Mod

Mod or mods may refer to:

Sports

• Ministry of Darkness, a wrestling stable.

General

• Honour Moderations, a first set of examinations at Oxford University
• Maximum operating depth, in scuba diving, the depth at which a gas mix exceeds safe limits
• Ministry of Defence, the part of a government responsible for matters of military defence
• Modesto City-County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US
• Museum of Discovery and Science, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
• Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, a medical condition
• MOD (0.129 seconds), basic unit of time used in the MODAPTS predetermined motion time system

Music

• Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
• Mod (Scotland), a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture
• The Mods, multiple bands
• M.O.D., "Method of Destruction", a crossover thrash band from New York City, fronted by Billy Milano
• MuchOnDemand, a music-television show that airs on MuchMusic in Canada
• Circuit bending, as "Mod", an abbreviation for "modifications" to an existing circuit such as a guitar pedal, digital keyboard, or drum machine
• Module file, a family of computer music formats which play patterns of embedded sound samples
  • MOD (file format), the first module file format

Popular culture

• Mod (subculture), 1960s British youth subculture
• Mod revival, a rebirth of the mod subculture in the late 1970s
• Mod Club Theatre, a nightclub in Toronto, Ontario
• Body modification, the deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons

Film and games

• The Master of Disguise, a 2002 comedy film
• The Master of Dimensions, a 1996 point-and-click adventure game
• Mod (computer gaming), making additions to a game to modify it.
• Mod (film), a 2011 movie

Computer culture

• Moderator, especially:
  • Forum moderator, a person who watches over an Internet message board
  • Moderator on Duty, a forum moderator actively watching/acting
• Case modding, the modification of a computer chassis
• Masters of Deception, a New York-based hacker group

Technology

• Magneto-optical drive, a data storage device using both optical and magnetic technologies
• Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), an XML file format used for a bibliographic element-set
• Module file, a family of computer music formats which play patterns of embedded sound samples
  • MOD (file format), the first module file format
• Modchip, a device designed to modify the behavior of an electronic system
• Mod (computer gaming), a third-party or fan-made (usually fan-made) modification to a computer game
• Module (programming), a self-contained component of a software system
• MOD and TOD (video format), a tapeless video format by JVC

Mathematics

• Modulo (further disambiguation), loosely meaning "except" or "without"
• Modular arithmetic, a system of arithmetic for integers where numbers return to zero after a certain value
• Division:
  • Modulo operation, the remainder of division of one number by another
  • Remainder, the "left over" part in division of integers which cannot be expressed with an integer quotient
• Modular exponentiation, a type of exponentiation performed over a modulus
• Mod n cryptanalysis, a partitioning attack applicable to block and stream ciphers

See also

• Module, an interchangeable component
• Modification, with particular reference to modifications in technology
• Mode
• Modern history