NICS

NICS is a four-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, such as:

  • Network of International Christian Schools
  • National Instant Criminal Background Check System in the United States
  • Northern Ireland Civil Service in Northern Ireland
  • Nucleus-independent chemical shift
  • National Insurance Contributions (NICs) in the United Kingdom
  • Newly Industrialized Countries
  • National Institute for Computational Sciences, a supercomputing center managed by the University of Tennessee
  • Neo Institute of Computer Science in the Bangalore, India
  • Next-Generation Incident Command System, a software system developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory in partnership with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate