Mac or MAC may refer to:

Common meanings

Mac (computer) Mac is a brand of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 1984. The name is short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), a reference to the McIntosh (apple), McIntosh apple. The current product lineup inclu ...

, 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) The McIntosh ( ), McIntosh Red, or colloquially the Mac, is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a Taste#Astringency, tart flavor, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. It is cons ...

, a Canadian apple cultivar

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

* Mac (''Green Wing''), a television character * Mac (''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''), a television character *

Mac Gargan MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #19 (December ...

, an enemy of Spider-Man * Mac, a character on ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' * Angus "Mac"

MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the MacGyver (1985 TV series), 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in Mac ...

, 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 ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series which focuses on the adventures of an 8-year old blonde haired girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a gigantic, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published ...

'' * Monster Attack Crew, a fictional pilot squadron in the television series ''

Ultraman Leo is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television show and the sixth Ultraman show (or the seventh if ''Ultra Q'' is included) in the ''Ultra Series''. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, ''Ultraman Leo'' was aired between April 12, 1974, and March 28, 1975, ...

'' * 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 * 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

Government and military

* 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 (China) The Central Military Commission (CMC) is the highest military leadership body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), which heads the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Armed Police (PAP) ...

* Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force * Mixed Armistice Commissions, a United Nations organization for monitoring Middle East ceasefires * Municipal Assistance Corporation, created by the State of New York in 1975 to deal with New York City's fiscal crisis

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 * '' 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 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) McKinley Phipps, Jr. (born July 30, 1977), better known simply as Mac, is an American rapper from New Orleans' 3rd Ward. He began rapping as a child, releasing his debut album ''The Lyrical Midget'' at the age of 13 in 1990, under the stage na ...

(born 1977), American rapper, stage name of McKinley Phipps Jr * MC Mac, member and musician of

So Solid Crew So Solid Crew are a British UK garage and hip hop collective originating from Battersea, London, which achieved wide success in the early 2000s. The group consisted of many members, the most notable being Asher D (Ashley Walters), Lisa Ma ...

* 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 Stanley McMurtry MBE (born 4 May 1936), known by his pen name Mac, is a British editorial cartoonist. McMurtry is best known for his controversial work for the British ''Daily Mail'' newspaper from 1971 to 2018. Career McMurtry was born in Ed ...

(born 1936), British cartoonist with the pen name "Mac"

Places

Museums and arts centers

* Costa Rican Museum of Art (), Costa Rica * mac, Birmingham (formerly Midlands Arts Centre), England * Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK * Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (), Spain * Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (), Brazil * Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (), Peru

Other places

Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

(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

Schools

* Macalester College, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US * Macdonald Campus, of McGill University, Canada *

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

, 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

, a brand of computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc. **

macOS macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...

, formerly Mac OS X and OS X, Apple's current operating system for Mac computers **

Classic Mac OS Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Mac (computer), Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and end ...

, 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 MAC address (short for medium access control address or media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. This use i ...

, 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

Military

* Merchant aircraft carrier, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands * Mission Assurance Category, a US Department of Defense engineering designation * Modern Army Combatives, a hand-to-hand combat training regimen

Sports

Clubs and teams

Maranhão Atlético Clube Maranhão Atlético Clube, usually known as Maranhão or MAC, is a Brazilian football club from São Luís, Maranhão state. They are currently ranked fifth among Maranhão teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 166th place overall. Histor ...

, 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 The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...

, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference *

Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference The Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Shooting sport#Rifle, rifle-only conference. The MAC was established in 1978 for schools that sponsor NCAA sanctioned varsity rifle teams, but do not have ...

, an NCAA rifle-only conference *

Middle Atlantic Conferences The Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) is an umbrella organization of three List of NCAA conferences, intercollegiate athletic conferences that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division III, Division III. The 1 ...

, 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 The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public high school, public and private high school, private high schools in the U.S. state of Mass ...

* 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 Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Sp ...

(ISO 639-2 code: mac) * Material adequacy condition, in the philosophies of logic and language