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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a nongovernmental charitable organization with offices in Boston and throughout Massachusetts which seeks to strengthen families and prevent child abuse through essential child welfare and mental health treatment and effective public advocacy.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference The Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (or MASCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are all located in the State of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts State Police The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state. At present, it has approximately 2,500 officers and 400 civilian support staff -- making it the largest police agency in the state -- and is headed by Colonel Mark Delaney.
Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council The Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council (SAC) is a democratic student organization, whose statewide Chairperson serves as a voting member on the Massachusetts Board of Education. The Council has three main objectives: [consider all matters that its membership deem appropriate concerning education at the local, state and national levels; to make proposals and recommendations to the Massachusetts Board of Education concerning such matters; and to suggest guidelines and legislation to improve the quality of education throughout the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The SJC is the oldest continuously-functioning appellate court in the Western Hemisphere and has traditionally issued controversial and disputatious rulings.
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is a Massachusetts based organization dedicated to ending discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression. The MTPC educates the public, lobbies state and local government, and encourages political activism.
Massachusetts Twisters The Twisters are a member club of the American Indoor Soccer League; they are based out of West Springfield, MA and owned by the league's commissioner, Paul LaPointe. The Twister's home field in the The Big E Coliseum.
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is a public authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provides wholesale drinking water and sewage services to certain municipalities and industrial users in the state, primarily in the Boston area.
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a congessional district in central Massachusetts. It has been based out of Worcester County since the 1880's, however it had previously been located in coastal Essex County.
Massachusetts's congressional districts After the 1890 Census and starting with the Fifty-third United States Congress in 1893, Massachusetts Congressional Districts ran west to east: with the in the west (Berkshire County) and the highest numbered district at Cape Cod.
Massachusetts/Rhode Island Route 114A Route 114A is an alternate to Rhode Island Route 114, located along the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border in East Providence, RI and Seekonk, MA. The road begins and ends within East Providence in Rhode Island at Route 114.
Massaliote Periplus The Massaliote Periplus or Massaliot Periplus is the name of a now-lost merchants' handbook possibly dating to as early as the sixth century BC describing the searoutes used by traders from Phoenicia and Tartessus in their journeys around Iron Age Europe.
Massaman curry Massaman curry (Thai: kaeng matsaman or gaeng masaman) is a Thai dish that can be made with beef, chicken, or pork. It contains coconut milk, roasted peanuts, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, palm sugar, fish sauce, and tamarind sauce.
Massanutten Mountain Massanutten Mountain is a mountain range in the United States that runs down the center of the Shenandoah Valley from approximately Shenandoah County, Virginia in the North, to its highest peak in Rockingham County in the South.
Massanutten, Virginia Massanutten (Website: not an official town or city in Virginia, it is a community built in and around a ski resort, a census-designated place] and in [[Rockingham County, Virginia|Rockingham County, Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,945.
Massasoit Community College Massasoit Community College ("MCC") is a two-year community college in Norfolk County and Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges.
Massawa Massawa, formerly known as Mitsiwa (Ge'ez ምጽዋ miṣṣiwa, Arabic مصوع maṣṣawaʿ, Italian Massaua) and Batsiʿ (Ge'ez ባጽዕ bāṣiʿ, [Eritrean spelling reform], formerly ባፅዕ bāṣ́iʿ) or Badi (Arabic بِضع baḍiʿ) is a port on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. Important for many centuries, it has been colonised by Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Britain and finally Ethiopia until 1991.
Massbook A massbook is a book, used most commonly by the laity, as an aid while attending Catholic Mass (the principal Catholic church service). The massbook comprises scriptural readings, prayers, and psalms for the day's mass, sometimes also including homiletic or exegetical material.
MassCREST MassCREST stands for Massachusetts Center for Renewable Energy Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It brings together complementary expertise in molecular design and synthesis, physical characterizations, device fabrications and theoretical modeling from at least five different departments within UMass Amherst.
Massee Lane Gardens Massee Lane Gardens (9 acres) are botanical gardens focusing on camellias, located at the American Camellia Society headquarters, 100 Massee Lane, Fort Valley, Georgia. They are open to the public for an admission fee.
Masseira Masseira is a unique form of traditional farming technique practised in the parishes of Estela and Aguçadoura in the north of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal, and in the neighbouring parish of Apúlia in Esposende. The masseira technique increases agricultural yields by using large, rectangular depressions dug into the sand dunes of the region, with the spoil piled up into banks surrounding the depression.
