NPO: Difference between revisions

Not to be confused with NP0 (ending is zero).

NPO may refer to:

• Nil per os, Latin for "nothing by mouth", a medical instruction to withhold oral intake of food and fluids
• Nonprofit organization
• National Ports Organisation, former part of the UK Department for Transport
• National Preservation Office, part of the British Library
• Scientific Production Association (Nauchno-Proizvodstvennoye Obyedineniye), a form of scientific research-to-production facility in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation
• Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization) ("Netherlands Public Broadcasting"), governing body of the Netherlands (Dutch) Public Broadcasting System
• Nederlands Publieke Omroepbestel ("Dutch public broadcasting system"), the public broadcasting service in the Netherlands
• Netherlands Pathfinder Organisation (Nederlandse Padvinders Organisatie), one of the organisations that evolved into Scouting Nederland, the national Scouting organisation
• North Pacific Oscillation, a teleconnection pattern in atmospheric conditions over the North Pacific
• NP optimization problem, an optimization problem that is NP-hard
• NPO UK Ltd., a chain of stationery and book shops in Northern Ireland, now part of Eason & Son