NP
- (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country code forNepal.
- Synonym:NPL(alpha-3)
- (computer science) Theclass ofproblems whosesolutions can be checked inpolynomial time.
- (finance)Short-termbondcredit rating byMoody's Investors Service, indicating that theissuer's ability to meet itsobligations is less than adequate.
NP
- (South Africa)Initialism ofNational Party.
- (Philippines)Initialism ofNacionalista Party.
NP
- (Internetslang)Initialism ofno problem.
- (Internet)Initialism ofnowplaying.
- (Can we add anexample for this sense?)
NP (countable anduncountable,pluralNPs)
- Initialism ofnotary public.
- Initialism ofnurse practitioner.
- Initialism ofnational park.
- (linguistics)Initialism ofnoun phrase.
- Coordinate terms:VP,PP
- (nanotechnology)Initialism ofnanoparticle.
- (computingtheory)Abbreviation ofnondeterministicpolynomial, thecomplexity class of computational problems that anondeterministicTuring machine can solve inpolynomial time.
2017, Arlindo Oliveira,The Digital Mind: How Science Is Redefining Humanity, MIT Press,→ISBN,page81:Another class, P, is a subset ofNP, and includes all decision problems that can be solved by a (deterministic) Turing machine in polynomial time.
- (medicine, pathology)Abbreviation ofnosocomialpneumonia.
- Synonym:HAP(“hospital-acquired pneumonia”)
- Hypernym:HCAP(“healthcare-associated pneumonia”)
- Hyponyms:VAP(“ventilator-associated pneumonia”),VIP(“ventilator-induced pneumonia”)
nondeterministic polymonial
NP
- Initialism ofNational Party.
NP m (strong,genitiveNPs,no plural)
- Abbreviation ofNeupreis.
Declension ofNP [sg-only, masculine, strong]