MIC explained

Mic or MIC may refer to:

• Microphone, an acoustic transducer

Places

• Federated States of Micronesia, UNDP country code
• Miami Intermodal Center, a mega-transportation hub in Miami, Florida

People

• Mic (name), numerous people

Arts, entertainment, and media

• M.I.C. (band), a Chinese band formed by Taihe Rye Music
• Mic (media company), a media company focused on news for millennials
• Mic, an abbreviation for referencing the Book of Micah
• Made in Chelsea, a television series

Organizations

Business

• Metal Improvement Company, a company specializing in metal surface treatments
• Merida Industry Co., Ltd., a bicycle manufacturing company in Taiwan
• Military Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia), the main armament industry for the Saudi military
• Military Industry Corporation, the main armament industry for the Sudanese military
• Myanmar Investment Commission, a government-appointed body
• Mortgage investment corporation, a Canadian investment and lending company
• Motorcycle Industry Council, an American non-profit trade association
• MIC (organization), a Russian construction organization

Government and politics

• Malaysian Indian Congress, a Malaysian political party
• Military–industrial complex, the relationship between a nation's military forces, its arms industry, and government
• Military Intelligence Corps (Sri Lanka), a Sri Lankan military corp that is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and distributing military intelligence
• Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army), the intelligence branch of the United States Army, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and distributing military intelligence
• Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea), a government agency
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a Japanese government agency

Other organizations

• Marians of the Immaculate Conception, a Roman Catholic clerical congregation
• Mary Immaculate College, a college in Limerick, Ireland
• Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference, a high school athletic conference in Indiana, United States
• Midwest Independent Conference, United States, NCAA women's gymnastics conference
• Multan Institute of Cardiology, Pakistan

Science and medicine

• Major immunogene complex, gene complex coding immune response
• Maximal information coefficient, a statistical measure of association between variables
• Medical image computing, an interdisciplinary field
• Metal-induced crystallization, a method for turning amorphous silicon into polycrystalline silicon
• Metastable intermolecular composite, a type of reactive material in explosives research
• Methyl isocyanate, a chemical compound used in pesticides
• Microbial corrosion, or microbially-induced corrosion, corrosion caused or promoted by microorganisms
• Microscopium (constellation), abbreviation Mic
• Minimum inhibitory concentration, in microbiology, the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial that will inhibit growth of a microorganism
• Morbus ischaemicus cordis, Latin for coronary artery disease
• Medically induced coma

Technology

• Machine Identification Code, a watermark generated by some printers
• Mandatory Integrity Control, a new security feature in Microsoft Windows Vista
• Intel MIC, Intel's Many Integrated Core processor architecture
• Media Interface Connector, for fiber optics
• Message Integrity Code, a cryptographic checksum used in wireless communications
• Micrometer (device), a measuring tool
• Microscope, an instrument for optical magnification
• Microsoft Innovation Center, Microsoft partners
• Microwave integrated circuit, a type of integrated circuit

Other uses

• Market Identifier Code, or ISO 10383, a unique identification code, which serves as a standard to identify securities trading exchanges, regulated and non-regulated trading markets
• Mi'kmaq language, by ISO 639 alpha-2 language code
• Middle income country, a developing country
• Crystal Airport (Minnesota), by IATA code

See also

• • • • MICS (disambiguation)
• Microphone (disambiguation)