NPU explained

NPU may refer to:

Science and technology

• Net protein utilization, the percentage of ingested nitrogen retained in the body
• NPU terminology (Nomenclature for Properties and Units), for the clinical laboratory sciences

Computing

• Network processing unit, hardware for networking
• Neural processing unit, hardware for artificial intelligence
• Numeric processing unit or floating-point unit, hardware for floating-point numbers

Organisations

• Na Píobairí Uilleann, an organisation promoting Uilleann pipes and its music
• Neighborhood planning unit, in Atlanta, Georgia, US
• Nineveh Plain Protection Units, an Assyrian regional militia in Iraq
• National Police of Ukraine, a government agency
• National Power Unity, a Latvian political party

Universities

• National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
• Nilamber-Pitamber University, India
• Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
• Northwestern Polytechnic University, former name of San Francisco Bay University, California, US
• North Park University, Chicago, Illinois, US

Other uses

• Natural Product Updates, a chemistry journal