NC

NC may refer to:

People

Naga Chaitanya, an Indian Telugu film actor; sometimes nicknamed by the initials of his first and middle name, NC
Nathan Connolly, lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
Nostalgia Critic, the alter ego of Internet comedian Doug Walker from That Guy with the Glasses

Nasal cannula, a device used to deliver supplemental oxygen
Nasal chondrocytes, the cell type within the hyaline cartilage of the nasal septum
Neural crest, a transient component of the ectoderm
Effective number of codons, a measure to study the state of codon usage biases in genes

NC (complexity), the set of decision problems decidable in polylogarithmic time on a parallel computer with a polynomial number of processors
Naming Context, in Microsoft Active Directory
NCsoft, a producer of MMORPGs such as Lineage
Netcat, a computer network utility
Network computer, a diskless desktop computer in the late 1990s
Norton Commander, an orthodox file manager program
PernMUSH, an online game based on Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels

Nanocarbon, a short name for material based on carbon nanotubes
Nanocoulomb, 1:1,000,000,000 of the SI unit of electric charge
Neutral current, a class of physics interaction where the mediating boson is neutral, especially for neutrino experiments
Nuclear chemistry, the subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties

National coarse, a Unified Thread Standard for screws, nuts, and bolts
National Radio Company, American manufacturer of radio equipment from 1914 to 1991
Noise criteria, a single-value measurement of background noise derived from a graphic representation of the sound pressure audio spectrum (noise curves)
Noun class, a grammatical category of nouns
Normally closed, an electrical switch where the default position is closed
Not connected, an open cable connection or unassigned connector or part pin
Numerical control, a method of automatic operation of machine tools
NC MX-5 Miata, the third generation of the Mazda MX-5

NC-17, an MPAA film rating system code indicating that children under 17 are not admitted
National Certificate, an educational award in various countries including Ireland and Scotland
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces or National Coalition, a Syrian revolutionary organisation
Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India, a cultural centre
New Centre, a former political party in France now known as The Centrists
New Conglomerate (NC), a faction in the PlanetSide series
New Continent School (Colegio Nuevo Continente), a private school in Mexico
No comment, in internet slang
No contest (combat sports)
Non Cognizable Offense, in law
Nepali Congress, a political party in Nepal
- Nepali Congress (Democratic)
- Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi)
N.C., "no chord" in guitar tablature
Nonconformity (quality), in Quality management
Noncommercial (in Creative Commons licenses)