Mad, mad, or MAD may refer to:

Geography

Mad (village) Mad (, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 114 metres and covers an area of 7.714 km². History In the 9th century, ...

, a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia *

Mád Mád ( ''Made'') is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. The former Jewish synagogue in Mád was restored between 2000 and 2004 with aid from the World Monuments Fund World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, i ...

, a village in Hungary *

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Adolfo may refer to: * Adolfo, São Paulo, a Brazilian municipality * Adolfo (designer) Adolfo Faustino Sardiña (February 15, 1923 – November 27, 2021), professionally known as Adolfo, was a Cuban-born American fashion designer who started out a ...

, by IATA airport code *

Mad River (disambiguation) Mad River may refer to: Places Canada *Mad River (British Columbia), a river of British Columbia * Mad River (Ontario), a river of Ontario United States * Mad River (California) * Mad River, California, a community in Trinity County, California ...

, several rivers

Music

Bands

Mad (band) Mad is a hard rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They debuted in 1997. Biography Formed in 1996, the band consists of Tomy Casparri (lead vocals), Diego Castelli (bass), Julián Méndez Morgan (guitar), Pelusa Suffloni (guitar) and Rodri ...

, Argentinian hard rock band from Buenos Aires *

M.A.D (band) M.A.D were a British boyband consisting of Michael Sutthakorn, Dan Lewis and Ben "AB" Pryer. The band was originally formed in May 2013. George David of Geoma Media was appointed management. The original band included Aiden Hancock before Ben ...

, British boyband from London, England * M.A.D. (punk band), American hardcore punk band from Santa Cruz, California; later known as Blast *

Meg and Dia Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton before becoming a five-piece act (renamed Cowards Courage and released the CD ''Straight Out of a Story Book in Las Vegas'') where they started, ...

, American indie rock band from Draper, Utah

Albums

* ''Mad'' (Got7 EP), 2015 * ''Mad'' (Hadouken! EP), 2009 * ''Mad'' (Raven EP), 1986 * ''

Mad! ''Mad!'' (stylized as ''MAD!'') is the 28th studio album by American pop duo Sparks, released through Transgressive Records on May 23, 2025. Upon release, the album was met with critical acclaim and continued the group's commercial success in t ...

'', upcoming album by Sparks

Songs

* "M・A・D" (Buck-Tick song), single by Buck-Tick from ''Kurutta Taiyou'', 1991 * "Mad", single by

Dave Dudley Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska; May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six ...

, 1964, also from ''Talk of the Town'', 1964 * "Mad", by

Harpers Bizarre Harpers Bizarre was an American sunshine pop band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/sunshine pop sound and their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." Career Harpers Bizarre was formed out of ...

from '' Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre'', 1968 * "Mad", by

The Lemonheads The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. After their initial punk-influenced releases and tours as an indep ...

from '' Lick'', 1989 * "Mad", by

Magnetic Man Magnetic Man is an English electronic music project from London, consisting of dubstep producers and DJs Benga, Skream and Artwork (previously known as Menta). The trio first met in the late 1990s at the Big Apple Records store in Croydon. The ...

from ''

'', 2010 * "Mad" (Ne-Yo song), single by Ne-Yo from ''Year of the Gentleman'', 2008 * "Mad", single by

Cassie Steele Cassandra Rae Steele (born December 2, 1989) is a Canadian actress and singer known for portraying Manny Santos on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and Abby Vargas on '' The L.A. Complex''. In 2014, she played Sarah in the MTV horror televisi ...

, 2014 * "Mad", by Isyana Sarasvati from ''

Paradox A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true or apparently true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictor ...

'', 2017

Organizations

MAD Studio MAD Architects (sometimes referred to as MAD) is a design practice led by founder Ma Yansong, and partners Dang Qun, and Yosuke Hayano. Significant Projects * Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, On-going – Los Angeles, California, USA * Jia ...

, an architectural firm *

Mad Computers Mad, mad, or MAD may refer to: Geography * Mad (village), a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia * Mád, a village in Hungary * Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, by IATA airport code * Mad River (disambiguation), several ...

, defunct American computer company *

Make A Difference Make A Difference (MAD) is an Indian non-profit organisation, working to ensure better outcomes for children in orphanages and shelters across India. Make A Difference works with nearly 3460 children in 67 shelter homes across 23 cities in India, ...

, an Indian NGO *

Might and Delight Might and Delight is a Swedish video game development studio and publisher based in Stockholm. The studio was established in 2010 and is best known for the ''Shelter'' series. History Might and Delight formed in 2010, comprising a team of 11, w ...

, a Swedish video game development studio * ''

Militärischer Abschirmdienst The Military Counterintelligence Service (; MAD) is one of the three federal intelligence agencies in Germany, and is responsible for military counterintelligence within Bundeswehr. The MAD is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Defense. The ...

'', German military counterintelligence agency

Museums

Museum of Arts and Design The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), based in Manhattan, New York City, collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the ...

, New York City, US * Mechanical Art and Design museum, in

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of Engl ...

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris The Musée des Arts Décoratifs (, English: ''Museum of Decorative Arts'') is a museum in Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts. Located in the city’s 1st arrondissement, the museum occupies the P ...

