MPC
Encyclopedia
Astronomy
- Megaparsec, (Mpc) unit of length used in astronomy
- Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet CenterThe Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
, (MPC) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory- Minor Planet CircularMinor Planet CircularThe Minor Planet Circulars is a scientific journal that is generally published on the date of each full moon by the Minor Planet Center. The Circulars contain astrometric observations, orbits and ephemerides of minor planets, comets and certain natural satellites...
s, (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 CircularMinor Planet Electronic CircularThe Minor Planet Electronic Circulars are published by the Minor Planet Center. They generally contain positional observations and orbits of unusual minor planets and all comets. Monthly lists of observable unusual objects, observable distant objects, observable comets and the critical list of...
s, (MPEC) or (MPECs) astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
- Minor Planet Circular
Computers and electronics
- Media PC, a computer used to replace typical TV peripherals
- Media Player ClassicMedia Player ClassicMedia Player Classic is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, lightweight Windows Media Player 6.4 but integrates most options and features found in modern media players...
, a free software media player- MPCStar, a modified version of Media Player Classic
- MPC Computers, an American computer builder, formerly known as MicronPC
- Microspace PC
- Music Production Center (originally MIDIMusical Instrument Digital InterfaceMIDI is an industry-standard protocol, first defined in 1982 by Gordon Hall, that enables electronic musical instruments , computers and other electronic equipment to communicate and synchronize with each other...
Production Center), Akai series of electronic musical instruments - Multimedia PCMultimedia PCThe Multimedia PC, or MPC, was a recommended configuration for a PC with a CD-ROM drive. The standard was set and named by the "Multimedia PC Marketing Council", which was a working group of the Software Publishers Association . The MPMC comprised companies including Microsoft, Creative Labs,...
, hardware standard of Microsoft - MusepackMusepackMusepack or MPC is an open source lossy audio codec, specifically optimized for transparent compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160–180 kbit/s...
, an audio compression format (.mpc & other file extensions) - Multi Project ChipMulti Project ChipMulti-Project Chip or Multi-Project Wafer services integrate onto microelectronics wafers a number of different integrated circuit designs from various teams including designs from private firms, students and researchers from universities. Because IC fabrication costs are extremely high, it makes...
, a VLSI design prototyping service - Music Player Command, the command line interface to the Music Player DaemonMusic Player DaemonMusic Player Daemon is a music player server.- Design :MPD simply runs in the background playing music from its playlist. Client programs communicate with MPD to manipulate playback, the playlist, and the database...
- Secure multi-party computation
- Micro Program Counter, name of a register in the MIC-1 processor architecture
- Multiple Precision Complex, an important library for Unix-like operating systems http://www.multiprecision.org/index.php?prog=mpc&page=html
- MultiProcessor Computing, which provides a unified parallel runtime for clusters of large multiprocessor/multicore NUMA nodes.
Mathematics and statistics
- Mean-preserving contraction, the opposite of a mean-preserving spreadMean-preserving spreadIn probability and statistics, a mean-preserving spread is a change from one probability distribution A to another probability distribution B, where B is formed by spreading out one or more portions of A's probability density function while leaving the mean unchanged...
Money & economics
- Marginal Private Costs, in economics
- Marginal propensity to consumeMarginal propensity to consumeIn economics, the marginal propensity to consume is an empirical metric that quantifies induced consumption, the concept that the increase in personal consumer spending occurs with an increase in disposable income...
, in economics - Military Payment CertificateMilitary Payment CertificateMilitary Payment Certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay U.S. military personnel in certain foreign countries. It was used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War -- from 1946...
, scrip paid to overseas US Military personnel - Monetary Policy CommitteeMonetary Policy CommitteeThe Monetary Policy Committee is a committee of the Bank of England, which meets for two and a half days every month to decide the official interest rate in the United Kingdom . It is also responsible for directing other aspects of the government's monetary policy framework, such as quantitative...
of the Bank of England
Places
- Manitoba Pioneer CampManitoba Pioneer CampManitoba Pioneer Camp is a children’s summer camp, one of several Pioneer Camps owned and operated by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. It operates on two islands on Shoal Lake, near Lake of the Woods...
