OPC
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OPC may refer to:
Computing
Architecture and engineering
Natural sciences
Social matters, politics and government
Other
Computing
- OLE for process controlOLE for process controlOLE for Process Control , which stands for Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control, is the original name for a standards specification developed in 1996 by an industrial automation industry task force...
- OPC FoundationOPC FoundationThe Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control Foundation is an industry consortium that creates and maintains standards for open connectivity of industrial automation devices and systems, such as industrial control systems and process control generally...
, a related consortium
- OPC Foundation
- Open Packaging Conventions
- Operations Planning and Control, renamed to IBM Tivoli Workload SchedulerIBM Tivoli Workload SchedulerIBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler is a family of IBM Tivoli workload automation products that plan, execute and track jobs on several platforms and environments.IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler comprises two core and distinctly different products:...
(TWS) - Optimized Power ControlOptimized Power ControlOptimized Power Control, also known as Optimum Power Calibration, abbreviated OPC, is a function of a CD or DVD writer. It checks the proper writing power and reflection of the media in use, calculating the optimum laser power and adjusting it for writing the particular session. More sophisticated...
, a method to adjust laser power when writing optical media. - Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC), in MPDV
Architecture and engineering
- Optical proximity correctionOptical proximity correctionOptical proximity correction is a photolithography enhancement technique commonly used to compensate for image errors due to diffraction or process effects...
- Optimized Power ControlOptimized Power ControlOptimized Power Control, also known as Optimum Power Calibration, abbreviated OPC, is a function of a CD or DVD writer. It checks the proper writing power and reflection of the media in use, calculating the optimum laser power and adjusting it for writing the particular session. More sophisticated...
(or Optimum Power Calibration), a function of a CD or DVD writer - Ordinary Portland cementPortland cementPortland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non-specialty grout...
- Organic Photoconductor, an element used for, among other applications, photocopierPhotocopierA photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process using heat...
drums.
Natural sciences
- Ocean Prediction CenterOcean Prediction CenterThe Ocean Prediction Center , established in 1995, is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s original six service centers. Until January 12, 2003, the name of the organization was the Marine Prediction Center. Its origins are traced back to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in...
- Oligomeric proanthocyanidin
Social matters, politics and government
- Office of Policy CoordinationOffice of Policy CoordinationThe Office of Policy Coordination was a United States covert psychological operations and paramilitary action organization. Created as an independent office in 1948, it was merged with the Central Intelligence Agency in 1951....
, a secret U.S. government unit, 1948-1951 - Overseas Press ClubOverseas Press ClubThe Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
- Oodua Peoples CongressOodua Peoples CongressThe Oodua Peoples Congress is a militant Yoruba nationalist organization situated in Nigeria. The Yoruba people, who live in the South Western part of Nigeria, as well as neighbouring countries such as Benin, are a large ethno-linguistic group; the majority of them speak the Yoruba language...
- (Federal) Office for the Protection of the Constitution, a translation of the German name Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
- Orthodox Presbyterian ChurchOrthodox Presbyterian ChurchThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a conservative Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America who strongly objected to the pervasive Modernist theology during the 1930s . Led...
- Online Party of CanadaOnline Party of CanadaThe Online Party of Canada , is a Canadian website founded in October 2010 and is in the process of formally registering as a political party with Elections Canada...
Other
- Ontario Police CollegeOntario Police CollegeThe Ontario Police College is located in Malahide Township, just east of Aylmer, in Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.-Programs:...
- Ontario Pioneer Camp, in Huntsville, OntarioHuntsville, OntarioHuntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay....
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Orthotic Prosthetic CenterOrthotic Prosthetic CenterThe Orthotic Prosthetic Center is a family owned and operated prosthetics lab with offices in Fairfax, Virginia and Rockville, Maryland. The company is also featured on Rebuilt: The Human Body Shop, a reality TV show that debuted in January 2006 on the Discovery Health Channel. OPC was founded in...
- O-Pee-CheeO-Pee-CheeThe O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd. was a 20th-century Canadian confectionery company that produced candy until the mid 1990s. The company, based in London, Ontario, was originally owned by the McDermid family . The company was later owned by Frank Leahy and then, sold to his son in law, Gary Koreen...
, a Canadian sports card company - OPCOpel Performance CenterOpel Performance Center GmbH, commonly known as OPC, is an independent subsidiary of the german automaker Opel, which is responsible for the planning, development and coordination of all motorsport activities in charge of Opel in Europe....
, Opel Performance CenterOpel Performance CenterOpel Performance Center GmbH, commonly known as OPC, is an independent subsidiary of the german automaker Opel, which is responsible for the planning, development and coordination of all motorsport activities in charge of Opel in Europe....
a subsidiary of car manufacturer OpelOpelAdam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...