MAC
Overview
- Martin's Air Charter, now MartinairMartinairFor the American cargo airline, see Martinaire.Martinair Holland N.V., operating as Martinair, is an airline headquartered in the TransPort Building on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. It operates cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide. Services...
- Mean Aerodynamic Chord
- Merchant aircraft carrierMerchant aircraft carrierMerchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys...
, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands. - Metropolitan Airports CommissionMetropolitan Airports CommissionThe Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission is the owner and operator of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minnesota as well as six other reliever airports in the Twin Cities region, which primarily provide service to private individuals and businesses, but also have...
, the operator of airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. - Mid-air collisionMid-air collisionA mid-air collision is an aviation accident in which two or more aircraft come into contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and any subsequent impact on the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft involved usually...
, a type of aviation accident. - Military Airlift CommandMilitary Airlift CommandThe Military Airlift Command is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command of the USAF which was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It was constituted on 1 January 1966 and active until the end of the Cold War, when the Air Force table of organization was revised...
, the predecessor of the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force.
- Membrane attack complexComplement membrane attack complexThe membrane attack complex is typically formed on the surface of intruding pathogenic bacterial cells as a result of the activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system, and it is one of the effector proteins of the immune system. The membrane-attack complex forms transmembrane...
, one of the immune system functions using complement - Minimum alveolar concentrationMinimum alveolar concentrationMinimum alveolar concentration or MAC is a concept used to compare the strengths, or potency, of anaesthetic vapours; in simple terms, it is defined as the concentration of the vapour in the lungs that is needed to prevent movement in 50% of subjects in response to surgical stimulus...
, a concept used to compare the strengths of anaesthetic vapours - Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channelMitochondrial apoptosis-induced channelThe Mitochondrial Apoptosis-Induced Channel , is an early marker of the onset of apoptosis. This ion channel is formed on the outer mitochondrial membrane in response to certain apoptotic stimuli. MAC activity is detected by patch clamping mitochondria from apoptotic cells at the time of...
, the cytochrome c release pore of apoptotic mitochondria - Mycobacterium avium complexMycobacterium avium complexMycobacterium avium complex is a group of genetically related bacteria belonging to the genus Mycobacterium. It includes Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare....
, a group of environmental pathogens
- Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, French state arms manufacture
- Marginal Abatement CostMarginal Abatement CostA marginal abatement cost curve or MAC curve is a set of options available to an economy to reduce pollution. They are valuable tools in understanding emissions trading, driving forecasts of carbon allowance prices, prioritizing investment opportunities, and shaping policy discussions.- Usage :For...
, a concept in environmental economics - Make-up Art CosmeticsMake-up Art CosmeticsMake-up Art Cosmetics, better known as M·A·C or MAC Cosmetics, is a manufacturer of cosmetics founded in Toronto, Canada and headquartered in New York City, New York.-History:...
, cosmetics brand, better known as M•A•C - Material adverse changeMaterial adverse changeA material adverse change - also formulated as a Material adverse event or Material adverse effect - contingency is a legal provision often found in mergers and acquisitions contracts and venture financing agreements that enables the acquirer to refuse to complete the acquisition or merger or...
- Maximum acceptable/allowable concentration or Threshold Limit ValueThreshold Limit ValueThe threshold limit value of a chemical substance is a level to which it is believed a worker can be exposed day after day for a working lifetime without adverse health effects. Strictly speaking, TLV is a reserved term of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists...
- Money Access Card, a type of debit cardDebit cardA debit card is a plastic card that provides the cardholder electronic access to his or her bank account/s at a financial institution...
- Morgan Advanced CeramicsMorgan Advanced CeramicsMorgan Advanced Ceramics is a subsidiary of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, MAC forms part of the Morgan Technical Ceramics group...
, a ceramic manufacturing company
- MAC addressMAC addressA Media Access Control address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses are used for numerous network technologies and most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet...
, Media Access Control address or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA) - Media Access ControlMedia Access ControlThe media access control data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the medium access control, is a sublayer of the data link layer specified in the seven-layer OSI model , and in the four-layer TCP/IP model...
, sublayer of Data Link layer - Mandatory access controlMandatory access controlIn computer security, mandatory access control refers to a type of access control by which the operating system constrains the ability of a subject or initiator to access or generally perform some sort of operation on an object or target...
, a type of access control in computer security - Message authentication codeMessage authentication codeIn cryptography, a message authentication code is a short piece of information used to authenticate a message.A MAC algorithm, sometimes called a keyed hash function, accepts as input a secret key and an arbitrary-length message to be authenticated, and outputs a MAC...
, used to authenticate a message in cryptography - Mac OSMac OSMac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
, an operating system of Apple's Macintosh - MacintoshMacintoshThe Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
, a brand of personal computers and computer operating systems made by Apple Inc. - Migration Authorisation CodeMigration Authorisation CodeIn the United Kingdom a Migration Authorization Code is a 17 to 19-character unique identifier code used by DSL customers when they wish to switch internet service provider...
, a unique code used when switching between DSL ISPsInternet service providerAn Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
in the UK. - Mission Assurance CategoryMission assuranceMission Assurance is a full life-cycle engineering process to identify and mitigate design, production, test, and field support deficiencies of mission success.- Aspects of Mission Assurance :...
, a designation used in the United States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
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