SCN

SCN may stand for:

Science and technology

• Soybean cyst nematode, a type of parasitic nematode
• Superior central nucleus (or median raphe nucleus), a brain area
• Suprachiasmatic nucleus (or nuclei), a part of the hypothalamus in the brain
• Switched circuit network, i.e. the public switched telephone network
• Server change number, a counter variable used in client-server architecture
• System change number, a stamp that defines a committed version in an Oracle Database
• Thiocyanate, an organic compound in the cyanate family
• Satellite Catalog Number, an identification number given to satellites
• Scene or Smart Shutter (SCN) mode in digital cameras.

Communications

• Saskatchewan Communications Network, an education and entertainment television channel
• The Southern Command Network of the American Forces Network
• SAP Community Network, an online community for SAP ERP users worldwide
• Small Community Network, an Avaya IP Office Hybrid PBX/VOIP network
• Systems Contractor News, a NewBay Media publication
• SCN Switched Circuit Network, according to RFC 3525 for H.248

Organizations

• Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, a Roman Catholic religious order
• South American Community of Nations, a free trade zone in South America
• Success Charter Network, which manages Success Academy Charter Schools
• Supervisory Council of the North, an afghan military unit
• Supreme Court of Nigeria
• SEATCupra.Net, a SEAT car owners' community and website.

Other topics

• Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saarbrücken Airport, IATA airport code
• Scientology, a religion
• The SIL code of the Sicilian language
• Scottish Candidate Number
• Special Care Nursery (Australian hospitals)