Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:

Places

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band *

M.O.D. M.O.D. (abbreviation for Method of Destruction) is an American crossover thrash band from New York City, fronted by Stormtroopers of Death vocalist Billy Milano. The band has been around for years (minus one hiatus from 1997 to 2001), and rele ...

(Method of Destruction), a band from New York City, US * The Mods (band), a punk rock band from Toronto, Canada

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Manufactured on demand 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'', 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 * Ministry of Development (Brunei)

Science and technology

Computing and Internet

* Mod, a module for Apache HTTP Server *

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, 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), the first module file format * Modula-2 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 ** Modulo operation **

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., 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, 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, late 1970s * Honour Moderations, Oxford exams *

Maximum operating depth In underwater diving activities such as saturation diving, technical diving and nitrox diving, the maximum operating depth (MOD) of a breathing gas is the depth below which the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) of the gas mix exceeds an acceptable ...

in scuba diving * Mod Cup, 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