NFC

1. abbreviationinitialismAmerican footballInitialism of National Football Conference.

   By random chance alone, 99 times out of 100, the Lions should have won an NFL or NFC championship. Worse for arguably the league’s unluckiest fan base, the Lions haven’t really been competitive.

   2022 February 12, Harry Enten, “Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams: The unluckiest sports teams and other Super Bowl musings”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025

plural NFCs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationInitialism of near field communication.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablematerials scienceInitialism of natural fiber composite.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Norwegian forest cat.

   see [link excised] for more info, and a link to the NFC FAQ

   1998 January 21, hillary gorman <hillary@hillary.net>, “Re: Cat gained 10lbs in 2 months after falling from tree”, in alt.animals.felines (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026

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   Three-dimensional models were built and showed electrostatic potential modification in the mutant receptor. With these results and together with those in the scientific literature, we can conclude that amber colour in NFCs is caused by a single MC1R allele called e, which has never been documented.

   2009 August 28, M. Peterschmitt, F. Grain, B. Arnaud, G Deléage, V. Lambert, “Mutation in the melanocortin 1 receptor is associated with amber colour in the Norwegian Forest Cat”, in Animal Genetics, volume 40, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 547

   The aim of this preliminary study was to report the features of NFC cardiomyopathy based on prospective echocardiographic screening of affected family groups; necropsy findings; and open-source breed screening databases.

   2015, Imke März, Lois J Wilkie, Norelene Harrington, Jessie R Payne, Ruthnea A L Muzzi, Jens Häggström, Ken Smith, Virginia Luis Fuentes, “Familial cardiomyopathy in Norwegian Forest cats”, in Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, volume 17, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, page 681

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableUnicodeInitialism of Normalization Form: (Canonical) Composition.