NP

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NP may stand for:

Contents 1 Locations 2 Organizations and institutions 3 Health, science, technology and math 4 Language, literature, magazines, and games 5 Professions

[edit] Locations

• National park
• Nepal (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
• Newbury Park, California
• Newport postcode area, United Kingdom
• North Philadelphia

[edit] Organizations and institutions

• New Process Gear, the name of the Syracuse, New York plant owned by New Venture Gear
• National Party of South Africa
• National Post, a Toronto-based newspaper
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
• Northern Pacific Railway (AAR reporting marks NP)
• NP Buchverlag, an Austrian publishing company
• Nonviolent Peaceforce
• Nobel Prize

[edit] Health, science, technology and math

• NP (complexity), a computational complexity class
• Neper, Np, a dimensionless unit
• Neptunium (chemical symbol Np)
• Neyman-Pearson lemma, the NP lemma
• Network processor
• P-n junction, or NP junction instead, an electronic device used to make diodes and transistors.
• Non-polarized denotation marked on electrolytic capacitors
• Nasal Prongs, used to deliver oxygen while in Hospital
• Nucleoside phosphorylase, an enzyme
• Nurse practitioners

[edit] Language, literature, magazines, and games

• Noun phrase in grammar
• no problem and now playing in Internet slang
• NP, a book by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto
• Nintendo Power, the official North American Nintendo magazine
• Neopoints, the currency of online gaming website Neopets

[edit] Professions

• Nurse practitioner A registered nurse who has completed advanced nursing education
• Notary public