MCA

MCA may refer to:

Archaeology

• Medieval Climatic Anomaly, an extreme and persistent drought in California and Patagonia during Mediaeval Time

Aviation

• Minimum crossing altitude, a minimum obstacle crossing altitude for fixes on published airways
• Medium Combat Aircraft, a 5th generation fighter aircraft being developed by India

Chemistry

• Monochloroacetic Acid, carboxylic acid, manufactured by chlorinating acetic acid
• Methyl cyanoacrylate, an organic compound
• Metabolic Control Analysis, analysing how the control of fluxes and intermediate concentrations in a metabolic pathway is distributed

Companies

• MCA Inc., a now defunct company (originally called Music Corporation of America) and its subsidiary companies:
  • MCA Records
  • MCA Nashville Records
  • MCA Home Video, former name of Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• MCA, Russian-owned public relations company with branches throughout the world, Mitrofan Caspersz & Associates

Culture

• A Museum of Contemporary Art
• Maine Center for the Arts
• Adam Yauch, aka "MCA" of the Beastie Boys
• Michiel van den Bos, aka "M.C.A.", Dutch composer
• Morangos com Açúcar, a Portuguese youth telenovela (2003-present)

Education

• Master of Computer Applications, a three-year Professional Master's degree in Computer Science awarded in India
• Maranatha Christian Academy, a Marikina (Philippines)-based Christian school, now called as the National Christian Life College
• Memphis College of Art, an art school in Tennessee
• Morrison Christian Academy, an American school in Taiwan
• Microsoft Certified Architect, a certification available from Microsoft
• Middlesex County Academy, a high school in New Jersey
• Marist College Ashgrove, an Australian School
• McIntosh County Academy, a school in McIntosh County, Georgia

Government

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India - Please visit [www.mca.gov.in] for more details

Law

• The Military Commissions Act of 2006
• The Mental Capacity Act of 2005

Medicine

• Middle cerebral artery, one of the three major blood supplies to the brain
• Motorcar accident
• Methylcholanthrene, a carcinogen

Organizations

• Malaysian Chinese Association, a political party in Malaysia
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an agency of the United Kingdom Government
• Medicines Control Agency, which joined with the Medical Devices Agency to become the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. program for aid to developing countries
• MultiCultural Aotearoa, a New Zealand political action group
• Mumbai Cricket Association, ruling body for cricket in Mumbai
• Morrison Academy, a Christian international school in Taichung, Taiwan

People

Adam Yauch, Stage name MCA. A founding member of the hip hop group the Beastie Boys

Sports

• Margaret Court Arena
• MC Algiers

Technologies

• Machine check architecture
• Micro Channel architecture, a type of computer bus
• Marine Cranking Amps measurement of a Car battery
• Maximum credible accident, a concept used in risk management

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