MC (disambiguation)

An M.C. is a Master of Ceremonies.

M.C., MC, Mc, mC, or mc may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

For people in arts and entertainment, see § People

• MC die microcomputer-zeitschrift (magazine), a defunct German computer magazine
• Master Chief, a character in the Halo video game series
• Master of ceremonies, a host of an event or performance
• Microphone controller, also known as an owner in rapping
• Minecraft, a block-based sandbox, building, and survival video game
• Miniclip, a mobile and online games company which includes the website Miniclip.com
• Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band formed in 1981
• Multicinema, a Mexican pay television network
• Music Canada, a non-profit trading organization that represents the interests of music companies in Canada

Businesses and organizations

• LVMH (pan-European stock exchange stock symbol MC)
• Manchester City Football Club
• Marvel Comics, a US comic publisher
• Member of Congress, United States congressperson
• Ministry of Communications
• Missionaries of Charity (M.C. in post-nominal letters), a religious group founded by Mother Teresa
• Motorcycle club
• Music Canada, a non-profit trading organization that represents the interests of music companies in Canada

Education

• Master of Counselling, an academic degree
• Malden Catholic High School, Malden, Massachusetts
• Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield, Marin County, California
• Michigan Collegiate, Warren, Michigan
• Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi
• Montgomery College, Montgomery County, Maryland
• Mount Carmel High School (San Diego), California

People

• Mc-, a Gaelic surname prefix meaning "son of"; see Celtic onomastics
• M.C., pseudonym of the Australian novelist Catherine Edith Macauley Martin
• MC, pseudonym of the Korean StarCraft II player Jang Min Chul
• MC, for "Emcee" or Master of Ceremonies, in the stage names of many performers
• Mariah Carey, pop singer sometimes known as MC or Mimi

Places

• Macau, a Chinese territory (FIPS country code)
• Manchester, England, UK
• Maricopa County, Arizona
• Monaco (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code MC)

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

• Melanocortin, one of the group of pituitary peptide hormones that includes adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)
• Menstrual cycle
• Microchimerism, the presence of a minority of extrinsic living cells in a host
• 5-Methylcytosine, mC, a cell may regulate gene transcription by methylation of normal Cytosine

Computing

• .mc, the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Monaco
• mc, a Compact Flash memory card
• Megacycle (Mc), the pre-SI name for megahertz (MHz)
• Midnight Commander, a file management software
• Monte Carlo method, a class of computational algorithms

Other uses in science and technology

• Mars Chart, see List of quadrangles on Mars
• Megacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge
• Methylcellulose, a widely used industrial chemical additive
• Micro- (mc), a prefix (e.g. microgram - mcg), though the SI prefix is μ
• Millicoulomb (mC), an SI unit of electric charge
• Microcassette, a sound recording medium
• Moscovium (chemical symbol Mc)
• Momentary closed (MC) switches, a group of switches
• Moving coil, a type of phonograph magnetic cartridge
• Mechanical Completion, together with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning (PC/C) one of phases before final hookup and installation can be accomplished

Military

• Mass Communication Specialist, a US Navy rating
• Master Chief Petty Officer, a US Navy rank
• Military Cross, a British and Commonwealth military decoration for "acts of exemplary gallantry"

Other uses

• 1100 in Roman numerals
• Mc, a prefix used to form McWords
• MC, used in India as an abbreviation of a Hindi invective Madarchod, meaning "motherfucker"
• Marginal cost, in economics and finance
• Mass communication
• Medium Coeli, a point of definition in the ecliptic coordinate system in astrology
• Motorcycle
• Middle Chinese, an historical Chinese dialect
• Multiple choice, a type of test