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MEMS variable capacitor

A MEMS variable capacitor, also called a MEMS varactor, is a microelectromechanical device whose capacitance is tuned mechanically by electrostatic actuation, offering higher quality factor and lower dc power than semiconductor varactor diodes.

MEMS variable optical attenuator

A MEMS variable optical attenuator is a fiber-optic component that uses a micromirror, shutter, or diffraction grating to continuously control optical power in wavelength-division-multiplexed networks.

MemTest86

MemTest86 is a stand-alone memory testing program for x86 and ARM computers that boots from USB, CD, or network to test RAM for faults without an operating system.

Memtransistor

A memtransistor is an electronic device combining the memory of a memristor with transistor gate control, realized in 2018 at Northwestern University using molybdenum disulfide.

MEMX, LLC

MEMX, LLC, known as the Members Exchange, is a member-owned US national securities exchange for equities and options, launched in September 2020 by nine founding financial firms.

Men (1985 film)

Men... (Männer) is a 1985 West German comedy by Doris Dörrie starring Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, and Ulrike Kriener, about a husband who secretly rooms with his wife's lover; it won three 1986 German Film Awards.

Men (2022 film)

Men is a 2022 folk horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Jessie Buckley as a widow stalked by men all played by Rory Kinnear.

Men (deity)

Men (Μήν, also Μείς) was a major Anatolian moon-god of Phrygia and Pisidia, marked by the crescent moon, worshipped locally under epithets such as Men Askaenos, with about 370 surviving inscriptions.

Men Against Fire

Men Against Fire is Black Mirror season 3 episode 5 (Netflix, 21 October 2016), written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Jakob Verbruggen. Soldier Stripe's MASS implant makes persecuted humans look like monstrous roaches; it drew on Grossman's On Killing and S.L.A. Marshall's book.

Men and Women

Men and Women is a collection of fifty-one poems by Robert Browning, published in two volumes in 1855 and regarded as a watershed of his career.

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is John Gray's 1992 HarperCollins relationship guide claiming inborn male-female communication differences. It sold over 6.5 million hardcovers by 1998, was a NYT bestseller 140 weeks, and drew scientific criticism.

Men at Work

Men at Work: Australian new wave band formed in Melbourne in 1979, led by Colin Hay and Greg Ham. Hits "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under"; Grammy Best New Artist 1983; disbanded 1985, later reformed.

Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom by Simon Nye, based on his 1989 novel, about flatmates Gary and Tony; ITV 1992, BBC One 1994–1998, starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Caroline Quentin, and Leslie Ash.

Men Behind the Sun (黑太阳731)

Men Behind the Sun (黑太阳731, Hei Tai Yang 731), also Man Behind the Sun or Squadron 731, is Mou Tun-fei's 1988 Hong Kong Category III war-horror film depicting Unit 731's human experiments, its censorship history, and legacy.

Men from the Monastery

Men from the Monastery (少林子弟, Shao Lin zi di, 1974) is a Chang Cheh Shaw Brothers kung fu film, second in his Shaolin cycle, starring Chen Kuan-tai, Fu Sheng, and Chi Kuan-chun as Shaolin fighters against the Manchu Qing.

Men Going Their Own Way

Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) is an online male separatist movement in the manosphere whose members reject relationships with women, blame feminism, and favor voluntary celibacy, unlike incels.

Men I Trust

Men I Trust: Canadian indie dream-pop trio from Montreal, formed 2014 by Dragos Chiriac and Jessy Caron with singer Emmanuelle Proulx from 2015. Fully label-free band behind Oncle Jazz (2019), Untourable Album (2021), and the 2025 Equus Asinus/Equus Caballus companion albums.

Men in black

Men in Black (MIB) are UFO folklore figures in dark suits who supposedly silence witnesses. Traced to the 1947 Maury Island hoax, Albert Bender's 1953 claim, and Gray Barker's 1956 book, with no corroborating evidence.

Men in Black (1997 film)

Men in Black is a 1997 American science-fiction comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as secret agents policing aliens on Earth.

Men in Black (film series)

The Men in Black film series: four sci-fi comedy films (1997-2019) from Sony, based on Lowell Cunningham's Aircel comic, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, grossing over $1.94 billion.

Men in Black (franchise)

Men in Black franchise: sci-fi action comedy series based on Lowell Cunningham's 1990 Aircel/Malibu comic, spanning four films (1997 to 2019), an animated series, over $1.9 billion gross, and a fifth film in development since December 2025.

Men in Black (song)

"Men in Black" is Will Smith's 1997 theme song for the film Men in Black, his first solo single, sampling Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots." It topped at least 15 weekly charts and won the 1998 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3 is a 2012 American science-fiction action comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the third film in the Men in Black series, starring Will Smith and Josh Brolin.

Men in Black II

Men in Black II is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. It follows Agent Jay as he tracks a shapeshifter.

Men in Black: International

Men in Black: International, also called Men in Black 4, is a 2019 American science fiction comedy directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.

Men in Black: The Series

Men in Black: The Series (MIB: The Animated Series) is a 1997-2001 American cartoon on Kids' WB, 53 episodes, 4 seasons, continuing the 1997 film in an alternate continuity where Agent K never retired; created by Capizzi, Kline, and Raynis.

Men in Love (novel)

Men in Love is a 2025 novel by Irvine Welsh and a direct sequel to Trainspotting, following Renton, Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie in the late 1980s.

Men in Offside

Men in Offside (Muži v offsidu) is a 1931 Czech film comedy directed by Svatopluk Innemann, adapted from Karel Poláček's novel about football-obsessed Prague fans.

Men in the Sun

Men in the Sun (رجال في الشمس, Rijāl fī al-shams) is a 1963 novella by Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani about three refugees who die in a water tank.

Men in War

Men in War is a 1957 American black-and-white war film directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray as soldiers struggling to reach Hill 465 in the Korean War.