NIC
Encyclopedia
Banking and insurance companies
- National Insurance Company LimitedNational Insurance Company LimitedNational Insurance Company Limited is one of the largest and fastest growing general insurance companies in India. The company headquartered Kolkata was established in 1906, and nationalized in 1972.-History:...
, India. - National Insurance Company, Pakistan.
- National Insurance Corporation, Kenya.
- National Insurance Corporation, Tanzania.
- National Insurance CorporationNational Insurance CorporationNational Insurance Corporation Limited , commonly referred to as National Insurance Corporation, is an insurance company in Uganda. The company is a leading provider of insurance and risk management services in Uganda.-Overvview:...
, Uganda. - NIC BankNIC BankNIC Bank, whose full name is National Industrial Credit Bank, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is one of the forty-four commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the country's banking regulator.-Overview:...
, a commercial bank in Kenya.
Government agencies and politics
- Natal Indian CongressNatal Indian CongressThe Natal Indian Congress was an organization that aimed to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa. The Natal Indian Congress was started by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, later known as the Mahatma...
, a political party in South Africa formed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. - National Ice CenterNational Ice CenterThe National Ice Center is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide world-wide navigational ice analyses for the armed forces of the United States, allied nations, and U.S...
, tri-agency operational center. - National ID card.
- National Informatics CentreNational Informatics CentreThe National Informatics Centre ' is the main science & technology organisation of India's Union Government in informatics services and information-and-communication- technology applications...
of the Government of India. - National Information Center of Yemen.
- National Innovation Centre, a centre to foster innovation in the British NHS (National Health Service).
- Network Information Center ArgentinaNIC ArgentinaThe Network Information Center Argentina, or NIC Argentina, is an office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina responsible for operating the .ar country code top-level domain ....
(NIC Argentina). - National Institute of CorrectionsNational Institute of CorrectionsThe National Institute of Corrections is an agency of the United States government. It is part of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons....
, a division of the United States Department of Justice. - National InsuranceNational InsuranceNational Insurance in the United Kingdom was initially a contributory system of insurance against illness and unemployment, and later also provided retirement pensions and other benefits...
, a type of British tax. - National Integration Council of India, to combat the problems of Communalism, casteism and Regionalism.
- National Intelligence CouncilNational Intelligence CouncilThe National Intelligence Council is the center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States Intelligence Community . It was formed in 1979...
, center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States intelligence community. - Newly industrialized country, a socio-economic classification status used by political scientists.
- Niger–Congo languagesNiger–Congo languagesThe Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families, and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. They may constitute the world's largest language family in terms of distinct languages, although this question...
, the ISO 639-2 three-letter language code.
Technology
- National ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Council.
- Navigation Integrity Category, part of ADS-B broadcast data for aircraft.
- Negative impedance converterNegative impedance converterThe negative impedance converter is a one-port op-amp circuit acting as a negative load which injects energy into circuits in contrast to an ordinary load that consumes energy from them. This is achieved by adding or subtracting excessive varying voltage in series to the voltage drop across an...
, configuration of an operational amplifier which acts as a negative load. - Network information center, part of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS).
- Network interface controller, electronic hardware such as a Network Interface Card or Ethernet Adapter that enables a computer to communicate over a computer network.
- New Internet ComputerNew Internet ComputerThe New Internet Computer was a Linux-based internet appliance released July 6, 2000 by Larry Ellison's New Internet Computer Company. The system sold for US$199....
, an inexpensive Linux-based network computer product.
Science and medicine
- A brand name for the drug lorazepamLorazepamLorazepam is a high-potency short-to-intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine drug that has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects: anxiolytic, amnesic, sedative/hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antiemetic and muscle relaxant...
. - Nomarski interference contrast, a technique in microscopy.
- Nucleus Interstitial of Cajal, a part of the brainstem.
Other topics
- John von Neumann Institute for Computing at the Jülich Research Center in Jülich, Germany.
- Nagoya International CenterNagoya International CenterThe Nagoya International Center is a non-profit organization based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan...
, a non-profit organization based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. - National Ice CenterNational Ice CenterThe National Ice Center is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide world-wide navigational ice analyses for the armed forces of the United States, allied nations, and U.S...
, an ice and music arena in Nottingham, England. - National identity card.
- National Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology.
- New In ChessNew In ChessNew In Chess is a chess magazine that appears eight times a year with chief editors International Grandmaster Jan Timman and Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam. It contains notes by top players and chess prodigies on their own games...
, a chess magazine issued eight times a year. - "Not in contract", a reference note typically found in architectural drawing.
- NIC ZuidlarenNIC ZuidlarenNIC Zuidlaren is an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, the Netherlands. NIC Zuidlaren is the abbreviation of Noordelijk Internationaal Concours hippique Zuidlaren , which might be translated in English as Northern International Equestrian Contest Zuidlaren. In English NIC...
, an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, Netherlands. - The IATA airport code for Nicosia International AirportNicosia International AirportNicosia International Airport is a largely disused airport located to the west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia. It was originally the main airport for the island, but commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974...
, an abandoned airport near Nicosia in Cyprus. - North Idaho CollegeNorth Idaho CollegeNorth Idaho College is a community college with over 6,000 students in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, situated at the north end of Lake Coeur d'Alene.-History:The school was established during the Great Depression in 1933 as Coeur d'Alene Junior College...
, a community college located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. - North Island College, a community college complex on the northern half of Vancouver Island, Canada.
- North-American Interfraternity ConferenceNorth-American Interfraternity ConferenceThe North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates where each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate...
, an association of collegiate men's fraternities formally organized in 1910. - Nursing Interventions ClassificationNursing Interventions ClassificationThe Nursing Interventions Classification is a care classification system which describes the activities that nurses perform as a part of the planning phase of the nursing process associate with the creation of a nursing care plan. The NIC consists of a standardized list which contains 433...
, a classification system for nursing.