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(428013) (Bot) '''Mac''' may refer to: In '''computer science and telecommunications''': * An abbreviation of [[Macintosh]], a brand of [[personal computers]] and computer [[Operating System]] made by [[Apple, Inc|Apple]]. * [[Media Access Control]], sublayer of Data Link layer * [[MAC Address]], Media Access Control address or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA) * [[Message Authentication Code]], used to authenticate a message in cryptography. * [[Mandatory access control]], a type of access control in computer security * [[Migration Authorisation Code]] * [[Multiplexed Analogue Components]] * [[Multiply-accumulate]] 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 * [[Stanley McMurtry]], a British cartoonist also known as Mac. In '''fictional characters''': * [[List of Punch-Out!! boxers|Little Mac]], the main character in the game ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' * ''[[MacGyver]]'', a television series * [[List of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest characters#Captain Mac|Captain Mac]], a minor character from ''Final Fantasy Mystic Quest'' * [[Mac (Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends character)|Mac (''Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends'' character)]], a television character * [[Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie]], a character from the TV series ''Veronica Mars'' * Lt. Col. [[Sarah MacKenzie|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 (''It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'' character)]] * [[Mac (Green Wing)|Mac (''Green Wing'')]], a character on the British sitcom ''Green Wing'' 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 * [[MAC, the Mitochondrial Apoptosis-Induced Channel|Mitochondrial Apoptosis-induced Channel]], the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria * [[Mycobacterium avium complex]], a group of environmental pathogens 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 * [[National Action Movement|Movimento de Acção Nacional]], a defunct Portuguese far right group * [[Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru]], a Welsh organization responsible for a number of bombing incidents * [[Mixed Armistice Commisions]], appointed to observe the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and the surrounding Arab states 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''': * [[MAC Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault]], French state arms manufacture * [[McMaster University]] in Canada * [[Family name#Irish surname prefixes|Mac (Gaelic surname prefix)]], Gaelic for "son", often appearing in Irish and Scottish surnames * [[Mac (novel)|''Mac'' (novel)]], by John MacLean * [[mac (Birmingham)]], formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK * [[Sports Beanie Babies#Beanies representing baseball players|Mac (Beanie Baby)]], a Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999 * [[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]] * [[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 [[coilgun]]s from the ''[[Halo (series)|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)]] {{disambig}} [[bg:Мак]] [[cs:Mac]] [[de:Mac]] [[fr:Mac]] [[ja:マック]] [[simple:Mac]] [[pl:MAC (ujednoznacznienie)]] [[sl:Mac]] [[sv:Mac]] [[zh:MAC (消歧義)]]