- Michael Polanyi CenterMichael Polanyi CenterThe Michael Polanyi Center at Baylor University was the first center at a research university exclusively dedicated to intelligent design study. It was founded in 1999 "with the primary aim of advancing the...
, Baylor University, Waco, Texas - Monterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey Peninsula College commonly called MPC is a public community college located in Monterey, California. Established in 1947, it is a part of the California Community Colleges system.-External links:*...
, one of the 109 colleges in the California Community Colleges systemCalifornia Community Colleges systemThe California Community Colleges System consists of 112 community colleges in 72 community college districts in the U.S. state of California... - Muntinlupa Polytechnic College, the former name of the University of the City of Muntinlupa in the Philippines
Miscellaneous
- Mechanical Pipe Cutter
- Magnetic particle clutchMagnetic particle clutchA magnetic particle clutch is a special type of electromagnetic clutch which does not use friction plates. Instead, it uses a fine powder of magnetically susceptible material to mechanically link an otherwise free wheeling disc attached to one shaft, to a rotor attached to the other shaft.When a...
(or magnetic powder clutch) - Manufacturing planning and control
- Maximum PCMaximum PCMaximum PC, formerly known as boot, is an American magazine and web site published by Future US. It focuses on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs...
a magazine published in North America catering to computer enthusiasts - Mechanical Counter Pressure Suit, another name for Space activity suitSpace activity suitA space activity suit or mechanical counterpressure suit is an experimental spacesuit which applies stable pressure against the skin by means of skintight elastic garments. The SAS is not inflated like a conventional spacesuit: it uses mechanical pressure, rather than air pressure, to compress the...
. - Metal phthalocyaninePhthalocyaninePhthalocyanine is an intensely blue-green coloured macrocyclic compound that is widely used in dyeing. Phthalocyanines form coordination complexes with most elements of the periodic table...
a dye can be abbreviated as MPc. - Mindless Paint Comics, a webcomicWebcomicWebcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
- Model Penal CodeModel Penal CodeThe Model Penal Code is a statutory text which was developed by the American Law Institute in 1962. The Chief Reporter on the project was Herbert Wechsler. The current form of the MPC was last updated in 1981. The purpose of the MPC was to stimulate and assist legislatures in making an effort to...
- Model predictive controlModel predictive controlModel Predictive Control, or MPC, is an advanced method of process control that has been in use in the process industries such as chemical plants and oil refineries since the 1980s...
- Model Products CorporationModel Products CorporationModel Products Corporation or MPC for short, was a plastic model company started in 1963. It produced highly accurate and detailed kits and pre-assembled promotional models, mainly of cars...
, manufacturer of styrene plastic model kits and promotional models. - The MPC Computers BowlMPC Computers BowlThe Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that has been played annually at 33,500-seat Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, since 1997...
, a previous name of the college football Humanitarian Bowl game held annually at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. - Multi-particle collision dynamicsMulti-particle collision dynamicsMulti-particle collision dynamics , also known as stochastic rotation dynamics , is a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids which fully incorporates thermal fluctuations and hydrodynamic interactions...
, a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids - Multi-Purpose Carrier, a type of ship. A combined containerContainer shipContainer ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...
/bulk carrierBulk carrierA bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have fueled the development of these ships,...
. - Multiple Plastics Corporation an American toy manufacturer
- Moving Picture CompanyMoving Picture CompanyThe Moving Picture Company is a post production facility creating digital visual effects and computer animation for feature films, commercials, music videos and television...
, a visual effectsVisual effectsVisual effects are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or...
and post production company located in SohoSohoSoho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... - Market Performance Center, the non-german branches of Mercedes-BenzMercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
Video gaming
- Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionMetroid Prime 3: CorruptionMetroid Prime 3: Corruption is a first-person action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the tenth game in the Metroid series, and the final entry in the Metroid Prime trilogy—excluding two spin-off titles. It was released in...
, a 2007 video game for the Nintendo Wii