternative PHP Cache, a PHP accelerator program
Angled physical contact, a technique used in optical fiber connections
APC (magazine), Australian Personal Computer magazine
APC III or Advanced Personal Computer, a 1983 NEC microcomputer
American Power Conversion Corporation or simply APC, a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies, electronics peripherals and data center products, nowadays called APC by Schneider Electric
APC-7 connector, a coaxial connector used for high frequency applications
Application Program Command, a C1 control code
Asynchronous procedure call, a function that executes asynchronously in the context of a specific thread on Microsoft Windows
Atari Punk Console, a simple DIY noisemaker circuit
VIA APC, a low-cost Android PC computer

Science

General

Article processing charge, a fee charged to authors for publication in an open access journal

Biology and medicine

Activated protein C, an anti-coagulant and anti-inflammatory protein
Adenomatous polyposis coli, a tumor suppressor protein encoded by the APC gene, mutations in which can cause colon cancer
Anaphase-promoting complex, a ubiquitin ligase cell cycle protein
Antigen-presenting cell, a type of cell that displays foreign antigens
Amino Acid-Polyamine-Organocation (APC) Family of transport proteins
APC Superfamily, a superfamily of transport proteins
APC tablet, analgesic compound of aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine
Argon plasma coagulation, an endoscopic technique for controlling hemorrhage
Atrial premature complexes, a type of premature heart beat or irregular heart beat or arrhythmia which start in the upper two chambers of the heart

Chemistry

Allophycocyanin, a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family
Allylpalladium chloride dimer, a chemical compound
Ammonium perchlorate, a powerful oxidizer used in solid rocket motors

Military

Armoured personnel carrier, type of armoured military vehicle
Armour-piercing capped, an anti-armor shell type
Army Proficiency Certificate, the training syllabus of the Army Cadet Force
B&T APC9 (Advanced Police Carbine), a submachine gun produced by B&T AG
- B&T APC45, a variant of the B&T APC9
Two US Navy hull classification symbols: Coastal transport (APC) and Small coastal transport (APc)

Organizations

Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory, a research laboratory located in Paris
A.P.C., A French design group and clothing retailer
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, a group of countries
African Paralympic Committee, a sports organization based in Cairo, Egypt
African People's Convention, a South African political party
Alianza Popular Conservadora, a political party in Nicaragua
Alien Property Custodian, a former office within the Government of the United States
All People's Congress, a political party in Sierra Leone
All Progressives Congress, a political party in Nigeria
Alternativa Popular Canaria, a separatist political party of the Canary Islands
American Pie Council, an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage
American Plastics Council, a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry
Americas Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organization of National Paralympic Committees
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a defunct American petroleum exploration company
Animal Procedures Committee, a UK public body and task force
Anti-Poverty Committee, a direct action organization in Vancouver, Canada
Apocalypse Production Crew, an MP3 warez organization
Arab Potash Company, a potash production company headquartered in Jordan
Armed Proletarians for Communism, an Italian far-left terrorist group of the 1970s
Arrangers' Publishing Company, a sheet music publishing company in the United States
Asia Pacific College, a joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation
Asian Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees
Associated Presbyterian Churches, a Scottish Christian denomination
Association for Progressive Communications, a worldwide network of organisations helping others use the internet to promote social justice and sustainable development
Association of Professional Chaplains, internationally certified hospice chaplains
Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a US-based independent investment bank
Australian Paralympic Committee
Australian Polling Council, a polling industry body
Patriotic Alliance for Change, a Paraguayan political alliance (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio)

Places

Apc, Hungary, a village in the Heves County of Hungary
Napa County Airport (IATA airport code APC), near Napa, California

Other uses

A Perfect Circle, an American rock supergroup
Alkali Pozzolan Cement, an alternative cement developed at Curtin University, Australia
Ambulatory Payment Classification
Attoparsec, an unusual minuscule unit of astronomic distance
Australian Provincial Championship, a rugby union competition in Australia
Automatic Performance Control, a system that was used on some Saab H engines
Average propensity to consume, the proportion of income spent
Levantine Arabic, by ISO 639-3 code
- North Levantine Arabic, by a previously separate ISO 639-3 code, which has now been broadened to include Levantine Arabic
Vincent's APC, a discontinued analgesic compound of aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine, once popular in Australia