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Mac
Summary
Look up
Mac
,
mac
,
MAC
,
maç
, or
mac-
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mac
or
MAC
may refer to:
Common meanings
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Mac (computer)
, a line of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
Mackintosh
, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
Mac, a
prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages
McIntosh (apple)
, a Canadian apple cultivar
Arts and entertainment
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Fictional entities
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Mac (
Green Wing
)
, a television character
Mac (
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
)
, a television character
Mac Gargan
, an enemy of Spider-Man
Mac, a
character on
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Angus "Mac"
MacGyver
, from the television series
MacGyver
Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
, from the TV series
Veronica Mars
Lt. Col.
Sarah MacKenzie
, from the TV series
JAG
Dr. Terrence McAfferty
, from Robert Muchamore's
CHERUB
and
Henderson's Boys
novel series
Mac McAnnally
, in
The Dresden Files
series
Randle McMurphy
, in the movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Mac Taylor
, from the TV series
CSI: NY
Mac, a canine character in the television series
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Monster Attack Crew, a fictional pilot squadron in the television series
Ultraman Leo
MAC (Mysterious Alien Creature), the titular character in the 1988 film
Mac and Me
Mac (Makrand Deendayal Chatpatiya), portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 2005 Indian comedy film
Garam Masala
Other uses in arts and entertainment
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Mac
(film)
, 1992, directed by and starring John Turturro
Mac
(novel)
, by John MacLean
Mac the Moose
, a public statue in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; formerly the
World's Largest Moose
Mac, a
Sports Beanie Baby cardinal
produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999
MAC Awards
, for achievements in cabaret, comedy, and jazz, administered by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
Business and economics
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Business terminology
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Marginal Abatement Cost
, a concept in environmental economics
Material adverse change
, a provision in mergers and acquisitions contracts and venture financing agreements
Businesses
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MAC Cosmetics
, a cosmetics brand, stylized as M•A•C
Mac Para Technology
, a Czech aircraft manufacturer
Macerich
, an American real estate investment trust (NYSE stock symbol MAC)
Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault
, a French state arms manufacturer
Martin's Air Charter
, now Martinair, an airline
Medicare Administrative Contractor, a private company contracted to administer
Medicare
benefits in the U.S.
Military Armament Corporation, manufacturer of the
MAC-10
and
MAC-11
pistols
Morgan Advanced Ceramics
, a ceramics manufacturing company
Codes
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MAC, the ISO 3166 code for
Macau
, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
MAC, Amtrac station code for
Macomb (Amtrak station)
, Illinois, United States
mac, an ISO 639-2 code for the
Macedonian language
Organizations
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Government and military agencies
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Mainland Affairs Council
, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China
Metropolitan Airports Commission
, the operator of airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
Military Affairs Commission in China; see
Central Military Commission (People's Republic of China)
Military Airlift Command
, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force
Municipal Assistance Corporation
, created by the State of New York in 1975 to deal with New York City's fiscal crisis
Non-profit organizations
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mac (Birmingham)
, formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
Malaysian AIDS Council
Marine Aquarium Council
Murphree Area Council
Myanmar Accountancy Council
Political groups
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Mouvement d'Action Civique
, a defunct Belgian far right group
Mouvement Autonome Casamançais
(Casamancian Autonomous Movement), a defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru
, a Welsh organization responsible for several bombing incidents
Muslims Against Crusades
, a UK-based Islamic group noted for burning poppies during the Remembrance Day silence in 2010
People
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Names
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Mac (nickname)
Mạc
, a Vietnamese surname
Mạc dynasty
, 16th-century rulers in Vietnam
Individuals
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Mac (rapper)
(born 1977), American rapper, stage name of McKinley Phipps Jr
MC Mac, member and musician of
So Solid Crew
John McCarthy (conductor)
(1916–2009), British conductor known as "John Mac" or just "Mac"
Derek McCulloch
(1897–1967), British radio broadcaster known as "Uncle Mac"
Ian McCulloch (singer)
(born 1959), referred to as "Mac the Mouth" or just "Mac"
Stanley McMurtry
(born 1936), British cartoonist with the pen name "Mac"
Places
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Museums and arts centers
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mac, Birmingham
(formerly Midlands Arts Centre), England
