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MPI

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MPI or Mpi may refer to:

Science and technology

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Biology and medicine

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  • Magnetic particle imaging, a tomographic technique
  • Myocardial perfusion imaging, a medical procedure that illustrates heart function
  • Mannose phosphate isomerase, an enzyme
  • Mass psychogenic illness, the rapid spread of illness symptoms where there is no infectious agent
  • Master patient index, an index referencing all patients
  • Multidimensional Pain Inventory, a pain medicine assessment questionnaire

Computing

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  • Marburg Picture Index, online database of photographs of artworks
  • Merchant plug-in, software used to prevent credit card fraud on e-commerce sites
  • Message Parsing Interpreter, a Lisp-like language on TinyMUCK
  • Message Passing Interface, a communications protocol for parallel computation
  • Multi-Point Interface, an automation programming protocol from Siemens
  • Multipath interference, a physical effect that causes signal degradation in communication systems
  • Multiple precision integer, a programming language type supporting arbitrary precision

Other science and technology

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  • Magnetic particle inspection, a method of detecting defects in ferrous materials
  • Multi point injection, fuel injection system for automobile engines
  • Maximum potential intensity, a meteorology term associated with tropical cyclones

Companies and organizations

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  • Magnetic Peripherals Inc., a Control Data Corporation subsidiary renamed Imprimis and sold to Seagate Technology
  • Manitoba Public Insurance, a Crown corporation in Manitoba
  • Markov Processes International, a provider of investment research, analytics and technology
  • Materials Processing Institute, a company providing industrial R&D services based in the UK
  • Max Planck Institute, Germany
  • Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
  • Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia
  • Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand
  • Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam
  • Mission Pictures International, a foreign sales, finance, and distribution company
  • MotivePower, a locomotive manufacturer and rebuilder
  • Movimiento Pro-Independencia, the Puerto Rican Pro-independence Movement
  • Moving Picture Institute, an American non-profit organization and film production company
  • MPI Media Group, an American home entertainment company

Other uses

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