CNC typically refers to computer numerical control, the automated control of machining tools by computer. CNC or cnc may also refer to: Companies China Netcom, a Chinese telecommunications provider China Xinhua News Network Corporation, state-run television news channel in China aimed at a foreign audience Community Newspaper Company, a former Massachusetts newspaper chain now part of GateHouse Media Government Cadet Nurse Corps, a World War II-era United States government program to train nurses Cantabrian Nationalist Council, a nationalist/left-wing party in Cantabria, Spain Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, a cinema regulatory agency under the French Ministry of Culture Ceylon National Congress, a former political party in Ceylon Civil Nuclear Constabulary, a UK police force that guards nuclear installations National Congress of the Canaries, known in Spanish as Congreso Nacional de Canarias Education Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, a bioscience and biomedicine research institute of the University of Coimbra Colegio Nacional de la Capital, a public high school in Asuncion, Paraguay College of New Caledonia, a post-secondary educational institution that serves the residents of the Central Interior of British Columbia Chippewa Nature Center, a private non-profit educational facility in Midland, Michigan Other Cancer (constellation), astronomical constellation (IAU abbreviation Cnc) City Nature Challenge, an urban bioblitz competition Configurable Network Computing, a JD Edwards client-server architecture Consensual non-consensuality, a BDSM practice Haas CNC Racing, the original name of Stewart Haas Racing Czech National Corpus, a corpus of Czech language Coconut Island Airport, IATA airport code "CNC" See also C&C (disambiguation)