PIC
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Government and politics
- Partido Independiente de ColorPartido Independiente de ColorThe Partido Independiente de Color was a Cuban political party composed almost entirely of African former slaves. It was founded in 1908 by African veterans of the Cuban War of Independence. In 1912, the PIC led a revolt in the eastern province of Oriente. The revolt was crushed and the party...
, a former Cuban political party - Peace Implementation CouncilPeace Implementation CouncilThe Peace Implementation Council is an international body charged with implementing the Dayton Peace Agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council was established at an implementation conference held in London, United Kingdom on December 8 and 9, 1995, subsequent to the completion of the...
, an international body charged with implementing the Dayton Peace Agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina - Population Investigation CommitteePopulation Investigation CommitteeThe Population Investigation Committee is a United Kingdom social research group founded in 1936. It was founded by D.V.Glass, Griselda Rowntree, J.W.B.Douglas and others and since the second world war it has been housed at the London School of Economics. It was founded by the Council of the...
, a United Kingdom social research group founded in 1936 - Provincial Iraqi ControlProvincial Iraqi ControlThe objective of the Iraqi Government and Multi-National Forces in Iraq is to achieve the transition of responsibility for each of the 18 provinces in Iraq from the Coalition to the Iraqi civil authorities, both national and local...
, an objective of the Iraqi Government and Multi-National Forces in Iraq
Law and policy
- Plan inclusive counterplanPlan inclusive counterplanIn policy debate, a plan inclusive counterplan is a counterplan presented by the negative team which incorporates some of the affirmative's plan either functionally or textually. Most judges consider PICs theoretically legitimate although it is possible for the affirmative to defeat them on the...
, a counterplan presented by the opponent in a policy debate - Predesignated Interexchange Carrier, a U.S. legal and regulatory term for a telecommunications company
- Prior informed consent, a legal condition
Medicine and biochemistry
- Peripherally inserted central catheterPeripherally inserted central catheterA peripherally inserted central catheter is a form of intravenous access that can be used for a prolonged period of time...
, an intravenous access that can be used for a prolonged period of time - Preinitiation complexPreinitiation complexThe preinitiation complex is a large complex of proteins that is necessary for the transcription of protein-coding genes in eukaryotes...
, a large complex of proteins necessary for transcription of protein-coding genes in eukaryotes - Pre-integration complexPre-integration complexThe pre-integration complex is a nucleoprotein complex of viral genetic material and associated viral and host proteins. The PIC forms after uncoating of a viral particle after entry into the host cell...
, a complex used in HIV research
Technology
- Peripheral interface controller, a controller for the interface
- Personal Internet CommunicatorPersonal Internet CommunicatorThe Personal Internet Communicator is a consumer device released by AMD in 2004 to allow people in emerging countries like India, Uruguay and the Caribbean access to the internet. The PIC has been deployed by Internet service providers in several developing countries...
, a device by AMD to allow access to the internet - Pic languagePic languageIn computing, Pic is a domain-specific programming language by Brian Kernighan for specifying diagrams in terms of objects such as boxes with arrows between them. The pic compiler translates this description into concrete drawing commands. Pic is a procedural programming language, with variable...
, a domain-specific language for specifying diagrams - PIC microcontrollerPIC microcontrollerPIC is a family of Harvard architecture microcontrollers made by Microchip Technology, derived from the PIC1650 originally developed by General Instrument's Microelectronics Division...
(Peripheral Interface Controller), a family of Harvard architecture microcontrollers made by Microchip Technology - PICtor PIC image formatPICtor PIC image formatPICtor is an image file format developed by John Bridges, the principal author of PCPaint, the first Paintbrush program for the PC. It was also the native file format for Pictor Paint and GRASP and became the first widely accepted DOS imaging standard.-Typical file format:The PICtor format is a...
, an image file format developed in the 1980s for PCPaint - Pixar Image ComputerPixar Image ComputerThe Pixar Image Computer was a graphics designing computer originally developed by the Computer Division of Lucasfilm, later renamed Pixar after being purchased by Steve Jobs on February 3, 1986. The name Pixar, which was coined by Alvy Ray Smith, Loren Carpenter and Rodney Stock, is a made-up...
, a high-end graphics designing computer made by Pixar in the 1980s - Photonic integrated circuitPhotonic integrated circuitA photonic integrated circuit or integrated optical circuit is a device that integrates multiple photonic functions and as such is analogous to an electronic integrated circuit...
, a device that integrates multiple photonic functions - Plastic-insulated conductor, a conductor isolated by plastic
- Polymorphic Inline Cache, a virtual machine optimization-technology
- Position-independent codePosition-independent codeIn computing, position-independent code or position-independent executable is machine instruction code that executes properly regardless of where in memory it resides...
, machine instruction code that executes properly regardless of where in memory it resides - Programmable integrated circuit, an electronic component
- Programmable intelligent computer, a type of computer
- Programmable interface controller, a controller used for interface programming
- Programmable Interrupt ControllerProgrammable Interrupt ControllerIn computing, a programmable interrupt controller is a device that is used to combine several sources of interrupt onto one or more CPU lines, while allowing priority levels to be assigned to its interrupt outputs. When the device has multiple interrupt outputs to assert, it will assert them in...
, a device which allows priority levels to be assigned to its interrupt outputs - Particle-in-cellParticle-in-cellThe Particle-in-Cell method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method, individual particles in a Lagrangian frame are tracked in continuous phase space, whereas moments of the distribution such as densities and currents are computed...
, a technique used to solve certain partial differential equations - Plastic identification code, a symbol used to identify types of plastic for recycling
Organizations
- Phoenix Iron Company, a former manufacturer, items may be marked PIC
- Poison information center, a medical facility used for cases of exposure to poisonous or hazardous substances
- Prison-industrial complexPrison-industrial complex"Prison–industrial complex" is a term used to attribute the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. The term is analogous to the military–industrial complex that...
, interest groups that represent organizations that do business in correctional facilities
Places
- Picayune (Amtrak station)Picayune (Amtrak station)The Picayune Amtrak Station, located in Picayune, Mississippi, is served by the passenger train. The street address is 200 South Highway 11, in the heart of downtown Picayune...
(Amtrak station code), Mississippi, United States - Pic RiverPic RiverThe Pic River is a river in the east part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows from McKay Lake southeast of the community of Longlac and empties into Lake Superior southeast of the town of Marathon.-Course:...
, in Ontario, Canada
Other
- Paid-in-capital, the capital contributed to a corporation by investors on top of the par value of capital stock
- Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention, an international instrument between countries and pharmaceutical inspection authorities
- Pilot in commandPilot in commandThe pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard the aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the "captain" in a typical two- or three-pilot flight crew, or "pilot" if there is only one certified and qualified pilot at the controls of...
, a person aboard aircraft that is responsible for its operation and safety during flight