The guillotine is a machine used to execute people by decapitation (chopping off their heads). A guillotine is made of a heavy blade attached to a rack, which moves up and down on a vertical frame. When the rack is let go, it will fall down and the blade will cut the convict's head off.
A national producer number, or NPN, is a tool to protect individual insurance agents and agencies from identity theft and fraudulent representations made to the National Insurance Producer Registry, or NIPR.
National Provider Identification (NPI) Number. The national provider identification (NPI) number is a 10-digit identification number assigned to health care providers by the federal government. This is the standard identifying number that has replaced the universal provider identification number (UPIN). Most providers had to obtain an NPI by May 23, 2008, or by May 2009 in the case of small providers.