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Mac or MAC may refer to:
Aviation
- 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
Biology
- 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
Business and economics
- MAC Cosmetics, cosmetics brand, stylized as M•A•C
- Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, 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 ceramic manufacturing company
- MAC or Money Access Card, a regional name for an ATM card
Computing
- .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)
- 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 times, file system metadata which record times of events associated with a computer file
- Mac, shortened from Macintosh, computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
- 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
Fictional characters
- Captain Mac, a character in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- Mac, a character in the television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Mac, a character from Apple's "Get A Mac" ad campaign, representing a Macintosh computer
- Mac, one of the two Goofy Gophers
- Mac (Green Wing), a character from the sitcom Green Wing
- Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), a character on the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Mac, the alien from the film Mac and Me
- Little Mac, a character in the Punch-Out!! video games
- Mac Gargan, an enemy of Spider-Man
- Mac Taylor, a character from the TV series CSI: NY
- Dr. Terrence McAfferty, a character from Robert Muchamore's CHERUB and Henderson's Boys novel series
- Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, a character from the TV series Veronica Mars
- Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie, a character from the TV series JAG
- Nickname of Randle McMurphy, a character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Mac, a character from Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Mac Duff, a character from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Mac, the second DC Comics G.I. Robot
- Mac, a character from Peg + Cat
- "Mac" McAnnally, a character in The Dresden Files series
Museums
- 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
Non-profit organizations
- mac (Birmingham), formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
- Marine Aquarium Council
- Malaysian AIDS Council
- Myanmar Accountancy Council
People
- "Mac", nom de plume of Stanley McMurtry, British cartoonist
- Mac (rapper), American rapper formerly signed to No Limit Records
- Mac, member and musician of So Solid Crew
- Mac (nickname)
- Mạc (surname), a Vietnamese surname
- Alison Mac, British actress
- Bernie Mac, a comedian from the United States of America
- Mac Brandt, actor
- Mac Dre, rapper from Vallejo, California
- Mac King, an American comedy magician
- Mac Mall, rapper from Vallejo, California
- "Uncle Mac", Derek McCulloch, British radio broadcaster
- Ian McCulloch (singer), commonly referred to as "Mac the Mouth", or just "Mac"
Politics
- 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
Sports
- 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 NCAA Division III sports conference
- 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
- Multnomah Athletic Club, a private athletic club in Oregon
Technology
- Mission assurance category, a US Department of Defense designation
- Multiplexed Analogue Components
Other uses
- Mac, Gaelic for "son", a prefix to family names often appearing in Irish and Scottish names
- 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
- Mac (film), 1992 directed by and starring John Turturro
- Mac (novel), by John MacLean
- Mac, informal name of McMaster University in Canada
- Mac-10 (Military Armament Corporation Model 10, officially the M10), a highly compact, blowback operated machine pistol
- Mac-11 (Military Armament Corporation Model 11), a sub-compact version of the Model 10 machine pistol
- The Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Canada
- Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
- Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
- Michigan Agricultural College, the former name of Michigan State University
- Missouri Athletic Club, a traditional gentlemen's club and athletic club in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri
- 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
- UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, located in Marina del Rey, California
- Big Mac, a burger at McDonald's
- Mac n' Cheetos, a hybrid food at Burger King
- 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
- Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, a fictional sub-class of coilgun from the Halo series
See also
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