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mac | microsoft |

As nouns the difference between mac and microsoft

is that mac is short for mackintosh (a raincoat) while Microsoft is a company whose products are widespread.

As a prefix Mac

is son of.

As a proper noun Mac

is a diminutive of the male given name Max.

As an acronym MAC

is maximum Allowable Concentration, the maximum concentration of a pollutant which is considered harmless to healthy adults during their working hours, assuming they breathe uncontaminated air at all other times.

As a verb Microsoft is

to Microsoftify.

mac

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from mackintosh

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from macaroni

    Noun

    (-)
  • Short for macaroni.
    • Is there any mac and cheese left?
    Derived terms
    * mac 'n' cheese

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    microsoft

    English

    Alternative forms

    * MicroSoft, Micro-Soft (former names of the company) * (pejorative)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figuratively) a company whose products are widespread.
  • * 2001 , Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (ISBN 0738202916), page 110:
    • Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture.
  • * 2005 , Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (ISBN 0520246705), page 64:
    • The company wanted to turn Celera into the Microsoft of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program.
  • * 2006 , Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock (ISBN 0306814579), page 232:
    • Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose-Driven Life ), but Integrity remains as sort of the Microsoft of worship music.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Microsoft")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) to Microsoftify.
  • (slang) to make more like Microsoft with regards to perceived business practices and tactics.
  • * 2003 , Wine Enthusiast (volume 16, issues 2-8?, page 122)
    • You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor.

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