Mod facts for kids

Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:

Places

• Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

• Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
• M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City
• The Mods (band), a punk rock band from Toronto
• Circuit bending, modification of an existing circuit such as a guitar pedal, digital keyboard, or drum machine

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Mod (movie), 2011 movie
• The Mods (movie), 2014 movie
• Mod (video games), changes to a video game, usually by persons not associated with the main developers, which may affect visuals, gameplay, and other aspects
• Mòd, a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture
• Media-on-demand, a new generation of video on demand
• MuchOnDemand, a music-television show that airs on MuchMusic in Canada

Brands and enterprises

• Mod Club Theatre, a nightclub in Toronto, Canada
• MOD Pizza, a fast casual pizza restaurant chain based in the United States

Organizations

• MoD (UK), the UK Ministry of Defence
• Masters of Deception, a US-based hacker group
• Ministry of Defence, a part of the government responsible for defence
• Ministry of Development (Brunei), a Bruneian government ministry

Science and technology

Computing and Internet

• Mod, a module for Apache HTTP Server
• Case modding, the modification of a computer chassis
• Forum moderator, a person who watches over an Internet message board
• Module file, a family of computer music formats which play patterns of embedded sound samples
  • MOD (file format), the first module file format
• Source code file (for an implementation module) in the programming language Modula-2

Mathematics

• Mod n cryptanalysis, a partitioning attack applicable to block and stream ciphers
• Modulo (mathematics), a mathematical term
  • Modular arithmetic, a system of arithmetic for integers where numbers return to zero after a certain value
  • Modulo operation, the remainder of division of one number by another
  • Modular exponentiation, a type of exponentiation performed over a modulus
  • Remainder, the "left over" part in division of integers which cannot be expressed with an integer quotient

Other uses in science and technology

• Mod, a type of electronic cigarette
• MOD and TOD, a tapeless video format by JVC
• Modchip, a device designed to modify the behavior of an electronic system
• Model organism database, a database that houses and disseminates organism-specific biological knowledge
• Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, a medical condition

Other uses

• MOD (Marehan, Ogaden, Darawiish)
• Mod (subculture), 1960s British youth subculture
  • Mod revival, a rebirth of the mod subculture in the late 1970s
• MOD, a basic unit of time used in the MODAPTS predetermined motion time system
• Body modification, the deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons
• Honour Moderations, a first set of examinations at Oxford University
• Manufactured-on-demand, such as Warner Archive Collection
• Maximum operating depth, in scuba diving, the depth at which a gas mix exceeds safe limits
• Mod Cup, a trophy in the sport of shinty first competed for in 1969
• Modular scheduling, a system of school timetabling
• Multicultural organization development

See also

In Spanish: Mod para niños