Mac

Mac or MAC may refer to:

Common meanings

 * Mac (computer), a line of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
 * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
 * Mac, a prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages
 * McIntosh (apple), a Canadian apple cultivar

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
 * Mac McAnnally, in The Dresden Files 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 uses in 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; formerly the World's Largest Moose
 * 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 terminology

 * Marginal Abatement Cost, a concept 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, an American real estate investment trust (NYSE stock symbol MAC)
 * 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 U.S.
 * Military Armament Corporation, manufacturer of the MAC-10 and MAC-11 pistols
 * Morgan Advanced Ceramics, a ceramics manufacturing company

Codes

 * MAC, the ISO 3166 code for Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
 * MAC, Amtrac station code for Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States
 * mac, an ISO 639-2 code for the Macedonian language

Government and military agencies

 * Mainland Affairs Council, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China
 * Metropolitan Airports Commission, the operator of airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
 * Military Affairs Commission in China; see Central Military Commission (People's Republic of China)
 * Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force
 * Municipal Assistance Corporation, created by the State of New York in 1975 to deal with New York City's fiscal crisis

Non-profit organizations

 * mac (Birmingham), formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
 * Malaysian AIDS Council
 * Marine Aquarium Council
 * Murphree Area Council
 * Myanmar Accountancy Council

Political groups

 * Mouvement d'Action Civique, a defunct Belgian far right group
 * Mouvement Autonome Casamançais (Casamancian Autonomous Movement), a defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
 * Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, a Welsh organization responsible for several bombing incidents
 * Muslims Against Crusades, a UK-based Islamic group noted for burning poppies during the Remembrance Day silence in 2010

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"

Museums and arts centers

 * mac, Birmingham (formerly Midlands Arts Centre), England
 * Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK
 * Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya), Spain
 * Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói), Brazil
 * Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Peru

Other places

 * Macau, an administrative region of China (ISO 3166 code MAC)
 * Macaulay railway station, Melbourne, Australia
 * Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States, Amtrak station code MAC
 * UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, a recreational facility in Marina del Rey, California

Schools

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

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, or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA), the OSI layer 2 address of network interfaces
 * 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

Transportation

 * Mean aerodynamic chord, a measure of the geometry of an airfoil
 * Merchant aircraft carrier, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands
 * Mid-air collision, a type of aircraft accident

Other uses in science and technology

 * Mission assurance category, an engineering designation used by the US Department of Defense
 * Money Access Card, an ATM (automated teller machine) card

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

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, a Massachusetts high school athletic conference
 * 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 (NCHSAA), a North Carolina high school athletic conference
 * Mountain Athletic Conference (PIAA), a Pennsylvania high school athletic conference

Awards

 * MAC Award, now merged into the Hermann Trophy, the highest award in American college soccer

Other uses

 * List of storms named Mac
 * Material adequacy condition, a concept in the philosophies of logic and language
 * Modern Army Combatives, a hand-to-hand combat training regimen