MIC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mic"

English

Noun

MIC (countable and uncountable, plural MICs)

1. (chemistry) Abbreviation of methylisocyanate.
2. Initialism of minor in consumption. (of alcohol)
3. (military) Initialism of military-industrial complex.
4. (microbiology, pharmacology) Initialism of minimum inhibitory concentration.

Proper noun

MIC

1. Abbreviation of Michoacán, A state of Mexico
2. (computing, Microsoft) Initialism of Microsoft Innovation Center.
3. (computing) Initialism of Message Integrity Check. (A technology that is employed to prevent an attacker from capturing data packets, altering them and resending them. The MIC provides a strong mathematical function in which the receiver and the transmitter each compute and then compare the MIC. If it does not match, the data is assumed to have been tampered with and the packet is dropped.)
4. (Malaysian politics) Initialism of Malaysian Indian Congress. (a political party for Malaysian Indians)

Adjective

MIC (not comparable)

1. Initialism of made in China.
   • 2022, Mark Kwaku Mensah Obeng, “Beyond affordability: Explaining the consumption of Chinese products in Ghana”, in Cogent Social Sciences, volume 8, number 1, →DOI:

     The findings indicate that apart from cost, the rising consumption of MIC products is anchored on product and service innovations such as product warranty and free after-sales services.

Anagrams

• CIM, CMI, ICM, IMC, MCI