Mac

Mac

Mac may refer to:

In computer science and telecommunications:

• Apple's main name for the computer OS and hardware they manufacture
  • Macintosh, a brand of personal computers made by Apple
  • Mac OS, the first series of graphical user interface-based operating systems made for Macintosh computers
  • Mac OS X, the second, and current line of graphical user interface-based operating systems for Mac computers
    • Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard", the most recent release of Mac OS X
  • iMac, the desktop hardware manufactured by Apple sold with Mac OS X installed
  • MacBook, the laptop manufactured and sold by Apple
    • MacBook Pro, a sub-group of the MacBook family
    • MacBook Air, an ultra-portable laptop

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:

• Mạc Dynasty of Vietnam

Other:

• McMaster University in Canada
• Mac (Gaelic 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:

• 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

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:

• Mainland Affairs Council, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China
• Mouvement Autonome Casamançais, a now-defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
• Mouvement d'Action Civique, a defunct Belgian far right group
• Movimento de Acção Nacional, a defunct Portuguese far right group
• Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, a Welsh organization responsible for a number of bombing incidents

In 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
• 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

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 Cannons, fictional coilguns 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

See also

• Mack (disambiguation)