mac in English dictionary

  • Mac

    Meanings and definitions of "mac"

    • Used to address a man whose name is unknown.
    • (Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames) son of.
    • A diminutive of the male given name Max.
    • A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Computer), or its operating system.
    • one who uses Apple Mac products.
    • noun
      A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Computer), or its operating system.
    • noun
      Used to address a man whose name is unknown.
    • Prefix
      (Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames)
      son of.
    • proper
      A diminutive of the male given name Max.
    • proper
      (informal)
      McMaster University

    Grammar and declension of mac

    • Mac ( plural  Macs)
    • Mac (plural Macs)
  • MAC

    Meanings and definitions of "mac"

    • Acronym
      (chemistry)
      Maximum Allowable Concentration, the maximum concentration of a pollutant which is considered harmless to healthy adults during their working hours, assuming they breathe uncontaminated air at all other times.
    • Acronym
      (US military)
      Military Airlift Command, one of three former divisions of the airforce, the others being SAC and TAC.
    • Acronym
      (computing)
      Media access control: that portion of Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11 wireless, Bluetooth, FDDI, ATM, and Fibre Channel networks that controls which hardware devices have access to the media over which signals are sent.
    • Acronym
      (computing)
      Multiply And Accumulate, a hardware module found in Digital Signal Processors which performs a multiplication and adds the result of that operation to an accumulator, in a single cycle. Used extensively in implementations of digital filters, transforms and codecs.
    • Acronym
      (mechanics)
      Mean Aerodynamic Chord.
    • Acronym
      (cryptography)
      Message Authentication Code.
    • Acronym
      (science fiction)
      magnetic accelerator cannon
    • Acronym
      (Britain, telecommunications)
      Migration Authorisation Code.
    • Acronym
      (immunology)
      Membrane Attack Complex, a part of the complement system of the innate immune system.
    • (MAC) An infection caused by two bacteria found in soil and dust particles.(source: AIDSinfo)
  • mac

    Meanings and definitions of "mac"

    • Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).
    • Short for macaroni.
    • noun
      Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).
    • noun
      Short for macaroni.
    • A person who solicits customers for prostitution and profits from the prostitutes earnings.
    • noun
      a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

    Synonyms of "mac" in English dictionary

    raincoat, waterproof, macintosh are the top synonyms of "mac" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of mac

    • mac ( uncountable)
    • mac ( plural  macs)
    • mac (plural macs)
    • mac (uncountable)

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