In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MAC
macintosh, mackintosh, mac, mack
(noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mac (plural macs)
Clipping of mackintosh.
Etymology 2
Noun
mac (uncountable)
(North America, slang) Clipping of macaroni.
Anagrams
• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam
Etymology 1
Noun
Mac (plural Macs)
(US, informal) Used to address a man whose name is unknown.
Synonyms
• (person): John
Prefix
Mac
(Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames) son of.
Proper noun
Mac
A diminutive of the male given name Max.
Etymology 2
Informal diminutive of Macintosh, later adopted by Apple as a trademark.
Noun
Mac (plural Macs)
A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Inc.), or its operating system.
Coordinate terms
• PC, personal computer, home computer, desktop computer, personal workstation, graphic workstation, graphics workstation
Etymology 3
A shortening.
Proper noun
Mac
(informal) McMaster University
Anagrams
• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam
Proper noun
MAC
(US military) Acronym of Military Airlift Command, formerly, one of three former divisions of the US airforce, the others being SAC and TAC.
(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.
Noun
MAC
(chemistry) Initialism of 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.
(computer security)Â Initialism of mandatory access control.
(networking) Initialism of 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.
(mechanics) Initialism of mean aerodynamic chord.
(cryptography) Initialism of message authentication code.
(science fiction) Initialism of magnetic accelerator cannon.
(UK, telecommunications) Initialism of Migration Authorisation Code.
(immunology) Initialism of membrane attack complex, a part of the complement system of the innate immune system.
Hyponyms
• HMAC
Anagrams
• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam
Source: Wiktionary
Mac. [Gael., son.]
Definition: A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
17 November 2024
MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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