Music
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Motion City Soundtrack, a pop punk / rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Science and technology
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Matrix cable system, submarine communications cable connecting Indonesia and Singapore
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Megawatt Charging System
The Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is a charging connector under development for large battery electric vehicles. The connector will be rated for charging at a maximum rate of (3,000 amps at 1,250 volts direct current (DC)).
The MCS connector ...
, electric vehicle charging connector
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Modulation and coding scheme, in the telecommunications industry
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Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
, a scale of earthquake intensity, successor to the Mercalli intensity scale
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Mesoscale convective system, a complex of thunderstorms
Biology and medicine
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Membrane contact site Membrane contact sites (MCS) are close appositions between two organelles. Ultrastructural studies typically reveal an intermembrane distance in the order of the size of a single protein, as small as 10 nm or wider, with no clear upper limit. T ...
, within cells
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Minimally conscious state
A minimally conscious state (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state and locked-in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state, patients with MCS have partial preservation of conscious awareness. MCS is a rel ...
, a disorder of consciousness
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Multiple chemical sensitivity, an unrecognized and controversial medical diagnosis characterized by chronic symptoms attributed to exposure to low levels of commonly used chemicals
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Multiple cloning site, the region of restriction enzyme sites in a plasmid
Computing
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Master of Computer Science
This list refers to specific master's degrees in North America. Please see master's degree for a more general overview.
Accountancy
Master of Accountancy (MAcc, MAc, MAcy or MPAcc), alternatively Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcy or MP ...
* Multiple Console Support, in OS/360 and successors
* Multi categories security, in Security-Enhanced Linux
* Multinational Character Set, used in VT220 terminals
* ''Music Construction Set'', a music composition notation program
* MCS algorithm (Multilevel Coordinate Search), a derivative-free optimization algorithm
* Micro Computer Set, a set of instructions implemented by a computer architecture such as in the Intel MCS 51 CPU
Organizations
* Marcus Corporation (NYSE symbol)
* Marine Conservation Society, UK
* Methodist Church in Singapore
* MCS (fashion brand) (formerly Marlboro Classics), an Italian clothing brand
* Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Service Company Limited, the UK's body that certifies low-carbon products and installations used to produce electricity and heat from renewable sources (largely domestic solar panels and heat pumps)
Schools
; Canada
* Master's College and Seminary, Peterborough, Ontario
; Hong Kong
* Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon Tong
; Ireland
* Malahide Community School, Dublin
; Philippines
* Malate Catholic School, Manila
* Mater Carmeli School, Quezon City, Metro Manila
; Pakistan
* Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi, Punjab
* Murree Christian School, Jhika Gali, Punjab
; United Kingdom
* Magdalen College School, Oxford, England
* Magdalen College School, Brackley, England
* Michaela Community School, London, England
;United States
* Manhattan Country School, New York
* McMinn County Schools, Tennessee
* Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Montrose Christian School, Rockville, Maryland
* Murfreesboro City Schools, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Other uses
* Master of Christian Studies (MCS)
* MCS (Mine countermeasures support ship), a US Navy classification code; See List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy#Mine Countermeasures Support Ships (MCS), List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy
* Management control system
* Michigan Central Station, a former rail station depot in Detroit, Michigan, US
* Millennium Cohort Study, UK
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