Mac

'''Mac''' or '''MAC''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Common meanings== * Mac (computer), a line of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh (raincoat), a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * Mac, a prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages * McIntosh (apple), a Canadian apple cultivar

==Arts and entertainment== {{for|entertainers|#People}} {{for|museums and arts centers|#Museums and arts centers}} ===Fictional entities=== * Mac (''Green Wing''), a television character * Mac (''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''), a television character * Mac Gargan, an enemy of Spider-Man * Mac, a character on ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' * Angus "Mac" MacGyver, from the television series ''MacGyver'' * Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, from the TV series ''Veronica Mars'' * Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie, from the TV series ''JAG'' * Dr. Terrence McAfferty, from Robert Muchamore's ''CHERUB'' and ''Henderson's Boys'' novel series * Randle McMurphy, in the movie ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' * Mac Taylor, from the TV series ''CSI: NY'' * Mac, a canine character in the television series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' * Monster Attack Crew, a fictional pilot squadron in the television series ''Ultraman Leo'' * MAC (Mysterious Alien Creature), the titular character in the 1988 film ''Mac and Me'' * Mac (Makrand Deendayal Chatpatiya), portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 2005 Indian comedy film ''Garam Masala''

===Other arts and entertainment=== * ''Mac'' (film), 1992, directed by and starring John Turturro * ''Mac'' (novel), by John MacLean * ''Mac the Moose'', a public statue in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada * Mac, a Sports Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999 * MAC Awards, for achievements in cabaret, comedy, and jazz, administered by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs

==Business and economics== ===Economics=== * Marginal abatement cost, in environmental economics * Material adverse change, a provision in mergers and acquisitions contracts and venture financing agreements

===Businesses=== * MAC Cosmetics, a cosmetics brand, stylized as M•A•C * Mac Para Technology, a Czech aircraft manufacturer * Macerich (NYSE stock symbol MAC), an American real estate investment trust * Malaysia Air Charter, an defunct airline * Malta Air Charter, ICAO code, an defunct airline * Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, a French state arms manufacturer * Martin's Air Charter, now Martinair, an airline * Medicare Administrative Contractor, a private company contracted to administer Medicare benefits in the US * Military Armament Corporation, former American small arms manufacturer * Morgan Advanced Ceramics, a ceramics manufacturing company * Money Access Card or Money Access Center, a former US ATM network

==Organizations== {{Hatnote group| {{for|businesses|#Businesses}} {{for|schools|#Schools}} {{for|sports organizations|#Sports}} }}

=== Government and military === * Mainland Affairs Council, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China * 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 Affairs Commission in China; see Central Military Commission (China) * Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force * Mission Assurance Category, a US Department of Defense engineering designation * Mixed Armistice Commissions, a United Nations organization for monitoring Middle East ceasefires * Modern Army Combatives, a hand-to-hand combat training regimen * Municipal Assistance Corporation, created by the State of New York in 1975 to deal with New York City's fiscal crisis * Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, developed jointly between the OECD and Council of Europe

===Non-profit=== * mac (Birmingham), formerly the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK * Malaysian AIDS Council * Marine Aquarium Council * Murphree Area Council * Myanmar Accountancy Council

===Politics=== * ''Mouvement d'Action Civique'', a defunct Belgian far right group * ''Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru'', a Welsh organization responsible for several bombing incidents * Muslims Against Crusades, a banned radical Islamist group in the UK

==People== ===Names=== * Mac (nickname) * Mạc, a Vietnamese surname * Mạc dynasty, 16th-century rulers in Vietnam

===Individuals===  * Mac (rapper) (born 1977), American rapper, stage name of McKinley Phipps Jr * MC Mac, member and musician of So Solid Crew * John McCarthy (conductor) (1916–2009), British conductor known as "John Mac" or just "Mac" * Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), British radio broadcaster known as "Uncle Mac" * Ian McCulloch (singer) (born 1959), referred to as "Mac the Mouth" or just "Mac" * Stanley McMurtry (born 1936), British cartoonist with the pen name "Mac"

==Places== {{for|schools|#Schools}}

===Museums and arts centers=== * Costa Rican Museum of Art ({{langx|es|Museo de Arte Costarricense}}), Costa Rica * mac, Birmingham (formerly Midlands Arts Centre), England * Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK * Archaeology Museum of Catalonia ({{langx|es|Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya|links=no}}), Spain * Niterói Contemporary Art Museum ({{langx|pt|Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói|links=no}}), Brazil * Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima ({{langx|es|Museo de Arte Contemporáneo}}), Peru

===Other places=== * Macau (ISO 3166 code: MAC), an administrative region of China * Macaulay railway station, Melbourne, Australia * UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, a recreational facility in Marina del Rey, California * Macomb station (Amtrac station code: MAC), Illinois, US * Mid-America Center, an arena and convention center in Council Bluffs, Iowa

==Schools== * Macalester College, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US * Macdonald Campus, of McGill University, Canada * McMaster University, in Canada * Michigan Agricultural College, former name of Michigan State University, US

==Science and technology== ===Biology and medicine=== * MAC (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen of Mitoxantrone and Ara-C * Maximum allowable concentration, a concept related to threshold limit value (TLV) * Membrane attack complex, an immune system function using complement * Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, a category of carbohydrates consumed by gut microbes * Minimum alveolar concentration, a measure used to compare the strengths of anesthetic vapors * Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria * Monitored anesthesia care, a form of anesthesia with partial awareness * Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of environmental pathogens

===Computing and telecommunication=== * Mac (computer), a brand of computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc. ** macOS, formerly Mac OS X and OS X, Apple's current operating system for Mac computers ** Classic Mac OS, the original operating system for Apple's Macintosh ** .Mac, now iCloud, a subscription service by Apple * MAC times, metadata containing event times 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 * Medium access control or media access control, a sublayer of the Data Link layer ** MAC address, a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller * Message authentication code, used to authenticate a message in cryptography * Migration Authorisation Code, used when switching Internet service providers in the UK * Multiplexed Analogue Components, a proposed satellite television transmission standard * Multiply–accumulate operation (MAC), or multiplier–accumulator, in digital signal processing * .mac, a file extension for macros in Agilent ChemStation software

===Other science and technology=== * Mean aerodynamic chord, a measure of the geometry of an airfoil

==Sports== ===Clubs and teams=== * Maranhão Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club * Marília Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club * Missouri Athletic Club, a traditional gentlemen's and athletic club in downtown St. Louis, Missouri * Multnomah Athletic Club, a private athletic club in Oregon

===Conferences=== ====College==== * Mid-American Conference, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference * 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 these three

====High school==== * Macomb Area Conference, a Michigan high school football conference * Mayflower Athletic Conference, in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association * Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, a Washington, D.C., area high school athletic league * Midwest Athletic Conference, an Ohio high school athletic conference in west-central Ohio * Mississippi Athletic Conference, an Iowa high school sports conference * Mountain Athletic Conference (PIAA), a Pennsylvania high school athletic conference

===Other sports=== * MAC Award, in American college soccer, now merged into the Hermann Trophy

==Other uses== * List of storms named Mac * Macedonian language (ISO 639-2 code: mac) * Material adequacy condition, in the philosophies of logic and language

==See also== * Big Mac (disambiguation) * Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, nicknamed "Fort Mac" * Little Mac (disambiguation) * Macaroni and cheese, a dish often shortened to "mac and cheese" * Mach (disambiguation) * Mack (disambiguation) * Mak (disambiguation)

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