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English

Abbreviation

NC

  1. North Carolina, a state of the United States of America.
  2. (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
  3. (law) nolo contendre, no contest, a plea in criminal cases
  4. no change
  5. no charge

Etymology

  • (Nick's Class) Coined by Stephen Cook after researcher Nick Pippenger.

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