Metropolitan Arts Centre
, Belfast, UK
Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
(Spanish:
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya
), Spain
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
(Portuguese:
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
), Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima
(
Spanish
:
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
), Peru
Other places
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Macau
, an administrative region of China (ISO 3166 code MAC)
Macomb (Amtrak station)
, Illinois, United States, Amtrak station code MAC
UCLA Marina Aquatic Center
, a recreational facility in Marina del Rey, California
Schools
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Macalester College
in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Macdonald Campus
of McGill University, Canada
McMaster University
, in Canada
Michigan Agricultural College
, former name of Michigan State University
Science and technology
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Biology and medicine
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MAC (chemotherapy)
, a chemotherapy regimen of Mitoxantrone and Ara-C
Maximum allowable concentration, a concept related to
threshold limit value
(TLV)
Membrane attack complex
, an immune system function using complement
Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates
, a category of carbohydrates consumed by gut microbes
Minimum alveolar concentration
, a measure used to compare the strengths of anesthetic vapors
Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel
, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria
Monitored anesthesia care, a form of
anesthesia with partial awareness
Mycobacterium avium complex
, a group of environmental pathogens
Computing and telecommunication
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Mac (computer)
, a brand of computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
macOS
, formerly Mac OS X and OS X, Apple's current operating system for Mac computers
Classic Mac OS
, the original operating system for Apple's Macintosh
.Mac
, now iCloud, a subscription service by Apple
MAC times
, metadata containing event times associated with a computer file
Mandatory access control
, a type of access control in computer security
Maximum activate count
, a parameter associated with the LPDDR4 memory's TRR feature
Medium access control
(or "Media Access Control"), a sublayer of the Data Link layer
MAC address
, or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA), the OSI layer 2 address of network interfaces
Message authentication code
, used to authenticate a message in cryptography
Migration Authorisation Code
, used when switching Internet service providers in the UK
Multiplexed Analogue Components
, a proposed satellite television transmission standard
Multiply–accumulate operation
(MAC), or multiplier–accumulator, in digital signal processing
.mac, a file extension for macros in
Agilent ChemStation
software
Transportation
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Mean aerodynamic chord
, a measure of the geometry of an airfoil
Merchant aircraft carrier
, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands
Mid-air collision
, a type of aircraft accident
Other uses in science and technology
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Mission assurance
category, an engineering designation used by the US Department of Defense
Money Access Card, an
ATM (automated teller machine) card
Sports
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Clubs and teams
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Maranhão Atlético Clube
, a Brazilian association football club
Marília Atlético Clube
, a Brazilian association football club
Missouri Athletic Club
, a traditional gentlemen's and athletic club in downtown St. Louis, Missouri
Multnomah Athletic Club
, a private athletic club in Oregon
Conferences
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College
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Mid-American Conference
, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference
Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference
, an NCAA rifle-only conference
Middle Atlantic Conferences
, an umbrella organization for three NCAA Division III sports conferences
Middle Atlantic Conference
, one of these three
High school
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Macomb Area Conference
, a Michigan high school football conference
Mayflower Athletic Conference, a
Massachusetts
high school athletic conference
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference
, a Washington, D.C., area high school athletic league
Midwest Athletic Conference
, an Ohio high school athletic conference in west-central Ohio
Mississippi Athletic Conference
, an Iowa high school sports conference
Mountain Athletic Conference (NCHSAA)
, a North Carolina high school athletic conference
Mountain Athletic Conference (PIAA)
, a Pennsylvania high school athletic conference
Awards
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MAC Award, now merged into the
Hermann Trophy
, the highest award in American college soccer
Other uses
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List of storms named Mac
Material adequacy condition
, a concept in the philosophies of logic and language
Modern Army Combatives
, a hand-to-hand combat training regimen
See also
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Macaroni and cheese
, a dish often shortened to "mac and cheese"
Fort McMurray
, Alberta, Canada, nicknamed "Fort Mac"
Big Mac (disambiguation)
Little Mac (disambiguation)
Mach (disambiguation)
Mack (disambiguation)
Mak (disambiguation)