MPC

MPC or Mpc or mpc have multiple meanings.

Astronomy

• Megaparsec (Mpc), unit of length used in astronomy
• Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Minor Planet Circulars (MPC or MPCs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center
  • Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (MPEC or MPECs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center

Computers and electronics

• Media PC, a computer used to replace typical TV peripherals
• Media Player Classic, a free software media player
• MPC Computers, an American computer builder, formerly known as MicronPC
• Music Production Center, Akai MPC series of electronic musical instruments
• Multimedia PC, hardware standard of Microsoft
• Musepack, an audio compression format (.mpc & other file extensions)
• Multi Project Chip, a VLSI design prototyping service
• Music Player Command, the command line interface to the Music Player Daemon
• Secure multi-party computation
• Massively parallel computing, using a large number of processors to perform coordinated computations

Mathematics

• Mean-preserving contraction, the opposite of a mean-preserving spread
• Model predictive control

Money and economics

• Marginal Private Costs, in economics
• Marginal propensity to consume, in economics
• Military Payment Certificate, scrip paid to overseas US Military personnel
• Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

Places

• Manitoba Pioneer Camp
• Michael Polanyi Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• Monterey Peninsula College, one of the 109 colleges in the California Community Colleges system
• Muntinlupa Polytechnic College, the former name of the University of the City of Muntinlupa in the Philippines

School

• Mindanao Polytechnic College, Philippines

Miscellaneous

• Military Police Corps (United States)
• Milk protein concentrate
• Magnetic particle clutch (or magnetic powder clutch)
• Maximum PC a magazine published in North America catering to computer enthusiasts
• Metal phthalocyanine (MPc), a phthalocyanine used in dyeing
• Member of Provincial Council, a member of provincial councils in Sri Lanka
• Model Penal Code
• Model Products Corporation, manufacturer of styrene plastic model kits and promotional models.
• The MPC Computers Bowl, a previous name of the college football Humanitarian Bowl game held annually at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho
• Multi-particle collision dynamics, a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids
• Moving Picture Company, a visual effects and post production company located in Soho, London
• Market Performance Center, the non-German branches of Mercedes-Benz
• Mizoram People's Conference, A regional political party in Mizoram, India.

Video gaming

• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, a 2007 video game for the Nintendo Wii