Massenerhebung effect The Massenerhebung effect describes variation in the tree-line based on mountain size and location. In general, mountains surrounded by large ranges will tend to have lower tree-lines than more isolated mountains due to heat retention and wind shadowing.
Massey College Massey College is an elite interdisciplinary graduate college affiliated with, but independent from, the University of Toronto. Founded by the Massey Foundation and opened in 1963, the college was designed by Canadian architect Ron Thom.
Massey Energy Massey Energy Company is a large coal producer with substantial operations in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia. By revenue, it is the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States, its mines yielding around 40 million tons annually.
Massey Hall Massey Hall, located at 178 Victoria Street, downtown Toronto, was built in 1894 by architect Sidney Badgley and financed by Hart Massey of Massey-Harris (later Massey Ferguson, then Varity Corporation). In 1933, the Massey Foundation undertook the further renovations to the hall.
Massey Lectures The Massey Lectures are a prestigious annual event in Canada, in which a noted Canadian or international scholar gives a week-long series of lectures on a political, cultural or philosophical topic. Some of the most famous Massey Lecturers have included Northrop Frye, Michael Ignatieff, Noam Chomsky, Jane Jacobs, John Ralston Saul and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Massey Medal The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) awards the Massey Medal annually to recognize outstanding personal achievement in the exploration, development or description of the geography of Canada. The award was established in 1959, by the Massey Foundation.
Massey product In mathematics, particularly in algebraic topology but also in geometric topology and differential topology, the Massey product is a cohomology operation of higher order. It extends the range of the cup product.
Massey University Massey University is New Zealand's largest university with approximately 40,000 students. It has campuses in Palmerston North (sites at Turitea and Hokowhitu), Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and Auckland (at Albany).
Massey-Omura cryptosystem The Massey-Omura cryptosystem is a way for two people to send messages to each other without discovering each other's key(s). The algorithm relies on using powers mod a prime, and works because of Fermat's little theorem.
MassEquality MassEquality is a coalition of local and national organizations defending equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Massachusetts. The coalition works to protect the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision on marriage equality and to defeat any amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution which would seek to limit same-sex marriage.
Masshouse Masshouse is a site within Birmingham, United Kingdom which is under development with the construction of 13 new highrise blocks intended for public services, commerce and residential purposes. When completed, the blocks will have a prominent position on the Eastside skyline.
Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio Massie Township, one of eleven in Warren County, Ohio, is located in the northeast part of the county and the least populous of Warren County's townships. In 2000, the population was 1,061 up from 885 in 1990.
Massie Variety Store The Massie Variety Store is located in New Canton, Illinois, a town in Pike County. The Store has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 2004 and can be found along Main Street in New Canton.
Massif des Calanques The Massif des Calanques is a wild and rugged terrain stretching from the ninth arondissement of Marseille to the east towards Cassis, spanning 20 km in length and 4 km in width along the coast. Its highest peak is Mont Puget at 565m.
Massilia Sound System Massilia Sound System is a reggae band formed in Marseille in the 1980s. They developed a Provençal hybrid version of reggae, rub-a-dub and raggamuffin with lyrics in the French and Occitan languages, sometimes referred to as trobamuffin (from the Occitan word trobador and the musical style raggamuffin).
Massimo Massimo is the name of a medieval Roman princely family of great antiquity, that claims descent from the ancient Maximi of republican Rome, asserting direct descendant from Quintus Fabius Maximus (c. 275 BC-203 BC), called Cunctator (the Delayer).
Massimo Beber Massimo M. Beber (also known as Max Beber) is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, Associate Research Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Lecturer of ASERI, Milan.
Massimo Belardinelli Massimo Belardinelli is an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD. Bellardinelli had previously worked on a number of IPC titles and when 2000AD was being developed in 1978 he landed the plum job of drawing Dan Dare, which was to have been the feature strip of the new comic.
Massimo Bonini Massimo Bonini (born 13 October 1959 at San Marino) is regarded by many as the best football player - and amongst the best sportsmen - in the history of the Republic of San Marino. He was a midfielder who played for Bellaria, Forlì, Cesena, Juventus and Bologna during his career.
