Mask (disambiguation)

(Redirected from Masks (film))

A mask is a covering worn on the face, or an object depicting a face.

The N95 and FFP2 are standards for respirators, which are masks designed to protect people against harmful airborne particles in industry and in medical settings, including against tuberculosis.

Mask may also refer to:

Technology

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Computing

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  • Mask (computing), in computer science, a bit pattern used to extract information from another bit pattern
    • Affinity mask, a bit mask indicating what processor a thread or process should be run on
    • Image mask, applied to digital images to "cut-out" the background or other unwanted features
    • umask, the default permission setting for new files on UNIX systems

Other technologies

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  • Photomask, used to create the circuit layers in IC fabrication
  • Front-end mask, an automobile accessory
  • Shadow mask, a technology used to manufacture cathode ray tube televisions that produce color images
  • Spectral mask, a mathematically defined set of lines applied to the levels of radio transmissions in telecommunications

Arts and media

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Film and television

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Other fiction

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Music

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Other arts

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  • Masking (art), materials used to protect portions of a work from unintended change, such as masking tape, frisket, and stencils
  • Masking (illustration), a drawing technique that originated in Japan

Other uses

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  • "Mask", nickname of Charles Lewis Jr. (1963–2009), co-founder of clothing line TapouT
  • MASK, an MI5 operation (1934–1937) that decrypted Communist International radio communications
  • Mask, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
  • Mask, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran

See also

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