What does mac mean?
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mac
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Princeton's WordNet
macintosh, mackintosh, mac, macknoun
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
GCIDE
Macnoun
Shortened form of Macintosh, a brand name for a personal computer; as, the latest Mac has great new features.
Wiktionary
Macnoun
Used to address a man whose name is unknown.
Have you got a light, Mac?
Macnoun
A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Computer), or its operating system.
Macnoun
A diminutive of the male given name Max.
Etymology: Shortened from mackintosh
ChatGPT
mac
Mac can refer to several things: 1) MAC: An abbreviation often referring to Media Access Control, it is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. 2) Mac: A colloquial term for any type of computer produced by Apple Inc, including the MacBook, iMac, or Macintosh. 3) Mac: It can also be a shortened form of the name "Macintosh", a brand of computers developed by Apple Inc. 4) Mac: In names, 'Mac' is a common prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames, meaning 'son of'. 5) Mac: A popular shorthand for the cosmetic company, MAC Cosmetics. 6) Mac: It could also refer to MAC (Make-up Art Cosmetics), a manufacturer of cosmetics. 7) The Mac: Slang for Big Mac, a hamburger sold by international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. 8) MAC: In healthcare, it can refer to Mycobacterium avium complex, a group of bacteria related to tuberculosis and leprosy. The specific meaning of 'mac' generally depends on its context.
Webster Dictionary
Mac
a prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son
Etymology: [Gael., son.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mac
mak, a prefix in Scotch names, meaning son (of). [Gael. and Ir. mac, son; W. map, mab, also ap, ab.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MAC
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mac is ranked #13171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Mac surname appeared 2,321 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Mac.
63.6% or 1,477 total occurrences were Asian.
23.5% or 547 total occurrences were White.
7.7% or 179 total occurrences were Black.
2.9% or 68 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 43 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.3% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for mac »
AMC
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CMA
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mac in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of mac in a Sentence
This is the lightest Mac we have ever made.
They also get to control their own product launch cadence, in the past, they had to really wait on Intel to launch new processors before they could refresh the Mac lineup.
Fleetwood Mac has been pretty truthful. Open about what we do. We've always done it from the inside out. Versus being pressured from the outside and changing the inside. And that's our story.
I love wearing a lot of color, and I am majorly into scarves. I'm the Beau Brummell of Fleetwood Mac, no doubt.
SPAM, A POPULAR VEHICLE FOR MALWARE, STILL TRICKS PEOPLE In the past, a common refrain from Mac enthusiasts was that Apple computers were n’t vulnerable to viruses like PCs. Well, that’s definitely not the case anymore. Even though there are plenty of Mac users that are quick to point out that Macs shouldn't need protecting by any security software, it's a fact that Macs are being targeted exclusively by bad guys more and more, macs are actually getting hacked by a variety of methods such as scripting languages [ and ] web-based attacks … Mac owners are not any safer than Windows users.
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