Music

Motion City Soundtrack Motion City Soundtrack is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Ta ...

, a pop punk / rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Science and technology

Mars Climate Sounder The ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' (''MRO'') is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on Au ...

instrument, on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft *

MAssive Cluster Survey The MAssive Cluster Survey (MACS) compiled and characterized a sample of very X-ray luminous (and thus, by inference, massive), distant clusters of galaxies. The sample comprises 124 spectroscopically confirmed clusters at 0.3 < z < 0.7. Candidate ...

abbreviated as either MACS or MCS * Matrix cable system, submarine communications cable connecting Indonesia and Singapore *

Megawatt Charging System The Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is a charging connector under development for large battery electric vehicles. The connector will be rated for charging at a maximum rate of (3,000 amps at 1,250 volts direct current (DC)). The MCS connector i ...

, electric vehicle charging connector * Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg scale, a scale of earthquake intensity, successor to the Mercalli intensity scale *

Mesoscale convective system A mesoscale convective system (MCS) is a complex of thunderstorms that becomes organized on a scale larger than the individual thunderstorms but smaller than extratropical cyclones, and normally persists for several hours or more. A mesoscale conv ...

, a complex of thunderstorms *

Modulation and coding scheme Link adaptation, comprising adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) and others (such as Power Control), is a term used in wireless communications to denote the matching of the modulation, coding and other signal and protocol parameters to the condit ...

, in the telecommunications industry

Biology and medicine

Membrane contact site Membrane contact sites (MCS) are close appositions between two organelles. Ultrastructure, Ultrastructural studies typically reveal an intermembrane distance in the order of the size of a single protein, as small as 10 nm or wider, with no clea ...

, within cells *

Minimally conscious state A minimally conscious state (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state (PVS) and locked-in syndrome. Unlike PVS, patients with MCS have partial preservation of conscious awareness. MCS is a relatively new cate ...

, a disorder of consciousness *

Multiple chemical sensitivity Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is an unrecognized and controversial diagnosis characterized by chronic symptoms attributed to exposure to low levels of commonly used chemicals. Symptoms are typically vagueness, vague and non-specific sympt ...

, an unrecognized and controversial medical diagnosis characterized by chronic symptoms attributed to exposure to low levels of commonly used chemicals *

Multiple cloning site A multiple cloning site (MCS), also called a polylinker, is a short segment of DNA which contains many (up to ~20) restriction sites—a standard feature of engineered plasmids. Restriction sites within an MCS are typically unique, occurring onl ...

, the region of restriction enzyme sites in a plasmid

Computing

* Master of Computer Science * Multiple Console Support, in

OS/360 and successors OS/360, officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System, is a discontinued batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964; it was influenced by the earlier IBSYS/IBJOB a ...

Multi categories security Multi categories security (MCS) is an access control method in Security-Enhanced Linux that uses categories attached to objects (files) and granted to subjects (processes, ...) at the operating system level. The implementation in Fedora Core 5 is ...

, in Security-Enhanced Linux *

Multinational Character Set The Multinational Character Set (DMCS or MCS) is a character encoding created in 1983 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for use in the popular VT220 terminal. It was an 8-bit extension of ASCII that added accented characters, currency symb ...

, used in VT220 terminals * ''

Music Construction Set ''Will Harvey's Music Construction Set'' (''MCS'') is a music composition notation program designed by Will Harvey for the Apple II and published by Electronic Arts in 1983. Harvey wrote the original Apple II version in assembly language when h ...

'', a music composition notation program *

MCS algorithm For mathematical optimization, Multilevel Coordinate Search (MCS) is an efficient algorithm for bound constrained global optimization using function values only. To do so, the n-dimensional search space is represented by a set of non-intersec ...

(Multilevel Coordinate Search), a derivative-free optimization algorithm *

Micro Computer Set (disambiguation) (Intel) Micro Computer Set or (Intel) MCS may refer to: * Intel MCS-4, Intel 4004 processor architecture and chip family * Intel MCS-8, Intel 8008 processor architecture and chip family * Intel MCS-40, Intel 4040 processor architecture and chip fam ...

, various Intel microprocessor architectures

Organizations

Marcus Corporation The Marcus Corporation is an American publicly held company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company operates two principal divisions: Marcus Theatres and Marcus Hotels and Resorts. History Marcus Corporation was founded on Novembe ...

(NYSE symbol) *

Marine Conservation Society The Marine Conservation Society is a UK-based charitable organisation working with businesses, governments and communities to clean and protect oceans. Founded in 1978 as the Underwater Conservation Society, the group claims to be working towards ...

