Mac
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- This disambiguation page is about the word Mac. See also the acronym MAC (written in all caps) and Mack.
Mac or MAC may refer to
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[edit] Technology
- Macintosh, a line of computers, and Mac OS, an operating system that runs on Apple Macintosh computers, and its newest version Mac OS X
- Media Access Control, a data communication protocol sub-layer
- MAC address, a unique identifier attached to most forms of networking equipment.
- Mandatory access control, a model for access control used in computer security.
- Message Authentication Code, a cryptographic piece of information used to authenticate a message.
- Multiplexed Analogue Components, a now mostly defunct TV transmission standard used in Europe and Asia.
[edit] Consumer products
- A model of moving lights manufactured by Martin Light
- MAC (cosmetics), a cosmetics brand
- Big Mac hamburger, sold at McDonald's restaurants (or the restaurant itself)
- Macaroni, a type of pasta
- Mackintosh raincoat
- Mac Tools, a tools manufacturer
- Mac's Convenience Stores, a line of retail stores
[edit] Geography
- Municipium Aelium Cananefatum, also known as Forum Hadriani, a Roman city in Voorburg, Netherlands
- McMaster University in Canada
[edit] Other
- Mac (novel), a novel by John MacLean
- Fleetwood Mac, a 60's and 70's rock group
- Mainland Affairs Council, Chinese administrative agency.
- Membrane attack complex, an important component of the immune system.
- Mac, often abbreviated as Mc and sometimes (rarely) even M', often appearing in Irish and Scottish surnames
- Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, a museum situated in the city of Niterói, Brazil
[edit] Mac may also refer to the following people
- Mac (Green Wing), the character Dr. "Mac" Macartner in the British sitcom Green Wing
- Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, a furniture salesman from Houston, Texas, USA
- Mac Gimse, an artist and art historian residing in Dundas, Minnesota, USA
- Mac (rapper), a rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- MacGyver, the main character in a television series of the same name
- A character from the animated television series, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, a character from the TV series Veronica Mars
- Captain Mac, a minor character from Square's console role-playing game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- Mac (comic book), the hero of a comic book published by Editions Lug
- Toby McKeehan, frontman for Christian band dc Talk and solo rapper, often called "tobyMac"
- Andrew "Mac" McDermott, vocalist for progressive metal band Threshold
- "Mac" Mckenzie B Joy A young man who lives In tenessee