Massimo D'Alema Massimo D'Alema (born April 20, 1949) is an Italian politician, currently Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Prime Minister of Italy. He is also a journalist, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
Massimo De Santis Massimo De Santis (born April 8, 1962) is an Italian football (soccer) referee, who was banned until 2011 for match-fixing in the 2006 Serie A scandal. Before the allegations, De Santis was well-respected and officiated many high profile Italian Serie A and international games.
Massimo Ellul Massimo Ellul (born December 20, 1970) is an accomplished Maltese businessman, very active in Malta and other countries in the commercial, social, political and philanthropical fields of activity. An international marketor by trade and specialisation, Dr.
Massimo Introvigne Massimo Introvigne (b. June 14, 1955 in Rome) is a social scientist and the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements.
Massimo Mannelli Massimo Mannelli (born 9 April 1956) is an Italian golfer. He played regularly on the European Tour from the late 1970s to the early 1990s and finished a career high 40th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1980, in which year he won his home national open, the Italian Open.
Massimo Moriconi Massimo Moriconi, born in Rome, 1955, was one of the bassists that wrote Italy’s pop music history, from his jazz beginnings with Romano Mussolini, Armando Trovajoli, Nicola Arigliano, until his work as a sideman with artists such as Mina, Fabio Concato, Fiorella Mannoia and international stars like Lee Konitz, Tal Farlow and many others, and even the likes of Jerry Lewis and Liza Minnelli, could not avoid passing on his musical gifts with also an intense teaching activity. Massimo is, in fact, one of the most active teaching musicians, both with his instructional methods and with a good number of students, at the Music University in Rome, and the “%musica” school, also in Rome.
Massimo Morsello Massimo Morsello was an Italian far-right political activist and singer-songwriter. He was the main figure of Italian far-right political music and, with Roberto Fiore, a co-founder of the Italian nationalist movement Forza Nuova.
Massimo Murdocca Massimo Murdocca (born September 2, 1984 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a right or central midfielder. He currently plays for the Queensland Roar in the A-League competition.
Massimo Soumaré Massimo Soumaré is an Italian translator, interpreter, freelance writer, Japanese language consultant, contributes to specialist magazines such as Quaderni Asiatici (Centro di Cultura Italia-Asia "G. Scalise", Milano) and A Oriente!
Massimo Teodori Massimo Teodori, probably one of the the most famous expert on US affairs actually living in Europe, author of several best-sellers, was born in Force, near the city of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, to an upper middle class family. His grandfather, a landowning farmer, was a liberal deputy in Ascoli Piceno from 1903 to 1919 who shared the ideas of Giovanni Giolitti.
Massimo Troiano Massimo Troiano (died after April 1570) was an Italian Renaissance composer, poet, and a brief, but vivid chronicler of life at the court of Bavaria's ruler, Duke Wilhelm V in the late 1560s, the only period in which Troiano is known to history.
Massimo Vignelli Massimo Vignelli (born 1931) is a designer who has done work in a number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded with his wife Lella. He has said, "If you can design one thing, you can design everything," and this is reflected in his broad range of work.
Massive (software) Massive (Multiple Agent Simulation System in Virtual Environment) is a high-end computer animation and artificial intelligence software package used for generating crowd-related visual effects for film and television.
Massive array of idle disks In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line data storage. MAID is designed for Write Once, Read Occasionally (WORO) applications.
Massive compact halo object Massive compact halo object, or MACHO, is a general name for any kind of astronomical body that might explain the apparent presence of dark matter in galaxy halos. A MACHO is a small chunk of normal baryonic matter, which emits little or no radiation and drifts through interstellar space unassociated with any solar system.
Massive Change Massive Change is an art exhibition and book by designer Bruce Mau. The exhibition, which was commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery, looks at how design can be used as a methodology to address the problems inherent our social, economic and political systems.
Massive McMuffin Massive McMuffin is a breakfast menu item currently available in some McDonald's markets worldwide (namely New Zealand and some parts of Australia). It is basically a mix of the Bacon & Egg McMuffin and the Sausage & Egg McMuffin with ketchup.
Massive Ordnance Penetrator The Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) project is a proposal by the US Air Force to develop a massive, precision-guided, 30,000 lb (13,600 kg) 'bunker buster' bomb. This is substantially larger than the deepest penetrating bunker buster presently available, the 5000 lb (2,270 kg) GBU-28.
