PERC

PERC, Perc or perc may refer to:

People

Given name

• Perc Bushby (1919–1975), Australian rules footballer
• Perc Horne (1890–1990), Australian rugby league footballer
• Perc Horner (1913–2001), Australian rules footballer
• Perc Tucker (1919–1980), Australian politician
  • Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Perc Westmore (1904–1970), English make-up artist in the United States

Family name

• Jerneja Perc (1971–2009), Slovenian sprinter
• Matjaž Perc, Slovenian physicist and professor
• Nick Perc (born 2003), Slovenian footballer

Organizations

• Pan-European Regional Council, the European trade union arm of the International Trade Union Confederation
• Propane Education and Research Council, a lobbying organization
• Property and Environment Research Center, a free-market environmentalist think tank

Science

• PERC solar cell, a passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) solar cell
• Tetrachloroethylene or perc, a chemical widely used for dry cleaning and metal-degreasing

Medicine

• Shortened form of percocet
• Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC Rule), a clinical decision-making tool to aid in the diagnosis of chest pain and/or dyspnea

Environmental science

• Acronym for "preservation, enhancement, restoration or creation (of a natural resource)" in environmental mitigation
• Perc test (percolation test), for determining the water absorption rate of soil
• PERC Reporting Standard, the European standard for mineral reporting

Other

• Abbreviation of percussion (musical instruments)
• Dell PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller), computer hardware used in Dell PowerEdge servers
• PTC Perc, a line of Java virtual machines acquired by Atego (company)

See also

• Perk (disambiguation)
• PERQ a model of computer