MPC

MPC, Mpc or mpc may refer to:

Astronomy

• Megaparsec (Mpc), unit of length used in astronomy
• Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Minor Planet Circulars (MPC, M.P.C. or MPCs), astronomical publication from the Minor Planet Center

Businesses

• Mai-Liao Power Corporation, Taiwan
• Model Products Corporation, model kit manufacturer
• Moving Picture Company, a visual effects company, London, UK
• MPC, maker of encrypted mobile phones

Computing and electronics

• Media Player Classic, a software media player
• MPC Computers, a former US computer maker
• Multimedia PC
• Multi Project Chip, sharing costs across projects
• Musepack, an audio codec
• Command-line client for the Music Player Daemon
• Akai MPC, series of music workstations
• Secure multi-party computation
• MPC model, a theoretical model for massively parallel computation

Economics

• Marginal propensity to consume
• Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)

Government and politics

• Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC), a rebel group in the Central African Republic
• Member of Provincial Council, a member of provincial councils in Sri Lanka
• Mizoram People's Conference, a regional political party in Mizoram, India
• Model Penal Code
• Movement for Progressive Change, a political party in Liberia
• Multi-Party Charter, political party alliance in South Africa
• Myanmar Peace Centre

Military

• Marine Personnel Carrier, a US armored personnel carrier
• Military payment certificate, US military currency
• Military Police Corps (United States)
• RAF Mount Pleasant, an RAF base in the Falkland Islands commonly referred to as the Mount Pleasant Complex

Places

• Michael Polanyi Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, US
• Mindanao Polytechnic College, Philippines
• Milton Peters College, Sint Maarten (operated by the Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs van de Bovenwindse Eilanden)
• Monterey Peninsula College, California, US

Science and technology

• Model predictive control
• Magnetic particle clutch (or magnetic powder clutch)
• Metal phthalocyanine (MPc), a phthalocyanine used in dyeing
• Milk protein concentrate
• Multi-particle collision dynamics, a particle-based mesoscale simulation technique for complex fluids
• Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier

Other uses

• Most placeable candidate, recruiting industry term
• MPC Computers Bowl, a football bowl game
• Myanmar Press Council
• Macedonian Orthodox Church (Macedonian: Македонска православна црква, romanized: Makedonska pravoslavna crkva)