# APC

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**APC** most often refers to:

- [Armoured personnel carrier](/source/Armoured_personnel_carrier), an armoured fighting vehicle

**APC** or **Apc** may also refer to:

## Computing and technology

- Auto Power Control, a system of powering e.g., laser diodes
- [Adaptive predictive coding](/source/Adaptive_predictive_coding), an analog-to-digital conversion system
- [Advanced process control](/source/Advanced_process_control), a concept in control theory
- [Alternative PHP Cache](/source/Alternative_PHP_Cache), a PHP accelerator program
- Angled physical contact, a technique used in [optical fiber connections](/source/Optical_fiber_connector#Optical_fiber_connector#Contact)
- [*APC* (magazine)](/source/APC_(magazine)), Australian Personal Computer magazine
- [APC III](/source/APC_III) or Advanced Personal Computer, a 1983 NEC microcomputer
- [APC by Schneider Electric](/source/APC_by_Schneider_Electric), formerly American Power Conversion Corporation or simply *APC*, a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies, electronics peripherals and data center products
- [APC-7 connector](/source/APC-7_connector), a coaxial connector used for high-frequency applications
- Application Program Command, a [C1 control code](/source/C1_control_code)
- [Asynchronous procedure call](/source/Asynchronous_procedure_call), a function that executes asynchronously in the context of a specific thread on Microsoft Windows
- [Atari Punk Console](/source/Atari_Punk_Console), a simple DIY noisemaker circuit
- Automated passenger counter, a [people counter](/source/People_counter) that counts people as they enter/exit [public transport](/source/Public_transport) vehicles
- [VIA APC](/source/VIA_APC), a low-cost Android PC computer

## Science

### General

- [Article processing charge](/source/Article_processing_charge), a fee charged to authors for publication in an [open access journal](/source/Open_access_journal)

### Biology and medicine

- [Activated protein C](/source/Activated_protein_C), an anti-coagulant and anti-inflammatory protein
- [Adenomatous polyposis coli](/source/Adenomatous_polyposis_coli), a tumor suppressor protein encoded by the *APC* gene, mutations in which can cause colon cancer
- [Anaphase-promoting complex](/source/Anaphase-promoting_complex), a ubiquitin ligase cell cycle protein
- [Antigen-presenting cell](/source/Antigen-presenting_cell), a type of cell that displays foreign antigens
- **A**mino Acid-**P**olyamine-Organo**c**ation [(APC) Family](/source/APC_Family) of transport proteins
- [APC Superfamily](/source/APC_Superfamily), a superfamily of transport proteins
- APC tablet, analgesic compound of [aspirin](/source/Aspirin), [phenacetin](/source/Phenacetin#Uses), and caffeine - [Vincent's APC](/source/Vincent's_APC), a discontinued analgesic trademark, once popular in Australia
- [Argon plasma coagulation](/source/Argon_plasma_coagulation), an endoscopic technique for controlling hemorrhage
- [Atrial premature complexes](/source/Atrial_premature_complexes), a type of premature heart beat or irregular heart beat or arrhythmia which start in the upper two chambers of the heart
- [Australian Plant Census](/source/Australian_Plant_Census), a plant database website

### Chemistry

- [Allophycocyanin](/source/Allophycocyanin), a protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family
- [Allylpalladium chloride dimer](/source/Allylpalladium_chloride_dimer), a chemical compound
- [Ammonium perchlorate](/source/Ammonium_perchlorate), a powerful oxidizer used in solid rocket motors

## Military

- [Armoured personnel carrier](/source/Armoured_personnel_carrier), type of armoured military vehicle
- [Armour-piercing capped](/source/Armour-piercing_capped), an anti-armor shell type
- Army Proficiency Certificate, the training syllabus of the [Army Cadet Force](/source/Army_Cadet_Force)
- [Brügger & Thomet APC](/source/Br%C3%BCgger_%26_Thomet_APC) (Advanced Police Carbine), a family of submachine guns and rifles produced by B&T AG
- Two US Navy hull classification symbols: [Coastal transport (APC)](/source/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy#Coastal_transports_(APC)) and [Small coastal transport (APc)](/source/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy#Small_coastal_transports_(APc))