, UK *

Methodist Church in Singapore The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 46 church (building), churches island-wide with around 45,000 members and is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in Singapore. I ...

MCS (fashion brand) MCS (formerly Marlboro Classics) is an international fashion lifestyle brand based in Italy. Born in the 1970s as Marlboro Country Store, the brand changed name to Marlboro Sportswear in 1984, then became Marlboro Classics in 1987 and MCS in ...

(formerly Marlboro Classics), an Italian clothing brand *

Muslim Council of Scotland The Muslim Council of Scotland (MCS) is an umbrella organisation of Islamic organisations in Scotland. Founded in 2007, the registered charity is based in Glasgow. It is focused on integrating Muslims into Scottish society and engaging the Scot ...

Schools

; Canada *

Master's College and Seminary Master's College and Seminary (MCS) is Pentecostal theological institute in Mississauga and Toronto, Ontario, that consists of a residential Bible college, a church-based seminary in Toronto affiliated with Tyndale Seminary at Tyndale University ...

, Peterborough, Ontario ; Hong Kong *

Maryknoll Convent School Maryknoll Convent School (MCS, ) (Demonym: Maryknoller) is a Roman Catholic girls' school with primary and secondary sections in Hong Kong. It was established in 1925 by sisters of the Maryknoll Sisters, a Catholic institute founded by Mary J ...

, Kowloon Tong ; Ireland *

Malahide Community School Malahide Community School (MCS; ) is a co-educational secondary school located in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland. It accepts pupils of all religious denominations. The school grew from 512 students in 1976 to 1200 students by 2006, and remained ...

, Dublin ; Philippines *

Malate Catholic School Malate Catholic School (, abbreviated as MCS) is a private Catholic K to 12 school in Malate, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines established in 1917. It is accredited by PAASCU. History 1588 * The Augustinians from Spain established a mission ...

, Manila *

Mater Carmeli School Mater Carmeli School - Novaliches, located at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, is a private Catholic educational institution owned and managed by the Carmelite Missionaries. It was founded in 1986 on a property adjacent to the No ...

, Quezon City, Metro Manila ; Pakistan *

Military College of Signals The Military College of Signals (reporting name: MCS) is a direct reporting Detachment (military), detachment and the military college located in Rawalpindi Cantonment, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. The military college provides training and ...

, Rawalpindi, Punjab *

Murree Christian School Murree Christian School was a small private boarding school founded in 1956. It closed in June 2021. It was a founding member of the SAISA, South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA) in 1972, and was a highly regarded educational instituti ...

, Jhika Gali, Punjab ; United Kingdom *

Magdalen College School, Oxford Magdalen College School (MCS) is a private day school in the British public school tradition located in Oxford, England, for boys aged seven to eighteen and for girls in the sixth form (i.e. ages sixteen to eighteen). It was founded by Willia ...

, England *

Magdalen College School, Brackley Magdalen College School, Brackley, in Northamptonshire, is one of three ancient "Magdalen College Schools", the others being Magdalen College School in Oxford, and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, all associated with Magdalen College, Ox ...

, England *

Michaela Community School Michaela Community School (referred to as simply MCS or Michaela) is an 11–18 mixed, free secondary school and sixth form in Wembley, Greater London, England. It was established in September 2014 with Katharine Birbalsingh as headteacher ...

, London, England ;United States *

Manhattan Country School Manhattan Country School is an independent coeducational PreK–8 school with its main location in Manhattan and a farm in Roxbury, New York. Founded in 1966, it is distinctive because of its multicultural and progressive educational philosophy, ...

, New York *

McMinn County Schools McMinn County School District or McMinn County Schools is a school district headquartered in Athens, Tennessee. Most of McMinn County is zoned to the district for all grade levels. Residents of Athens and Etowah however have separate school ...

, Tennessee * Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *

Montrose Christian School Montrose Christian School was a private Christian school in North Bethesda, Maryland, with a Rockville postal address. It was formerly operated by the Montrose Baptist Church, Maryland's second largest Southern Baptist church. It educated around ...

, Rockville, Maryland * Muncie Community Schools, Muncie, Indiana *

Murfreesboro City Schools Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) is a school district headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee that composes roughly the ...

, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Other uses

* Main Character Syndrome another name for people with Narcissism * Master of Christian Studies (MCS) * A US Navy hull classification symbol: Mine countermeasures support ship (MCS) * Management control system *

Michigan Central Station Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan. Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detro ...

, a former rail station depot in Detroit, Michigan, US *

Millennium Cohort Study The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a longitudinal survey conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) at the University of London, following the lives of a sample of about 18,818 babies born in the UK in the year 2000–2001. His ...

, UK {{disambiguation