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Mac or MAC may refer to:

Macintosh, a brand of personal computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
Media Access Control, sublayer of Data Link layer
MAC Address, Media Access Control address or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA)
Message authentication code, used to authenticate a message in cryptography.
Mandatory access control, a type of access control in computer security
Migration Authorisation Code
Multiplexed Analogue Components
Multiply-accumulate
Money Access Card, a type of debit card

Merchant aircraft carrier, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands
Metropolitan Airports Commission, the operator of airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
Mid-air collision, a type of aviation accident
Military Airlift Command, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force

Membrane attack complex, one of the ultimate weapons of the immune system
Minimum alveolar concentration, a term used in anaesthesia
Mitochondrial Apoptosis-induced Channel, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria
Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of environmental pathogens

Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, an archaeology museum in Catalonia
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, a museum situated in the city of Niterói, Brazil

Mainland Affairs Council, an agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China
Mouvement Autonome Casamançais, a now-defunct political party in Casamance, Senegal
Mouvement d'Action Civique, a defunct Belgian far right group
Movimento de Acção Nacional, a defunct Portuguese far right group
Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, a Welsh organization responsible for a number of bombing incidents

Mid-American Conference, an NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) sports conference
Middle Atlantic Corporation, an NCAA Division III sports conference
Maranhão Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
Marília Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, a Washington, D.C. area high school athletic league
Mississippi Athletic Conference, a high school sports conference in the Iowa Quad Cities
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a cricket stadium in India
Macomb Area Conference, a Michigan high school football conference

MAC Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault, French state arms manufacture
McMaster University in Canada
Mac (Gaelic surname prefix), Gaelic for "son", often appearing in Irish and Scottish surnames
Mac (novel), by John MacLean
mac (Birmingham), formerly known as the Midlands Arts Centre, in Birmingham, UK
Mac (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999
Macaroni, a type of pasta
Mackintosh, a raincoat
Fleetwood Mac, an influential rock group
Mac (or Big Mac), nickname for the Oklahoma State Penitentiary located in McAlester, Oklahoma
Make-up Art Cosmetics, better known to most as M•A•C
MAC-10, a submachine gun
Macomb (Amtrak station), Illinois, United States; Amtrak station code: MAC
Magnetic Accelerator Cannons, fictional coilguns from the Halo video game series
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs
Material adverse change
"Maximum Acceptable/Allowable Concentration", see Threshold Limit Value
Michigan Agricultural College, the former name of Michigan State University
Modern Army Combatives, hand-to-hand combat training
Morgan Advanced Ceramics, a ceramic manufacturing company
Musical Arts Conference, a marching band competition circuit
Mount Aloysius College, a Catholic college in central Pennsylvania
The UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, located in Marina del Rey, California
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, an arts gallery and theatre located in Dallas, Texas

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