MCU

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MCU may refer to:

  • Marine Corps University, United States Marine Corps graduate school offering courses in military education
  • Multi-Chip Unit, a high-density packaging system used in designing the VAX 9000.
  • Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) is a device in videoconferencing that connects two or more audiovisual terminals together into one single videoconference call.
  • A Microcontroller unit (MCU) is a single chip that contains a processor, RAM, ROM, clock and I/O control unit. Hundreds of millions of MCUs are used in myriad devices ranging from automobiles to action figures.
  • Minimum Coded Unit, the pixel block size of JPEG image used for coding. Usually 8x8 pixels for grayscale and 4:4:4 format, and 16x16 pixels for YCbCr 4:2:0 color JPEG image.
  • The (fictional) Major Crimes Unit of the Gotham City Police Department in the Batman series of comic books; and the agency of the Chicago Police Department in the TV Series Crime Story. The term recurred again in the movie Heat, as the Unit from which Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) takes down Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and his crew.
  • Movimento dei Comunisti Unitari, an Italian communist party.
  • The Modern Churchpeople's Union, an Anglican liberal theological organisation.
  • The airport code for Gueret (Lepaud) Airport in Montluçon, France.
  • Monte Carlo Universal (MCU) is a project on development and practical use of a universal computer code for simulation of particle transport (neutrons, photons, electrons) in three-dimensional systems by means of the Monte Carlo method.
  • Main Control Unit
  • Modular Component Unit (MCU) used with ARINC 404/600 series avionics "black box" systems. Standard incremental widths are used for these boxes and their mounting system to ensure design compatibility for the avionics supplier and the aircraft manufacturer, and future additions or upgrades. Example: Two 2MCU boxes and mounting trays will occupy the same space on an ARINC 404/600 shelf as one 4MUC box and tray. The standard also covers cooling air supply allocation from the mounting shelf system, etc.
  • MCU (artist), Japanese HipHop/Rap artist, formerly member of Kick the Can Crew. Currently working as solo artist.