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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations. The units were first established in August 1945, and were deployed during the Korean War and later conflicts. The U.S...

, a United States Army medical unit serving in a combat area of operations
- M*A*S*H, a media franchise based on a U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War:
  - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker
  - M*A*S*H (novels)
    M*A*S*H (novels)
    The M*A*S*H book series comprises several novels that inspired the M*A*S*H series, including the movie and TV series. The first, M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, was written by H. Richard Hornberger, himself a former military surgeon; under the pen name Richard Hooker, it was published in...
    
    , a series of sequels
  - MASH (film)
    MASH (film)
    MASH is a American Academy Award-winning satirical dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr. based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker...
    
    , a 1970 dark comedy based on the novel
  - M*A*S*H (TV series)
    M*A*S*H (TV series)
    M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS...
    
    , a long-running television series inspired by the film.
MASH (game)
MASH (game)
MASH is a game, commonly played by young children, intended to predict one's future. Mash stands for mansion, apartment, shack , or house.-Rules:...

, a childhood fortune-telling game
MASH (modulator), Multi-stage noise shaping
Mash, the end product of mashing
Mashing
In brewing and distilling, mashing is the process of combining a mix of milled grain , known as the "grain bill", and water, known as "liquor", and heating this mixture with pauses at certain temperatures to allow the enzymes in the malt to break down the starch in the...

, a mixture of hot water and crushed grain used to produce malt beverages, such as beer.
Yahoo! Mash
Yahoo! Mash
Yahoo! Mash was a social network service launched by Yahoo! during the early part of September 2007, to compete with other social networking sites by offering "mashups" of existing web services on a single-user interface...

, Yahoo's social networking site launched in September 2007 and closed in September 2008
MASH-1
MASH-1
MASH-1 is a hash function based on modular arithmetic.- History :Despite many proposals, few hash functions based on modular arithmetic have withstood attack, and most that have tend to be relatively inefficient...

, a cryptographic hash algorithm

Mash may also refer to:

British colloquialism for mashed potato
Mashed potato
Mashed potato or Smashed potatoes is one way of serving potatoes. It is made by mashing freshly boiled , or sometimes baked, potatoes with a ricer, fork or potato masher...

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Dialectal (American South) English synonym for "frantically press" (as in "mash that button" instead of "rapidly press that button".)
Mashramani
Mashramani
Mashramani, often abbreviated to "Mash", is an annual festival that celebrates Guyana becoming a Republic in 1970. The festival, usually held on 23 February – Guyanese Republic Day – includes a parade, music, games and cooking and is intended to commemorate the "Birth of the...

, often abbreviated to "Mash", a festival which takes place in Guyana on February 23rd (Guyana Republic Day)
Mash, a minor Biblical figure mentioned in the book of Genesis
MASH, a software development concept