Massive parallelism Massive parallelism (MP) is a term used in computer architecture, reconfigurable computing, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) design. It signifies the presence of many independent arithmetic units or entire microprocessors, that run in parallel.
Massively distributed collaboration The term massively distributed collaboration was coined by Mitchell Kapor, in a presentation at UC Berkeley on 2005-11-09, to describe an emerging activity of wikis and electronic mailing lists and blogs and other content-creating virtual communities online. Kapor said, in the introduction to his talk:
Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) is a category of computer games that combines first-person shooter gameplay with a large number of simultaneous players over the Internet. It is a category of massively multiplayer online games, and also sometimes known as a MMOFPRPSG (Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Role Playing Shooter Game).
Massively multiplayer online game A Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG or MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously, and is played on the Internet. Typically, this type of game is played in a giant persistent world.
Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy (MMORTS) is a category for computer games that combines real-time strategy (RTS) with a large number of simultaneous players over the Internet. It is a type of massively multiplayer online game.
Massively single-player Massively single-player is a term coined by well-known game designer Will Wright at Game Developers Conference in 2005 to describe the mode of play in the game Spore. It is a variation on the phrase massively multiplayer.
MassKara Festival The Masskara Festival is a week-long festival held each year in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines every third weekend of October nearest October 19, the city's Charter Anniversary.
Masson Island Masson Island or Mission Island is an ice-covered island about 17 miles long and rising to 465 m, lying 9 miles northwest of Henderson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Masson Island is located at and has an elevation of 465 m.
Masson's Pine Masson's Pine (Pinus massoniana; also known as Chinese Red Pine or Horsetail Pine) is a species of pine, native to a wide area of central and southern China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, growing at low to moderate altitudes, mostly below 1,500 m but rarely up to 2,000 m altitude.Mirov, N.
Masson's trichrome Masson's trichrome is a three-color staining protocol used in histology. The recipes evolved from the original Masson's formulation to different specific applications, but all are suited for distinguishing cells from surrounding connective tissue.
Massoud Khalili Massoud Khalili, the son of the a famous Afghan poet laureate Ustad Khalilullah Khalili, was an Afghan advisor, schoolmate and close associate of Ahmed Shah Massoud. Just before 9/11, Khalili was badly injured by a bomb blast that killed Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Massoud Rajavi Massoud Rajavi (Persian: مسعود رجوی) is the leader of People's Mujahedin of Iran (MKO), a terrorist organization (opposition group to the Islamic Republic of Iran) active outside of Iran (Regarded terrorist by the EU, US, Russia, Canada and Iran).
Mast (God-intoxicated) A mast (pronounced "must") is a person who is God-intoxicated or overcome with love for God with concomitant external disorientation, according to Sufi philosophy. The word originates from the Sufi phrase "Mast-Allah" meaning "intoxicated with God.
Mast (naval) In naval tradition, a Mast is a non-judicial disciplinary hearing in which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases of those in his or her command. In most cases it is referred to as a Captain's Mast.
Mast aft rig A mast aft rig is a sailboat sail-plan that uses a single mast set in the aft half of the hull to support a jib or multiple staysails, with either a small or completely absent mainsail. Mast aft rigs are uncommon, and found on few production sailboats.
Mast cell A mast cell (or mastocyte) is a resident cell of areolar connective tissue(loose connective tissue) that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin. Although best known for their role in allergy and anaphylaxis, mast cells play an important protective role as well, being intimately involved in wound healing and defense against pathogens.
Mast cell stabilizer Mast cell stabilizers are medications used to prevent or control certain allergic disorders. They block a calcium channel essential for mast cell degranulation, stabilizing the cell and so prevent the release of histamine and related mediators.
Masta Ace Masta Ace (born Duval Clear) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. Appearing on classic 1988 posse cut, "The Symphony", he garnered notoriety as an unsung asset to the Juice Crew posse, where he released a number of well-respected albums that were nonetheless little-heard outside purist circles.
Masta Killa Masta Killa (born Elgin Turner, born August 18, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though one of the lesser-known members of the group and largely absent from their debut album, he has been prolific on Clan group albums and solo projects since the mid-1990s, and released his debut album No Said Date in 2004 to positive reviews.
Mastan Malli Mastan Babu Malli is a renowned mountaineer from India. He set a world record for climbing the tallest mountain from every continent in 171 days and he is also the first Indian to climb the 7 summits of the world.
