MAC explained
Mac
Mac may refer to:
In computer science and telecommunications:
In people:
- Mac Gimse, an artist and art historian residing in Dundas, Minnesota, USA
- Mac (rapper), a rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- T-Mac, the nickname for NBA All-Star Tracy Mcgrady
- Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, a furniture salesman from Houston, Texas, USA
- Toby McKeehan, frontman for the band dc Talk and solo rapper, called "tobyMac"
- Andrew McDermott, vocalist for progressive metal band Threshold
In fictional characters:
- Little Mac, the main character in the game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- MacGyver, a television series
- Captain Mac, a minor character from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- Mac (Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends character), a television character
- Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, a character from the TV series Veronica Mars
- Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, a character from the TV series JAG
- Mac Taylor, a character from the TV series CSI: NY
- Mac (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia character)
- Mac (Green Wing), a character on the British sitcom Green Wing
In politics:
Other:
- McMaster University in Canada
- Mac (Irish surname prefix), Gaelic for "son", often appearing in Irish and Scottish surnames
- Mac (novel), by John MacLean
- mac (Birmingham), formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
- 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
MAC
MAC may refer to:
In air travel:
In biology:
- Membrane attack complex, one of the ultimate weapons of the immune system
- Minimum alveolar concentration, a term used in anaesthesia
- Mitochondrial Apoptosis-induced Channel, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria
- Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of environmental pathogens
In computer science and telecommunications:
- Media Access Control, a channel access method
- MAC address, the Media Access Control address of a computer networking device
- MAC times, file system metadata
- MAC-unit, a hardware unit which takes a stream of numbers which get scaled and summed
- Mandatory access control, a technique to protect and contain computer processes, data and devices
- Message authentication code, a short piece of information used to authenticate a message
- Migration Authorisation Code, a unique identifier used by broadband consumers
- Money Access Center, an interbank network operating ATMs and POS terminals
- Multiplexed Analogue Components, a high-definition television transmission standard
- Project MAC, a project known for releasing MACLISP
- Marker-And-Cell, a method for storing information used in fluid and other simulations
- Moves, Adds and Changes. It is common in enterprise telecom to call chargeable service calls (such as set moves and programming changes) MACs.
In museums:
- Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, an archaeology museum in Catalonia
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, a museum situated in the city of Niterói, Brazil
In politics:
In sports:
Other:
- Make-up Art Cosmetics, better known to most as M•A•C
- MAC-10, a submachine gun
- Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States; Amtrak station code: MAC
- Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, a fictional weapon from the Halo video game series
- Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
- Material adverse change
- "Maximum Acceptable/Allowable Concentration", see Threshold Limit Value
- 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
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