NP

  1. (abbreviation) .  notary public.
  2. (abbreviation) .  nurse practitioner.
  3. (abbreviation) .  national park.
  4. (abbreviation) .  (linguistics) noun phrase.
  5. (abbreviation) .  (Internet) Now playing.
  6. (abbreviation) .  (Internet) No problem.
  7. Noun.  (computing theory) Abbreviation of "non-deterministic polynomial"; the complexity class of computational problems that a non-deterministic Turing machine can solve in polynomial time.
  8. (abbreviation) .  (context, text messaging) No problem; it was nothing; it's ok; don't mention it; you're welcome.
  9. (abbreviation) .  no pagination.
  10. (abbreviation) .  no place (of publication).
  11. (abbreviation) .  chemical element neptunium (element no. 93).
  12. (abbreviation) .  in physics: Neper (unit of attenuation).
  13. (abbreviation) .  notary public.
  14. (abbreviation) .  neuropsychatric; neuropsychiatry.
  15. (abbreviation) .  no protest.
  16. (abbreviation) .  noun phrase.
  17. (abbreviation) .  nurse-practitioner.

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