a type of imprisonment or care to protect a person from harm Probable cause, reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.) Police commissioner, the chief manager of a police entity Penal code, the legal code in some jurisdictions that define crimes People PC (footballer) (born 1994), from Brazil PC Chris, former professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player, named after Port Chester, New York Priyanka Chopra, an Indian actress, model and singer Places United States Park City, Utah Panama City, Florida Panorama City, Los Angeles, a district in the San Fernando Valley Port Charlotte, Florida Port Chester, New York Other places Pacific Centre, a shopping mall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Pacific Coast Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 country code) Panama City, the capital of Panama Pitcairn Islands (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code) Port Credit, a neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Serbia or the Republika Srpska, both of which can be abbreviated in Cyrillic to PC Science, technology, and mathematics Chemistry Phosphatidylcholine, a phospholipid Polycarbonate, a plastic polymer Propylene carbonate, a polar organic solvent Pyruvate carboxylase, an enzyme Computing Personal computer, a general-purpose computer for individuals IBM PC compatible, a ubiquitous personal computer architecture an IBM PC specifically running Microsoft Windows Programmable controller (disambiguation) Pica (typography) (pc), a typographic unit of measure Program counter, a special register inside CPUs Mathematics Path connected, a concept in mathematical topology Precalculus, a level in math education Polynomial chaos, a concept in stochastic mathematics Principal component Medicine and psychology Anatomical structures Posterior commissure, a brain landmark commonly used in biomedical image processing Pubococcygeus muscle Parietal cell Diseases Pachyonychia congenita, a genetic skin disorder Pancreatic cancer Prostate cancer Other uses in medicine and psychology Palliative care, specialised care for people with serious illnesses Perceived control, a psychological concept Post cibum (Latin for "after food"), in medical prescriptions Primary care Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging Physics and cosmology Parsec (pc), a unit of distance used in astronomy Picocoulomb (pC), a unit of electrostatic charge Petacoulomb (PC), a unit of electrostatic charge Photonic crystal, a photonic band gap material Other uses in science and technology PC, a type of Mazda C engine Prestressed concrete, a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension Progressive contextualization, a scientific method Prontor-Compur, a standard connector type for photographic flash synchronization Transport Patrol craft, a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties Penn Central, a railroad