Mastectomy In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to combat breast cancer; in some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it.
Mastedon Mastedon is the name of a band formed by brothers Dino and John Elefante in the mid-80s. The band was formed mainly as a studio project and released two full-length albums and one stand-alone song on a compilation album.
Masten Space Systems Masten Space Systems is an aerospace startup company in Mojave, California (formerly Santa Clara, California) that is developing a line of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) spacecraft that will eventually include manned orbital flight.
Master "K" Master "K" is a prominent BDSM and fetish writer, speaker, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. His writings and contributions have appeared in many books and magazines and on various websites.
Master (BDSM) In BDSM, Master is one of the honorifics some people use to describe the dominant partner or "owner" in a Master/slave relationship. Because it is an honorific of the dominant form, it is usual for it to be written with a capital letter.
Master (Buffyverse) The Master (real name Heinrich Joseph Nest, according to the shooting script for "Welcome to the Hellmouth") is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Mark Metcalf. He also made two cameo appearances in the spin-off series Angel.
Master (Doctor Who audio) Master is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It forms a trilogy with Omega and Davros to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show.
Master (Fallout) The Master is the main antagonist and final boss in the original Fallout computer game. It is a hideous mutated creature composed of several other creatures and electronic parts, all apparently melted together.
Master (judiciary) A Master is a low (or lowest, in some jurisdictions) rank of judge or judicial official in a number of judiciaries, such as those of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and a number of Canadian provinces.
Master (Russian band) Master (rus:Мастер) is a thrash metal band from Russia, founded in 1987 by Alik Granovsky, Alexander Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky and Igor Molchanov who left heavy metal band Aria due to their conflict with producer Victor Vekshtein. Vocalist Mikhail Seryshev and guitarist Sergey Popov have joined them to play live concerts.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. It is adapted from three novels in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
Master and Everyone Master And Everyone is the name of a 2003 album released by Will Oldham under the moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Produced by Lambchop's Mark Nevers, this album includes tracks featuring Marty Slayton, the "woman singing," as she is credited.
Master and Servant Act The Master and Servants Act was the culmination of a series of laws designed to regulate relations between employers and employees during the 18th and 19th centuries, although heavily biased on the employers' terms. It was instituted in 1823 in Great Britain and described its purpose as "for the better regulations of servants, labourers and work people".
Master argument The Master Argument refers to the following argument originally made by George Berkeley: it is impossible to conceive of an object existing without the mind, because the second you try to do so, the object is in your mind. The argument has been widely challenged.
Master Asia is a fictional character in the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam He is Domon Kasshu's sensei, the former King of Hearts of the Shuffle Alliance, and known as the Undefeated of the East. He is also the Gundam Fighter of Neo-Hong Kong and a winner of the previous Gundam Fight.
Master blender A master blender is an individual who decides on the composition of blended spirits. For example, in the Scotch whisky industry, master blenders choose which single malts and grain whiskies are combined to make particular blended whisky.
Master boot record A master boot record (MBR) is the first sector ("sector zero") of a data storage device such as a hard disk. It is sometimes used for bootstrapping operating systems, sometimes used for holding a disc's partition table, and sometimes used for uniquely identifying individual disc media; although on some machines it is entirely unused and ignored.
Master control Master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-air television stations and networks. It is distinct from production control rooms in television studios where the activities such as switching from camera to camera are coordinated.
Master cylinder The master cylinder is a hydraulic control device that converts physical pressure (commonly from a driver's foot) into hydraulic pressure to operate other device(s) in the hydraulic system. The most common automotive uses of master cylinders are in brake and clutch systems.
Master Carver The Master Carver is a member of the Royal household in Scotland. A Crown Charter of 1704 ratified by Parliament in 1705, erected Sir William Anstruther's land into the Barony of Anstruther and conferred upon him the heritable offices of Master Carver and one of the Masters of the Household.
Master Comics Master Comics was a monthly ongoing comic book anthology series, which was published by Fawcett Comics from March 1940 to April 1953. It contained the following features depicting adventures of various superhero characters:
Master Control Program (Tron) The Master Control Program (MCP), voiced by David Warner, is the main villain of the Disney movie Tron. It was a rogue artificial intelligence created by Ed Dilinger (also played by Warner) that ruled over the world inside ENCOM's mainframe computer.

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