PC

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Initialism 2.1.1 Quotations 2.1.2 Antonyms 2.1.3 Related terms 2.1.4 See also 2.2 Anagrams

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

PC

1. (metrology) Symbol for the petacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10¹⁵ coulombs.

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[edit] English

[edit] Initialism

PC (plural PCs for countable noun senses)

1. (US, navy) Coastal Patrol
2. partially continuous
3. Penn Central
4. personal computer
5. photocopy
6. Phrozen Crew
7. (British, politics) Plaid Cymru
8. player character
9. (British)(Canadian) police constable
10. politically correct
11. political correctness
12. (organic chemistry) polycarbonate
13. posterior commissure
14. (US) Presbyterian Church
15. Privy Council
16. privy councillor
17. (US) probable cause
18. Probate Court
19. pro-choice
20. (TV) production code
21. Professional Corporation
22. (Canadian, politics) Progressive Canadian Party
23. (Canadian, politics, dated) Progressive Conservative
24. (Canadian, politics, dated) Progressive Conservative Party
25. progressive contextualization
26. Proto-Celtic
27. pubococcygeus muscle
28. (computing) program counter

[edit] Quotations

• 2005: 'I talked them out of that, and now one of their PCs is letting me borrow their PC. Very PC of him, I thought,' the Doctor explained. — The Gallifrey Chronicles, Lance Parkin, p79; the three uses in this quotation mean police constable, personal computer, and politically correct, respectively.

[edit] Antonyms

• (politically correct): non-PC, un-PC

[edit] Related terms

• (policing) WPC

[edit] See also

• (policing): supt., DCI, DI, DS, DC
• (computing): Mac , desktop computer , home computer , personal workstation , microcomputer
• (Canadian politics): CPC , RCAP/CA , LPC , NDP , CCF , BQ

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: CP