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In [[computational complexity theory|complexity theory]], the class '''NC''' (for "Nick's Class") is the set of [[decision problem]]s decidable in [[polylogarithmic time]] on a [[parallel computing|parallel computer]] with a polynomial number of processors.  In other words, a problem is in '''NC''' if there exist constants ''c'' and ''k'' such that it can be solved in time [[Big O notation|''O'']](log<supb>''c''</supb>&nbsp;''n'') using [[Big O notation|''O'']](''n''<sup>''k''</sup>) parallel processors. [[Stephen Cook]] coined the name "Nick's class" after [[Nick Pippenger]], who had done extensive research on circuits with polylogarithmic depth and polynomial size.  

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