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(thing) by carp (?) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:22:20

A nick name for the holy Macintosh. Created by Steve Jobs, thought up by someone else and the best example of Xerox technology at work. Because of its style and brilliance has gained a religious like following. The only computer to have Evangalists like Guy Kawasaki.

(person) by pukesick (1 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Mar 27 2000 at 12:18:07

1. A pimp. 2. A loafer supported by a working girl.

- american underworld dictionary - 1950

(thing) by prole (1.2 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Jul 15 2000 at 21:13:49

also, an abbreviation for media access control, as in mac address. an address for hardware used to identify nodes of a network.

see also: ieee 802.*
and dlc layer (data link control layer)

(thing) by barbie (5.5 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Nov 14 2000 at 22:51:22

Also MAC stands for Midair Attitude Correction, a maneuver in which a frisbee player changes the direction or speed of a throw without catching it. The basic MAC is to brush the side of the disc as it goes past you, so that your hand is moving with the spin. If you hit the disc a little bit forward of the middle, then the disc will now be moving away from you with roughly the same amount of speed and spin. Be careful about which way the spin is going. If you hit the wrong side of the disc, it will just drop straight to the ground.

MACs are legal in Ultimate frisbee games only if you MAC it to another player. If you MAC it to yourself, it's a travel.

If you can get a bunch of people who can all MAC it pretty well, you can form a MAC line, where instead of hitting the disc ahead of the middle of the disc, you just try and brush the back of the disc as it goes past you, in such a way as to increase the spin, and maybe to point the disc up a little more, so that it will go onto the next person, who MACs it to the next person, and so on. If you are on a frisbee team that can form MAC lines with any kind of regularity, you are bad-assed. MAC lines are hard.

Another style of MAC is to brush and push the disc forward as you are about to catch it. Basically if you see a disc floating down towards you, if you MAC the back of the disc, you can cause the disc to move farther forward. Another way to accomplish the same thing, but without MACing it in the strictest sense of the word, is to hit the bottom of the disc directly in the center with one of your fingers. If you hit it right in the middle, you won't take any spin or momentum off the disc, but the disc will now be higher and will float a few feet farther.

(idea) by HongPong (9.9 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed May 16 2001 at 4:30:23

Mac is also a frequently used abbreviation for Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. "Mac" can be seen substituting for the relatively difficult to pronounce "Macalester College" on many an informational brochure from their admissions office.

(thing) by Nicopa (1.1 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Jun 29 2001 at 6:16:54

One meaning of MAC is Message Authentication Code, i.e. a hash of a message using algorithms like MD5 or SHA-1.

(thing) by rjs521 (3.4 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Aug 01 2002 at 3:30:24

MAC also stands for Makeup Artists' Choice, a Canadian cosmetics company started in 1984 by Frank Toskan, a make up artist. Started as makeup for professionals, MAC has since expanded all over the world and is sold in both department stores and stand alone retail shops.

MAC is currently owned by cosmetic giant Estee Lauder.

(thing) by PTBee (2.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Oct 02 2003 at 23:20:27

In the telecommunications industry, MAC stands for Moves, Adds, and Changes. Basically, all this means that if you want to move 40 phones to a new floor, or add a voicemail, or a new digital line card, or a customer wants to change from POTS service to a T1 circuit, it would be considered MAC work.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Sat Jan 14 2006 at 5:51:43

Mac (?). [Gael., son.]

A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.

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Macintosh	MAC address	Guy Kawasaki	Mac OS
How to cut and paste in Mac OS	What would happen if the Borg assimilated Linux?	Aqua	Mac vs. Windows
Steve Jobs	Media Access Control	Getting the most out of SETI@Home on your Mac	mack
Apple Pro Mouse	IEEE	data link layer	QuickTime Streaming Server
ICQ	Paint your computer	three-finger salute	Fugazi
Anti-Mac zealot	Shufflepuck Cafe	Odd ASCII Characters	1+1=1.99999999486

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