NC
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English
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Abbreviation
NC
- North Carolina, a state of the United States of America.
- (computing theory{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors
- (law) nolo contendre, no contest, a plea in criminal cases
- no change
- no charge
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Etymology
- (Nick's Class) Coined by Stephen Cook after researcher Nick Pippenger.