## Organizations

- [Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory](/source/Astroparticle_and_Cosmology_Laboratory), a research laboratory located in Paris
- [A.P.C.](/source/A.P.C.), A French design group and clothing retailer
- [African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States](/source/African,_Caribbean_and_Pacific_Group_of_States), a group of countries
- [African People's Convention](/source/African_People's_Convention), a South African political party
- [Alianza Popular Conservadora](/source/Alianza_Popular_Conservadora), a political party in Nicaragua
- [Alien Property Custodian](/source/Alien_Property_Custodian), a former office within the Government of the United States
- [All People's Congress](/source/All_People's_Congress), a political party in Sierra Leone
- [All Progressives Congress](/source/All_Progressives_Congress), a political party in Nigeria
- [Alternativa Popular Canaria](/source/Alternativa_Popular_Canaria), a separatist political party of the Canary Islands
- [American Pie Council](/source/American_Pie_Council), an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage
- [American Plastics Council](/source/American_Plastics_Council), a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry
- [Anadarko Petroleum](/source/Anadarko_Petroleum) Corporation, a defunct American petroleum exploration company
- [Animal Procedures Committee](/source/Animal_Procedures_Committee), a UK public body and task force
- [Anti-Poverty Committee](/source/Anti-Poverty_Committee), a direct action organization in Vancouver, Canada
- [Apocalypse Production Crew](/source/Apocalypse_Production_Crew), an MP3 warez organization
- [Arab Potash Company](/source/Arab_Potash_Company), a potash production company headquartered in Jordan
- [Armed Proletarians for Communism](/source/Armed_Proletarians_for_Communism), an Italian far-left terrorist group of the 1970s
- [Arrangers' Publishing Company](/source/Arrangers'_Publishing_Company), a sheet music publishing company in the United States
- [Asia Pacific College](/source/Asia_Pacific_College), a joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation
- [Associated Presbyterian Churches](/source/Associated_Presbyterian_Churches), a Scottish Christian denomination
- [Association for Progressive Communications](/source/Association_for_Progressive_Communications), a worldwide network of organisations helping others use the internet to promote social justice and sustainable development
- [Association of Professional Chaplains](/source/Association_of_Professional_Chaplains), internationally certified hospice chaplains
- [Australian Polling Council](/source/Australian_Polling_Council), a polling industry body
- [Patriotic Alliance for Change](/source/Patriotic_Alliance_for_Change), a Paraguayan political alliance (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio)

## Places

- [Apc, Hungary](/source/Apc,_Hungary), a village in the Heves County of Hungary
- [Napa County Airport](/source/Napa_County_Airport) (IATA airport code APC), near Napa, California

## Sports

- [African Paralympic Committee](/source/African_Paralympic_Committee), a sports organization based in Cairo, Egypt
- [Americas Paralympic Committee](/source/Americas_Paralympic_Committee), an umbrella organization of National Paralympic Committees
- [Asian Paralympic Committee](/source/Asian_Paralympic_Committee), an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees
- [Australian Paralympic Committee](/source/Australian_Paralympic_Committee)
- [Australian Pickleball Championships](/source/Australian_Pickleball_Championships)
- [Australian Provincial Championship](/source/Australian_Provincial_Championship), a rugby union competition in Australia

## Other uses

- [A Perfect Circle](/source/A_Perfect_Circle), an American rock supergroup
- [Alkali Pozzolan Cement](/source/Alkali_Pozzolan_Cement), an alternative cement developed at Curtin University, Australia
- [Ambulatory Payment Classification](/source/Ambulatory_Payment_Classification)
- [Asia Pacific Catering](/source/Asia_Pacific_Catering), restaurant chain
- [Attoparsec](/source/Attoparsec), an unusual minuscule unit of astronomic distance
- [Automatic Performance Control](/source/Automatic_Performance_Control), a system that was used on some Saab H engines
- [Average propensity to consume](/source/Average_propensity_to_consume), the proportion of income spent
- [Levantine Arabic](/source/Levantine_Arabic), by ISO 639-3 code - [North Levantine Arabic](/source/North_Levantine_Arabic), by a previously separate ISO 639-3 code, which has now been broadened to include Levantine Arabic

## See also

- [APCR (disambiguation)](/source/APCR_(disambiguation))
- [APCS (disambiguation)](/source/APCS_(disambiguation))

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