MPC

MPC or Mpc or mpc stands for:

Astronomy

• Megaparsec, (Mpc) unit of length used in astronomy
• Minor Planet Center, (MPC) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Minor Planet Circulars, (MPC) or (MPCs) astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
• Minor Planet Circulars Supplement, (MPCS) or (MPS) astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
• Minor Planet Circulars Orbit Supplement, (MPO ; plural MPOs) or (MPCOS) astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
• Minor Planet Electronic Circulars, (MPEC) or (MPECs) astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center

Computers and electronics

• Metroid Prime Corruption
• Media PC, a computer used to replace typical TV peripherals
• Media Player Classic (a free software media player)
• MPC Computers, an American computer builder, formerly known as MicronPC
• MPCStar (Modified version of Media Player Classic)
• Microspace PC
• Akai's Music Production Center, series of electronic musical instruments, popular for use in hip hop music
• Multimedia PC, hardware standard of Microsoft
• Musepack, an audio compression format (.mpc, .mp+ & .mpp file extensions)
• Multi Project Chip, a VLSI design prototyping service
• Music Player Command (mpc), the command line interface to the Music Player Daemon (MPD)
• Secure multi-party computation
• Micro Program Counter, name of a register in the MIC-1 processor architecture

Money

• Marginal Private Costs, in economics
• Marginal propensity to consume, in economics
• Military Payment Certificate, scrip paid to overseas US Military personnel
• Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

Places

• Manitoba Pioneer Camp
• Michael Polanyi Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• Monterey Peninsula College, one of the 109 colleges in the California Community Colleges system
• Muntinlupa Polytechnic College, the former name of the University of the City of Muntinlupa in the Philippines

Miscellaneous

• Maximum PC a magazine published in North America catering to computer enthusiasts
• Magnetic particle clutch (or magnetic powder clutch)
• Mechanical Counter Pressure Suit, another name for Space activity suit.
• Metal phthalocyanine a dye can be abbreviated as MPc.
• Mindless Paint Comics, a webcomic
• Model Penal Code
• Model predictive control
• Model Products Corporation, defunct manufacturer of styrene plastic model kits and promotional models.
• The MPC Computers Bowl, a previous name of the college football Humanitarian Bowl game held annually at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
• Multi-Purpose Carrier, a type of ship. A combined container/bulk carrier.
• Multiple Plastics Corporation an American toy manufacturer
• Moving Picture Company, a visual effects and post production company located in Soho, London.