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NEC is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, formerly "Nippon Electric Company".

NEC may refer to:

Companies, government, and organizations

• Nepal Engineering Council, an autonomous government agency of Nepal
• National Economic Commission, a deficit reduction commission in the United States
• National Electoral Commission (Somaliland)
• National Economic Council (United Kingdom)
• National Economic Council (United States) in the Executive Office of the US President
• National Elections Commission, an autonomous government agency of Liberia
• National Electrostatics Corporation, a manufacturer of particle accelerators
• National Empowerment Center, a US mental health advocacy and recovery organization
• National Enterprise Corporation, a state corporation of Uganda
• National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
• National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
• National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing
• Nauru Electoral Commission
• Negro Ensemble Company, New York City theatre company
• National Electricity Company (NEK EAD), a Bulgarian electricity company
• New England Coalition, an anti-nuclear organization based in Brattleboro, VT
• Niagara Escarpment Commission, an agency of the Ontario government
• The ASX stock ticker for Nine Entertainment, an Australian media company
• North Eastern Council
• National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council

Exhibition centres

• National Exhibition Centre, the largest exhibition centre in the UK in Birmingham, England
  • NEC Group, the British company operating the National Exhibition Centre and other venues

Educational institutions

• New England Conservatory, America's oldest independent music conservatory
• National Engineering College in Tamil Nadu, India
• National Extension College, a UK specialist in online and distance learning, based in Cambridge
• New England College, a private college in Henniker, New Hampshire
• Native Education Centre, a private college in Vancouver, Canada

Engineering

• National Electrical Code, a US design standard on electrical wiring and equipment in construction
• New Engineering Contract, a formalised system created by the UK Institution of Civil Engineers which guides the drafting of documents on civil engineering and construction projects

Sports

• Teams sponsored by NEC Corporation in Japan:
  • NEC Green Rockets, rugby union
  • NEC Red Rockets, women's volleyball
  • NEC Blue Rockets, men's volleyball
• NEC Nijmegen, a Dutch football club
• Northeast Conference, an NCAA athletics conference
• Northeastern Conference, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts, United States
• North Egypt Conference, former Illinois, US high school athletic conference

Health

• No effect concentration in chemical hazards
• Necrotizing enterocolitis, a medical condition usually affecting premature infants
• National Emission Ceiling, part of EU Directive 2001/81/EC regarding air pollution

Science and mathematics

• Non-Euclidean crystallographic group, a group of symmetries in hyperbolic geometry
• Numerical Electromagnetics Code, a computer program used to simulate antennas

Military

• Navy Enlisted Classification, US Navy
• Network-enabled capability, a UK military doctrine for using information systems

Other

• Northeast Corridor, a rail line on the east coast of the United States