Mac

Fictional entities

• Mac (Green Wing), a television character
• Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), a television character
• Mac Gargan, an enemy of Spider-Man
• Mac, a character on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Angus "Mac" MacGyver, from the television series MacGyver
• Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, from the TV series Veronica Mars
• Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie, from the TV series JAG
• Dr. Terrence McAfferty, from Robert Muchamore's CHERUB and Henderson's Boys novel series
• Randle McMurphy, in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Mac Taylor, from the TV series CSI: NY
• Mac, a canine character in the television series Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Monster Attack Crew, a fictional pilot squadron in the television series Ultraman Leo
• MAC (Mysterious Alien Creature), the titular character in the 1988 film Mac and Me
• Mac (Makrand Deendayal Chatpatiya), portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 2005 Indian comedy film Garam Masala

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Mac (film), 1992, directed by and starring John Turturro
• Mac (novel), by John MacLean
• Mac the Moose, a public statue in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Mac, a Sports Beanie Baby cardinal produced by Ty, Inc. in 1999
• MAC Awards, for achievements in cabaret, comedy, and jazz, administered by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs

Schools

• Macalester College, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
• Macdonald Campus, of McGill University, Canada
• McMaster University, in Canada
• Michigan Agricultural College, former name of Michigan State University, US

Museums and arts centers

• Costa Rican Museum of Art (Spanish: Museo de Arte Costarricense), Costa Rica
• mac, Birmingham (formerly Midlands Arts Centre), England
• Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK
• Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Spanish: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya), Spain
• Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói), Brazil
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (Spanish: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Peru

Other uses in education

• Murphree Area Council

Names

• Mac (nickname)
• Mạc, a Vietnamese surname
• Mạc dynasty, 16th-century rulers in Vietnam

Individuals

• Mac (rapper) (born 1977), American rapper, stage name of McKinley Phipps Jr
• MC Mac, member and musician of So Solid Crew
• John McCarthy (conductor) (1916–2009), British conductor known as "John Mac" or just "Mac"
• Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), British radio broadcaster known as "Uncle Mac"
• Ian McCulloch (singer) (born 1959), referred to as "Mac the Mouth" or just "Mac"
• Stanley McMurtry (born 1936), British cartoonist with the pen name "Mac"

Biology and medicine

• MAC (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen of Mitoxantrone and Ara-C
• Malaysian AIDS Council
• Maximum allowable concentration, a concept related to threshold limit value (TLV)
• Medicare Administrative Contractor, a private company contracted to administer Medicare benefits in the US
• Membrane attack complex, an immune system function using complement
• Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, a category of carbohydrates consumed by gut microbes
• Minimum alveolar concentration, a measure used to compare the strengths of anesthetic vapors
• Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria
• Monitored anesthesia care, a form of anesthesia with partial awareness
• Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of environmental pathogens

Computing and telecommunication

• Mac (computer), a brand of computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc.
  • macOS, formerly Mac OS X and OS X, Apple's current operating system for Mac computers
  • Classic Mac OS, the original operating system for Apple's Macintosh
  • .Mac, now iCloud, a subscription service by Apple
• MAC times, metadata containing event times associated with a computer file
• Mandatory access control, a type of access control in computer security
• Maximum activate count, a parameter associated with the LPDDR4 memory's TRR feature
• Medium access control or media access control, a sublayer of the Data Link layer
  • MAC address, a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller
• Message authentication code, used to authenticate a message in cryptography
• Migration Authorisation Code, used when switching Internet service providers in the UK
• Multiplexed Analogue Components, a proposed satellite television transmission standard
• Multiply–accumulate operation (MAC), or multiplier–accumulator, in digital signal processing
• .mac, a file extension for macros in Agilent ChemStation software

Other science and technology

• Mean aerodynamic chord, a measure of the geometry of an airfoil

Clubs and teams

• Maranhão Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club
• Marília Atlético Clube, a Brazilian association football club
• Missouri Athletic Club, a traditional gentlemen's and athletic club in downtown St. Louis, Missouri
• Multnomah Athletic Club, a private athletic club in Oregon

Conferences

Other uses in sports

• MAC Award, in American college soccer, now merged into the Hermann Trophy
• UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, a recreational facility in Marina del Rey, California
• Mid-America Center, an arena and convention center in Council Bluffs, Iowa