Science and technology

MAD (programming language) Mad, mad, or MAD may refer to: Geography * Mad (village), a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia * Mád, a village in Hungary * Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, by IATA airport code * Mad River (disambiguation), several ri ...

, for Michigan Algorithm Decoder * MAD, a protein encoded by the

MXD1 MAD protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''MXD1'' gene. MAD-MAX dimerization protein belongs to a subfamily of MAX-interacting proteins. This protein competes with MYC for binding to MAX to form a sequence-specific DNA-binding c ...

gene * Magnetic anomaly detector, detects variations in Earth's magnetic field * Maritime anomaly detection in Global Maritime Situational Awareness, for avoiding maritime collisions *

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD) is a website created in 1997 by Scott W. Williams of the University at Buffalo, SUNY dedicated to promoting and highlighting the contributions of members of the African diaspora to mathematics, espec ...

, a website *

Methodical Accelerator Design A charged particle accelerator is a complex machine that takes elementary charged particles and accelerates them to very high energies. Accelerator physics is a field of physics encompassing all the aspects required to design and operate the equipme ...

, a CERN scripting language * Modified Atkins diet * Model Autophagy Disorder, a variant of

model collapse Model collapse is a phenomenon where machine learning models gradually degrade due to errors coming from uncurated training on the outputs of another model, such as prior versions of itself. Such outputs are known as synthetic data. It is a possibl ...

, the gradual degradation in the output of a generative artificial intelligence model trained on synthetic data intelligence *

Mothers against decapentaplegic Mothers against decapentaplegic is a protein from the SMAD family that was discovered in ''Drosophila''. During ''Drosophila'' research, it was found that a mutation in the gene in the mother repressed the gene decapentaplegic in the embryo. The ...

, a protein *

MPEG Audio Decoder MPEG Audio Decoder (MAD) is a GPL library for decoding files that have been encoded with an MPEG audio codec. It was written by Robert Leslie and produced by Underbit Technologies. It was developed as a new implementation, on the ISO/IEC standar ...

, software * Multi-conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator, an astronomical instrument *

Multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion Multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction (sometimes Multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion; abbreviated MAD) is a technique used in X-ray crystallography that facilitates the determination of the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules ...

, an X-ray crystallography technique * Mitral annular disjunction, a structural abnormality of the heart

Statistics

Mean absolute deviation The average absolute deviation (AAD) of a data set is the average of the absolute deviations from a central point. It is a summary statistic of statistical dispersion or variability. In the general form, the central point can be a mean, median, m ...

, a measure of the variability of quantitative data *

Median absolute deviation In statistics, the median absolute deviation (MAD) is a robust measure of the variability of a univariate sample of quantitative data. It can also refer to the population parameter that is estimated by the MAD calculated from a sample. For a u ...

, a statistical measure of variability *

Maximum absolute deviation The average absolute deviation (AAD) of a data set is the average of the absolute deviations from a central point. It is a summary statistic of statistical dispersion or variability. In the general form, the central point can be a mean, median, ...

, a statistical measure of variability *

Mean absolute difference The mean absolute difference (univariate) is a Statistical dispersion#Measures of statistical dispersion, measure of statistical dispersion equal to the average absolute difference of two independent values drawn from a probability distribution. ...

, a measure of statistical dispersion

Television and video

* ''

Mad TV ''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine '' Mad'', ''Mad TVs pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodie ...

'', a 1995–2009 US series * '' The Mad'', a 2007 Canadian horror/comedy film * ''Mad'' (TV series), 2010–2013, on Cartoon Network *

MAD TV (TV channel) MAD TV (also known as MAD) is a Greek television network that broadcasts music related programming including video clips, music news, and interviews as well as concert footage. It was the first music station in Greece, launched on June 6, 1996, ...

, a music channel * ''M.A.D.'' (Indian TV programme), 2005–2010, children's educational programme * M.A.D., organization in ''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

'' * "M.A.D." (''Veronica Mars''), a 2005 episode

Other uses

* ''Mad'' (magazine), an American humor magazine * ''Mad'' (manga), a post-apocalyptic manga series written by Yusuke Otori * Mad, a term for

insanity Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors caused by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to other ...

used chiefly in British English * Mad, a term for

anger Anger, also known as wrath ( ; ) or rage (emotion), rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong, uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat. A person experiencing anger will often experie ...

used chiefly in US English *

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

, IOC country code *

Mutual assured destruction Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in ...

, nuclear warfare deterrence concept *

Mandibuloacral dysplasia Mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD) is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by mandibular hypoplasia, delayed cranial suture closure, dysplastic clavicles, abbreviated and club-shaped terminal phalanges, acroosteolysis, atrophy of the ski ...

Moroccan dirham The Moroccan dirham (, ; Currency symbol, sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco. It is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. One Moroccan dirham is subdivided into 100 ''santimat'' (singular: santi ...

, the currency of Morocco by ISO 4217 currency code * mad, the ISO 639-2 code for the

Madurese language Madurese is a language of the Madurese people, native to the Madura Island and eastern part of Java, Indonesia; it is also spoken by migrants to other parts of Indonesia, namely the Surabaya, Malang, Gresik, eastern salient of Java (compris ...