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(US, aviation, prefix code) NASA research cargo plane designations.

(computing theory) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.

Initialism of North Carolina: a state of the United States. [A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.]

(law) Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases. [(law) No contest. A plea by a defendant accused of a crime that, without admitting guilt, does not dispute the charge.]

(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of nitrocellulose. [(organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.]

(audio) Initialism of noise cancellation. [(sound, headphones) The active cancellation of outside noise by creation of an inverse waveform to null out noise soundwaves within the subject environment.]

Initialism of numerical control. [The automated control of machine tools by means of numbers corresponding to motion inputs.]

(linguistics) Initialism of noun class. [(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organized according to meaning, such as gender, animacy or shape.]

(audio) Initialism of noise control.

(copyright law) Initialism of noncommercial. [(finance) A noncommercial trader.]

(electronics, plumbing, of switches, relays, and valves) Initialism of normally closed.