mask A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment and often they have been employed for rituals and rights. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and pra ...

is a covering worn on the face. Mask may also refer to:

Computing and technology

Affinity mask An affinity mask is a bit mask indicating what processor(s) a thread or process should be run on by the scheduler of an operating system. Setting the affinity mask for certain processes running under Windows can be useful as there are severa ...

, a bit mask indicating what processor a thread or process should be run on *

Mask (computing) In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word, etc. can be set either on or off, or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) i ...

, in computer science, a bit pattern used to extract information from another bit pattern *

Photomask A photomask is an opaque plate with holes or transparencies that allow light to shine through in a defined pattern. They are commonly used in photolithography and the production of integrated circuits (ICs or "chips") in particular. Masks are used ...

, used to create the circuit layers in IC fabrication * Front-end mask, an automobile accessory *

Image mask In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word, etc. can be set either on or off, or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) i ...

, applied to digital images to "cut-out" the background or other unwanted features *

Respirator A respirator is a device designed to protect the wearer from inhaling hazardous atmospheres including fumes, vapours, gases and particulate matter such as dusts and airborne pathogens such as viruses. There are two main categories of respi ...

, an air filter worn as a mask over nose and mouth *

Shadow mask The shadow mask is one of the two technologies used in the manufacture of cathode-ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors which produce clear, focused color images. The other approach is the aperture grille, better known by its tr ...

, a technology used to manufacture cathode ray tube televisions that produce color images *

Spectral mask {{unreferenced, date=February 2008 In telecommunications, a spectral mask, also known as a channel mask or transmission mask, is a mathematically-defined set of lines applied to the levels of radio (or optical) transmissions. The spectral mask is ...

, a mathematically defined set of lines applied to the levels of radio transmissions in telecommunications * umask, the default permission setting for new files on UNIX systems

Film and television

* ''Mask'' (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Bogdanovich * ''

M.A.S.K. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is a media franchise created by Kenner. The main premise revolved around the fight between the titular protagonist underground task force and the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of ...

'', a media franchise comprising toys, animated series, and other media * ''M.A.S.K.'' (TV series), an animated television series * ''Mask'' (2015 TV series), a South Korean television series * ''Mask'' (2018 film), a Bengali film directed by Rajiv Biswas * ''Mask'' (2019 film), a Malayalam film directed by Sunif Hanif * ''Masks'' (1929 film), a German film directed by Rudolf Meinert * ''Masks'' (1987 film), a French film directed by Claude Chabrol * ''Masked'' (film), a 1920 Western starring Hoot Gibson * "Masks" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), a 1994 seventh season episode of the TV series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

Fiction

* Mask (''Forgotten Realms''), a deity in the ''Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting * ''Masks'' (''Angel'' comic), a comic based on the ''Angel'' television series *

Mask (DC Comics) The Mask is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as a recurring adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman. Created by writer William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Peter, the character debuted ...

, a fictional DC Comics character * Masks, an eight issue mini series by

Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It is best known as the owners of '' The Boys'' franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptations ...

* Mask De Mascline, a fictional character from ''

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color (whitening) from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers specifically, to ...

Music

* ''Mask'' (Aco album), 2006 * ''Mask'' (Bauhaus album), 1981 * ''Mask'' (Fanatic Crisis album), 1996 * ''Mask'' (Roger Glover album), 1984 * ''Mask'' (Vangelis album), 1985 * "Mask" (song), a 2021 song by Dream * "Mask", a song by James from the album ''

Living in Extraordinary Times ''Living in Extraordinary Times'' is the 15th studio album by British rock band James. It was released on 3 August 2018, through Infectious Music. A few months after the release of the band's 14th studio album, ''Girl at the End of the World'' ...

'' * Mask, a 1980s rock band whose vocalist was

José Fors José Fors Fierro (born 30 July 1958) is a Cuban singer and artist best known as the leading member of the bands Cuca and Forseps. Biography Fors was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1958. At the age of three he and his family moved to Miami, Flori ...

Other uses

* Anti-mask laws, regulations against covering the face *

Cloth face mask A cloth face mask is a mask made of common textiles, usually cotton, worn over the mouth and nose. When more effective masks are not available, and when physical distancing is impossible, cloth face masks are recommended by public health agenc ...

, used for source control in epidemics * Facial mask, applied to the face and used for cosmetic skin treatment *

Masking (art) In art, craft, and engineering, masking is the use of materials to protect areas from change, or to focus change on other areas. This can describe either the techniques and materials used to control the development of a work of art by ''protectin ...

, materials used to protect portions of a work from unintended change, such as masking tape, frisket, and stencils * Masking (illustration), a drawing technique that originated in Japan * "Mask", nickname of Charles Lewis Jr. (1963–2009), co-founder of clothing line TapouT * MASK, an

MI5 The Security Service, also known as MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), G ...

operation (1934–1937) that decrypted Communist International radio communications * Mask, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Mask, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Surgical mask, personal protective equipment

Computing and technology

Film and television

Fiction

Music

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