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Mac

Mac or MAC may refer to:

Aircraft

Mean Aerodynamic Chord
Merchant aircraft carrier, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands.
Metropolitan Airports Commission, the operator of airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Mid-air collision, a type of aviation accident.
Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force.
Mandatory Access Control, a method of governing who is allowed to access which files or other objects in a computer system.

Biology

Membrane attack complex, one of the immune system functions using complement
Minimum alveolar concentration, a concept used to compare the strengths of anaesthetic vapours
Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria
Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of environmental pathogens

Computer science and telecommunications

MAC address, Media Access Control address or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA)
Macintosh, a brand of personal computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
Mandatory access control, a type of access control in computer security
Media Access Control, sublayer of Data Link layer
Message authentication code, used to authenticate a message in cryptography
Migration Authorisation Code
Money Access Card, a type of debit card
Multiplexed Analogue Components
Multiply-accumulate
.Mac, a collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc.
.mac, a file extension for macros in Agilent ChemStation

Fictional characters

Mac, a character in the television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Mac, one of the two Goofy Gophers along with Tosh voiced by Mel Blanc
Mac, a character in the television sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mac (Green Wing), a character on the British sitcom Green Wing
MacGyver, a television series
Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, a character from the TV series Veronica Mars
Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie, a character from the TV series JAG
Mac Taylor, a character from the TV series CSI: NY
Captain Mac, a character in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Little Mac, a character in the Punch-Out!! video games

Museums

Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya), an archaeology museum in Catalonia
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói), a museum in Niterói, Brazil

People

Mac (rapper), rapper with No Limit Records
Alison Mac, British actress

Politics

Mainland Affairs Council, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China
Military Affairs Commission in PRC: see Central Military Commission (People's Republic of China)
Mouvement d'Action Civique, a defunct Belgian far right group
Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, a Welsh organization responsible for a number of bombing incidents
Casamancian Autonomous Movement (Mouvement Autonome Casamançais), a defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
Conservative Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Conservadora), a political party in Nicaragua
National Action Movement (Movimento de Acção Nacional), a defunct Portuguese far right group

Sports

Mid-American Conference, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference
Middle Atlantic Corporation, an NCAA Division III sports conference
Maranhão Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
Marília Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
Mountain Athletic Conference (NCHSAA), a North Carolina high school athletic conference
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, a Washington, D.C. area high school athletic league
Mississippi Athletic Conference, a high school sports conference in the Iowa Quad Cities
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a cricket stadium in India
Macomb Area Conference, a Michigan high school football conference

Non-Profit Organizations

Malaysian AIDS Council

Other

Mac, Gaelic for "son", a prefix to family names often appearing in Irish and Scottish names
Mac (novel), by John MacLean
Mac, member and musician of So Solid Crew
mac (Birmingham), formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, French state arms manufacture
McMaster University in Canada, informally known as Mac
Mac (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999
Macaroni, a type of pasta
Mackintosh, a raincoat
Fleetwood Mac, an influential rock group
Mac (or Big Mac), nickname for the Oklahoma State Penitentiary located in McAlester, Oklahoma
Make-up Art Cosmetics, better known to most as M•A•C
Military Armament Corporation, manufacturer of the MAC-10 submachine gun
Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States; Amtrak station code: MAC
Magnetic accelerator cannons, fictional coilguns used by factions of Halo in the Halo video game series
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
Material adverse change
Maximum acceptable/allowable concentration or Threshold Limit Value
McDonald's, a fast food restaurant chain
Michigan Agricultural College, the former name of Michigan State University
Modern Army Combatives, hand-to-hand combat training
Morgan Advanced Ceramics, a ceramic manufacturing company
Musical Arts Conference, a marching band competition circuit
Mount Aloysius College, a Catholic college in central Pennsylvania
UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, located in Marina del Rey, California
The Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Canada
MAC or "Mothers Against Canada" is a fictional organization created by Sheila Broflovski in the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Mac" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Dutch, Simple English, Slovenian, Swedish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Мак (пояснение), Russian: MAC, German: MAC, Spanish: MAC, Esperanto: MAC, French: MAC, Korean: MAC, Italian: MAC, Latvian: MAC, Luxembourgish: MAC, Lithuanian: MAC, Japanese: MAC, Polish: MAC, Portuguese: MAC, Ripuarian: MAC (Watt ėßß datt?), Thai: แมค, Chinese: MAC (消歧義).


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