Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:

Places

* Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Mods (band) Mods was a Norwegian rock band formed in Stavanger in 1980. The band recorded their first album ''Revansj!'' in 1981. The original members were vocalist Morten Abel, guitarist Runar Bjålid, guitarist Kurt Øyvind Olsen, bassist Torkild Viig, key ...

, a Norwegian rock band * M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City, US *

The Mods (band) The Mods were a punk rock band from Toronto during the first wave of late 1970s punk. They formed in 1978 with members Greg Triner (vocals), Scott Marks (guitar), Mark Dixon (bass) and David Quinton Steinberg (drums). The Mods were obviously influ ...

, a punk rock band from Toronto, Canada

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Manufactured on demand Build-on-demand or manufacturing on demand (MOD) refers to a manufacturing process where goods are produced only when or as they are required. This allows scalability and adjustable assemblies depending on the current needs of the part requestor or ...

for CD, DVD distribution * ''Mod'' (film), 2011 * ''The Mods'' (film), 2014 *

Mod (video games) Video game modding (short for "modification") is the process of alteration by players or fans of one or more aspects of a video game, such as how it looks or behaves, and is a sub-discipline of general modding. Mods may range from small changes an ...

, unofficial modifications * , a Scottish Gaelic festival * Media-on-demand * ''

MuchOnDemand ''MuchOnDemand'' (also called MOD) is an hour-long per broadcast viewer interactive television program aired on MuchMusic, Monday through Friday at 5pm ET. It was broadcast live from 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. ''The Best of ...

'', a Canadian TV program

Brands and enterprises

Mod Club Theatre The Mod Club Theatre (commonly called Mod Club) was an entertainment venue in Toronto that operated from 2002 to 2020. Its address was 722 College Street, which is in the city's Little Italy neighbourhood. Founded by Platinum Blonde frontman Ma ...

, Toronto, Canada * MOD Pizza, US

Organizations

MoD (UK) The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is the department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MOD states that its principal objectives are to ...

, Ministry of Defence *

Masters of Deception Masters of Deception (MOD) was a New York–based group of hackers, most widely known in media for their exploits of telephone company infrastructure and later prosecution. Origin of Masters of Deception MOD's initial membership grew from m ...

, a US hacker group *

Ministry of defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

Ministry of Development (Brunei) The Ministry of Development (MoD; ms, Kementerian Pembangunan) is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which is responsible for public works, land use, environment, public housing and surveying. It was established immediately u ...

Science and technology

Computing and Internet

* Mod, a module for

Apache HTTP Server The Apache HTTP Server ( ) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache S ...

Case modding Case modification, commonly referred to as case modding, is the modification of a computer case or a video game console chassis. Modifying a computer case in any non-standard way is considered a case mod. Modding is done, particularly by hardwar ...

of a computer *

Forum moderator An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least tempora ...

, of an online forum *

Module file Module file (MOD music, tracker music) is a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in the late 1980s. Those who produce these files (using the software called music trackers) and listen to them ...

, a music file format **

MOD (file format) MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga which doesn't rely on filename extensions; instead, it reads a file's h ...

, the first module file format *

Modula-2 Modula-2 is a structured, procedural programming language developed between 1977 and 1985/8 by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich. It was created as the language for the operating system and application software of the Lilith personal workstation. It ...

source code file extension *

Video game modding Video game modding (short for "modification") is the process of alteration by players or fans of one or more aspects of a video game, such as how it looks or behaves, and is a sub-discipline of general modding. Mods may range from small changes an ...

, a modification of a computer game

Mathematics

Mod n cryptanalysis In cryptography, mod ''n'' cryptanalysis is an attack applicable to block and stream ciphers. It is a form of partitioning cryptanalysis that exploits unevenness in how the cipher operates over equivalence classes (congruence classes) modulo '' ...

, a partitioning attack applicable to block and stream ciphers *

Modulo (mathematics) In mathematics, the term ''modulo'' ("with respect to a modulus of", the Latin ablative of '' modulus'' which itself means "a small measure") is often used to assert that two distinct mathematical objects can be regarded as equivalent—if thei ...

Modular arithmetic In mathematics, modular arithmetic is a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" when reaching a certain value, called the modulus. The modern approach to modular arithmetic was developed by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his boo ...

Modulo operation In computing, the modulo operation returns the remainder or signed remainder of a division, after one number is divided by another (called the '' modulus'' of the operation). Given two positive numbers and , modulo (often abbreviated as ) is ...

Modular exponentiation Modular exponentiation is exponentiation performed over a modulus. It is useful in computer science, especially in the field of public-key cryptography, where it is used in both Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and RSA public/private keys. Modul ...

Other uses in science and technology

MOD. The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Austral ...

, a science museum at the University of South Australia, Adelaide *

MOD and TOD MOD and TOD are recording formats for use in digital tapeless camcorders. The formats are comparable to XDCAM EX, HDV and AVCHD. Overview MOD and TOD are informal names of tapeless video formats used by JVC (MOD and TOD), Panasonic (MOD only) ...

, camcorder recording formats *

Modchip A modchip (short for modification chip) is a small electronic device used to alter or disable artificial restrictions of computers or entertainment devices. Modchips are mainly used in video game consoles, but also in some DVD or Blu-ray player ...

, a chip modifying an electronic system *

Model organism database Model organism databases (MODs) are biological databases Biological databases are libraries of biological sciences, collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high-throughput experiment technology, and computational analysis. Th ...

, a biological database *

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis. Although Irwin and Rippe cautioned in 2005 that the use of "multiple organ failure" or "multisy ...

, a medical condition * Pod mods, a type of electronic cigarette

Other uses

Mod (subculture) Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in London and spread throughout Great Britain and elsewhere, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries, and continues today on a smaller scale. Focused on music and f ...

, 1960s British youth subculture **

Mod revival The mod revival was a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and later spread to other countries (to a lesser degree). The mod revival's mainstream popularity was relatively short, although its influence lasted for dec ...

, late 1970s *

Honour Moderations Honour Moderations (or ''Mods'') are a set of examinations at the University of Oxford at the end of the first part of some degree courses (e.g., Greats or '' Literae Humaniores''). Honour Moderations candidates have a class awarded (hence the ' ...

, Oxford exams * Maximum operating depth in scuba diving *

Mod Cup The Mod Cup ( Scottish Gaelic Cupa a' Mhòid), also known as the Aviemore Cup'is a trophy in the sport of shinty first competed for in 1969, traditionally played for by the two teams who are based closest to the host venue of the Royal National Mo ...

, a shinty trophy * A module in

modular scheduling Modular scheduling (also known as flex scheduling, flexible modular scheduling, or modular flex scheduling) is a system of timetabling in certain high schools in the United States. History Modular scheduling was developed by schools such as the Ke ...

* Multicultural organization development