Mac

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Mac or MAC may refer to:

Common meanings

Mac, Gaelic for "son", a prefix to family names often appearing in Irish and Scottish names
Mac, short for Macintosh, computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth

Mac Para Technology, a Czech aircraft manufacturer
Martin's Air Charter, now Martinair
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
Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force

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

MAC Cosmetics, a cosmetics brand, stylized as M•A•C
Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, a French state arms manufacture
Marginal Abatement Cost, a concept in environmental economics
Material adverse change
Maximaal Aanvaarde Concentratie (Maximum Accepted Concentration), application of threshold limit value in the Netherlands
Morgan Advanced Ceramics, a ceramics manufacturing company

Mac, short for Macintosh, computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
Classic Mac OS, the previous operating system for Apple's Macintosh
macOS, formerly known as Mac OS X and OS X, Apple's current operating system for the Macintosh
.mac, a file extension for macros in Agilent ChemStation
.Mac, a former name of MobileMe
MAC address, Media Access Control address or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA)
MAC times, file system metadata which record times of events 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 that mitigates row hammer effect
Media Access Control, sublayer of Data Link layer
Message authentication code, used to authenticate a message in cryptography
Migration Authorisation Code, a unique code used when switching between DSL Internet service providers in the UK
Multiply–accumulate operation or multiplier–accumulator

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

Mac (Green Wing), from the sitcom Green Wing
Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), on the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mac Gargan, an enemy of Spider-Man
Mac Taylor, from the TV series CSI: NY
Dr. Terrence McAfferty, from Robert Muchamore's CHERUB and Henderson's Boys novel series
Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, from the TV series Veronica Mars
Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie, from the TV series JAG
Nickname of Randle McMurphy, in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"Mac" McAnnally, in The Dresden Files series
Angus "Mac" MacGyver, a short form of MacGyver in MacGyver movies

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 Autonome Casamançais (Casamancian Autonomous Movement), a defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
Mouvement d'Action Civique, a defunct Belgian far right group
Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, a Welsh organization responsible for a number of bombing incidents
Municipal Assistance Corporation, created by the State of New York in 1975 to deal with New York City's fiscal crisis
Muslims Against Crusades, a UK-based Islamic group noted for burning poppies during the Remembrance Day silence in 2010

MAC Award, another name for the Hermann Trophy, the highest award in American college soccer
Macomb Area Conference, a Michigan high school football conference
Maranhão Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club
Marília Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club
Mayflower Athletic Conference, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
Mid-American Conference, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, a Washington, D.C., area high school athletic league
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 the three conferences of the above, used to organize competition in some sports
Mississippi Athletic Conference, a high school sports conference in the Iowa Quad Cities
Mountain Athletic Conference (NCHSAA), a North Carolina high school athletic conference
Mountain Athletic Conference (PIAA), a Pennsylvania high school athletic conference
Midwest Athletic Conference, an Ohio high school athletic conference in west-central Ohio
Missouri Athletic Club, a traditional gentlemen's and athletic club in downtown St. Louis, Missouri
Multnomah Athletic Club, a private athletic club in Oregon

MAC, Amtrak station code of Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States
Mac, a Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999
MAC Awards, presented annually to honor achievements in cabaret, comedy and jazz, administered by the non-profit Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
Mac (film), 1992 directed by and starring John Turturro
Mac (novel), by John MacLean
Mission assurance, an engineering process
Multiplexed Analogue Components, a proposed satellite television transmission standard
Mac-10 (Military Armament Corporation Model 10, officially the M10), a highly compact, blowback operated machine pistol
Mac-11, a sub-compact version of the Model 10 machine pistol
Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, a fictional sub-class of coilgun from the Halo series
Modern Army Combatives, hand-to-hand combat training
Monitored anesthesia care, a form of anesthesia with partial awareness
Monster Attack Crew, a fictional pilot squadron in Ultraman Leo
Musical Arts Conference, a marching band competition circuit
Big Mac, a burger at McDonald's
MAC (chemotherapy), an acronym for chemotherapy regimen consisting of Mitoxantrone and standard-dose Ara-C
Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, ISO 3166 code MAC
UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, a recreational facility in Marina del Rey, California