NC

NC may refer to:

Places

• New Caledonia, special collectivity of France
• North Carolina, a U.S. state
• Northern Cyprus, a self-declared state on the island of Cyprus

People

• Naga Chaitanya, an Indian Telugu film actor; sometimes nicknamed by the initials of his first and middle name, NC

Computing and internet

• NC (complexity), a complexity class named after Nick Pippenger
• NCsoft, a producer of MMORPGs such as Lineage
• nc command for Netcat, a computer network utility
• Network computer, a diskless desktop computer in the late 1990s
• Norton Commander, an orthodox file manager program
• Nostalgia Critic, the alter ego of Internet comedian Doug Walker from That Guy with the Glasses
• PernMUSH, an online game based on Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels
• Microsoft Active Directory's Naming Context

Transport

• Northern Air Cargo, an American cargo airline IATA designator
• National Jet Systems, an Australian charter airline IATA designator
• Curtiss NC, an American flying boat nicknamed the "Nancy boat"
• NC-4, the first aircraft to cross the atlantic (with multiple stops)
• NC, the beginning of registries for American civil aircraft
• NC, an international maritime distress signal

Science and technology

• Effective number of codons, a measure to study the state of codon usage biases in genes
• Nanocoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge
• Nasal cannula, a device used to deliver supplemental oxygen
• Neural crest, a transient component of the ectoderm
• Not Connected, an unconnected pin in electronic equipment (or no connection)
• Normally closed, an electrical switch where the default position is closed
• Numerical control, a method of automatic operation of machine tools
• NC (complexity) Nick's Class, the set of decision problems decidable in polylogarithmic time on a parallel computer with a polynomial number of processors
• National coarse, a Unified Thread Standard for screw, nut, and bolts
• Nanocapsule
• Noise Curve, a graphic representation of sound pressure levels relative to human hearing perception
• Neutral current, a class of physics interaction where the mediating boson is neutral, especially for neutrino experiments.

Music

• N.C., an independent record label run out of Melbourne, Australia.

Other uses

• NC, no comment
• NC-17, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system code indicating that children under 17 are not admitted
• National Certificate, name of an educational award in various countries including Ireland and Scotland
• New Centre, a political party in France
• Nathan Connolly, lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
• Newcomer
• Non Cognizable Offense (LAW)
• NC Paint - Nitrocellulose paint
• No contest (combat sports)