and video game company based in Portland, Oregon. Kernel panic, a fatal error condition associated with Unix-like computer operating systems Panic (demo), a 1992 PC demo by Future Crew Politics, psychology, and sociology Bank run, when a large number of bank customers withdraw their deposits because they believe the bank is, or might become, insolvent Financial crisis, a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value Mass hysteria, the manifestation of the same or similar hysterical symptoms by more than one person Moral panic PANIC (Prevent AIDS Now Initiative Committee), the activist group behind the 1986 initiative statute California Proposition 64 (1986) Other uses Panic, Pennsylvania, a community in the United States Panic, a village in Hereclean Commune, Sălaj County, Romania Panić, an ethnic Serbian surname