Mic or MIC may refer to: *

Microphone A microphone, colloquially called a mic or mike (), is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public ...

, an acoustic transducer

Places

Miami Intermodal Center Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) is an intermodal rapid transit, commuter rail, intercity rail, local bus, and intercity bus transportation hub in Miami-Dade County, Florida, just outside the Miami city limits near the Grapeland Heights neighbo ...

, a mega-transportation hub in Miami, Florida *

Microscopium Microscopium ("the Microscope") is a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve created in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments. The n ...

, a constellation

People

* Mic (name), numerous people

Arts, entertainment, and media

* M.I.C. (band), a Chinese band formed by Taihe Rye Music *

Mic (media company) Mic is an American internet and media company based in New York City that caters to millennials. Originally known as PolicyMic, it rose to prominence after its on-the-ground coverage of the Tunisian Revolution in 2011. In April 2014, the comp ...

, an American digital company specializing in news and entertainment for millennials * Mic, an abbreviation for referencing the ''

Book of Micah The Book of Micah is the sixth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. Ostensibly, it records the sayings of Micah (prophet), Micah, whose name is ''Mikayahu'' ( he, מִיכָיָ֫הוּ), meaning "Who is like Y ...

'' * ''

Made in Chelsea ''Made in Chelsea'' (abbreviated ''MIC'') is a British structured-reality television series broadcast by E4. ''Made in Chelsea'' chronicles the lives of affluent young people in the West London and South West areas of Belgravia, King's Road, C ...

'', a television series

Organizations

Business

* Metal Improvement Company, a company specializing in metal surface treatments * Merida Industry Co., Ltd., a bicycle manufacturing company in Taiwan *

Military Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia) , native_name_lang = , type = Government-owned corporation , ISIN = , industry = Defence , genre = , fate = , predecessor = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunct ...

, the main armament industry for the Saudi military *

Military Industry Corporation The Military Industry Corporation is the state-run defense corporation of Sudan. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defense equipment, such as munitions, firearms, artillery etc. History The MIC was established by national d ...

, the main armament industry for the Sudanese military *

Myanmar Investment Commission The Myanmar Investment Commission ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံမှု ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated MIC) is a government-appointed body under the Ministry of Inv ...

, a government-appointed body *

Mortgage investment corporation Requires updating to reflect the current Income Tax Act and the growth of MICs that trade on the TSX. A mortgage investment corporation or MIC is an investment and lending company designed specifically for mortgage lending (primarily residential ...

, a Canadian investment and lending company *

Motorcycle Industry Council The Motorcycle Industry Council, or MIC, is a not-for-profit, national trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, scooters, motorcycle/ATV parts and accessories and members of allied trades in the United States ...

, an American non-profit trade association * MIC (organization), a Russian construction organization

Government and politics

Malaysian Indian Congress The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...

, a Malaysian political party *

Military–industrial complex The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind the r ...

, the relationship between a nation's military forces, its arms industry, and government *

Military Intelligence Corps (Sri Lanka) The Military Intelligence Corps (MIC) is one of the corps of the Sri Lanka Army. It is responsible for gathering, analyzing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security. Regular battalions *1st Milita ...

, a Sri Lankan military corp that is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and distributing military intelligence *

Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army) The Military Intelligence Corps is the Military intelligence, intelligence branch of the United States Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized inte ...

, the intelligence branch of the United States Army, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and distributing military intelligence *

Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea) The Ministry of Information and Communication or MIC was a ministry of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters are located in Jongno-gu, central Seoul. The last minister was Rho Jun-hyong, who began serving in March 2006. The ministry was d ...

, a government agency *

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Of ...

, a Japanese government agency * Minnesota International Center, a foreign policy and strategy think tank

Other organizations

, a media company focused on news for millennials *

Marians of the Immaculate Conception The Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary ( la, Congregatio Clericorum Marianorum ab Immaculata Conceptionis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae) is a Catholic male clerical religious congregation fou ...

, a Roman Catholic clerical congregation *

Mary Immaculate College Mary Immaculate College (Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál), also known as MIC and Mary I, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts. Founded in 1898, the university level College of Education and the Liberal Arts is academically linked with the Univ ...

, a college in Limerick, Ireland *

Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference or MIC is a secondary or more commonly used, high school athletic conference based in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area of Indiana. The conference was formed in 1996 in a time when independent school ...

