(1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. It is the largest single provider of finite element analysis (FEA) products and a leader in FEA pre- and post-processing. MSC products have played a key role in the design of almost every major automobile, aircraft and space vehicle developed in the 1990s. Formerly MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, the company changed its name in 1999.
(2) (Mobile Switching Center) The GSM equivalent of an MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office). See MTSO.
(2) (Mobile Switching Center) The GSM equivalent of an MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office). See MTSO.
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