MCA

See also: mca

English

Etymology 1

Noun

MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)

1. (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crossing asteroid.
2. (aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude.
3. A master in computer science and application.
4. (anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery.

Etymology 2

Noun

MCA (uncountable)

1. (computing) Microchannel Architecture, a computer bus standard (expansion bus) for connecting of internal components.

Synonyms

• Microchannel Architecture
• Microchannel

Coordinate terms

• AGP
• ISA
  • AT bus
  • PC bus
  • EISA
• PCI
• PCIe
• VLB

See also

• AT Attachment
• local bus
• S100
• NuBus

Etymology 3

Proper noun

MCA

1. (Malaysian politics) Initialism of Malaysian Chinese Association. (political party for Malaysian Chinese)

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MAC, Mac, Mac-, Mac., cam, mac