, a high school athletic conference in Indiana *

Multan Institute of Cardiology Multan Institute of Cardiology (MIC), is a hospital located in Multan city in Pakistan. It was established by Nawaz Sharif, the former chief minister of Punjab province, in 2016. History A project for the establishment of a specialised, tert ...

, Pakistan

Science and medicine

* Major immunogene complex, gene complex coding immune response *

Maximal information coefficient In statistics, the maximal information coefficient (MIC) is a measure of the strength of the linear or non-linear association between two variables ''X'' and ''Y''. The MIC belongs to the maximal information-based nonparametric exploration ( ...

, a statistical measure of association between variables *

Medical image computing Medical image computing (MIC) is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of computer science, information engineering, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics and medicine. This field develops computational and mathematical methods fo ...

, an interdisciplinary field * Metal-induced crystallization, a method for turning amorphous silicon into polycrystalline silicon *

Metastable intermolecular composite Nano-thermite or super-thermite is a metastable intermolecular composite (MIC) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal and a metal oxide, under 100 nanometers. This allows for high and customizable reaction rates. Nano-th ...

, a type of reactive material in explosives research *

Methyl isocyanate Methyl isocyanate (MIC) is an organic compound with the molecular formula CH3NCO. Synonyms are isocyanatomethane and methyl carbylamine. Methyl isocyanate is an intermediate chemical in the production of carbamate pesticides (such as carbaryl, c ...

, a chemical compound used in pesticides *

Microbial corrosion Microbial corrosion, also called microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), microbially induced corrosion (MIC) or biocorrosion, is "corrosion affected by the presence or activity (or both) of microorganisms in biofilms on the surface of the corr ...

, or microbially-induced corrosion, corrosion caused or promoted by microorganisms *

Minimum inhibitory concentration In microbiology, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is the lowest concentration of a chemical, usually a drug, which prevents visible growth of a bacterium or bacteria. MIC depends on the microorganism, the affected human being (in vivo onl ...

, in microbiology, the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial that will inhibit growth of a microorganism * ''Morbus ischaemicus cordis'', Latin for

coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the heart muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic pla ...

* Medically induced coma

Technology

Machine Identification Code A Machine Identification Code (MIC), also known as printer steganography, yellow dots, tracking dots or secret dots, is a digital watermark which certain color laser printers and copiers leave on every printed page, allowing identification of t ...

, a watermark generated by some printers *

Mandatory Integrity Control Mandatory Integrity Control (MIC) is a core security feature of Windows Vista and later that adds mandatory access control to running processes based on their Integrity Level (IL). The IL represents the level of trustworthiness of an object. This ...

, a new security feature in Microsoft Windows Vista *

Intel MIC Xeon Phi was a series of x86 manycore processors designed and made by Intel. It was intended for use in supercomputers, servers, and high-end workstations. Its architecture allowed use of standard programming languages and application programm ...

, Intel's Many Integrated Core processor architecture * Media Interface Connector, for fiber optics *

Message Integrity Code In cryptography, a message authentication code (MAC), sometimes known as a ''tag'', is a short piece of information used for authenticating a message. In other words, to confirm that the message came from the stated sender (its authenticity) and ...

, a cryptographic checksum used in wireless communications *

Micrometer (device) A micrometer, sometimes known as a micrometer screw gauge, is a device incorporating a calibrated screw widely used for accurate measurement of components in mechanical engineering and machining as well as most mechanical trades, along with ot ...

, a measuring tool *

Microscope A microscope () is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisibl ...

, an instrument for optical magnification *

Microsoft Innovation Center Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) are local government organizations, universities, industry organizations, or software or hardware vendors who partner with Microsoft with a common goal to foster the growth of local software economies. These ...

, Microsoft partners * Microwave integrated circuit, a type of integrated circuit

Other uses

Market Identifier Code The ''Market Identifier Code'' (MIC) (ISO 10383) is a unique identification code used to identify securities trading exchanges, regulated and non-regulated trading markets. The MIC is a four alphanumeric character code, and is defined in ISO 1038 ...

, or ISO 10383, a unique identification code, which serves as a standard to identify securities trading exchanges, regulated and non-regulated trading markets *

Mi'kmaq language The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northe ...

, by ISO 639 alpha-2 language code * Middle income country, a

developing country A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...

Crystal Airport (Minnesota) Crystal Airport is a public airport named after the city of Crystal, Minnesota, Crystal in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Most of the airport is in the city of Crystal. Portions north of taxiway C (62nd Av ...

, by IATA code