NCC

NCC was a registry prefix first used on Terran starships, then eventually used for ships in service with Starfleet after 2161. . In the Mirror Universe, NCC was used on ships of the Terran Empire. . Ships that use the NCC and the NX prefix are listed in the Starfleet Registry. 

Background information
It has never been canonically established what the registry prefix letters NCC or NX stand for, but in the 23rd and 24th centuries, NX (not to be confused with ) seemed to be used to designate an experimental or prototype starship, while NCC was used to designate a standard starship.

Several close-ups, in, of a registry number on an Enterprise shuttlecraft, show the prefix given as N.C.C., suggesting the letters are in fact an abbreviation. The publications Star Fleet Technical Manual and Star Trek Blueprints designate the abbreviation to stand for the Naval Construction Contract number of the ship. 

The use of NCC as a prefix for Starfleet registry numbers, Matt Jefferies said that the registries for American civil aircraft are preceded by NC, and Soviet craft used a prefix of CCCC, and as such, he more-or-less combined the two. His philosophy was, "If we do anything in space, we (Americans and Russians) have to do it together." In contrast, the Star Trek Encyclopedia (2nd ed., p. 317) claims that the second C was just an arbitrary addition to make the registry look better.

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 231 from Richmond, Virginia claims that the registry for the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was inspired by the 1935 WACO Model YOC aircraft owned by Matt Jefferies – his airplane had the registry NC-17740. Jefferies, however, dismissed this notion in various interviews, as he didn't even purchase the airplane until 1968, while acknowledging that he never really put much of an effort into squashing that particular rumor. 

Apocrypha
In Dark Mirror, Diane Duane's mirror universe novel released before, the Terran Empire is still in power during the 24th century, and starships don't use the NCC prefix, but rather a "ICC" prefix, like the ISS Enterprise (ICC-1701-D).

The novel Best Destiny, by Diane Carey, gives the meaning of NCC as "Naval Construction Contract".

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