# Mask (disambiguation)

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
### Computing

* 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

* 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
### Film and television

* Mask (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Bogdanovich
* Mask, the (1994 film), a film starring Jim Carrey
* M.A.S.K. (franchise), a media franchise comprising toys, animated series, and other media
* M.A.S.K. (TV series), an animated television series, part of the M.A.S.K. media franchise
* Mask (2015 TV series), a South Korean television series
* Mask (2018 film), a Bengali film directed by Rajiv Biswas
* Mask (2019 film), a Malayalam film directed by Sunif Hanif
* Masks (1929 film), a German film directed by Rudolf Meinert
* Masks (1987 film), a French film directed by Claude Chabrol
* Masked (film), a 1920 Western starring Hoot Gibson
* "Masks" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1994 seventh season episode of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation

### Other fiction

* Mask (Forgotten Realms), a deity in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting
* Masks (Angel comic), a comic based on the Angel television series
* Mask (DC Comics), a fictional DC Comics character
* Masks, an eight issue mini series by Dynamite Entertainment
* Mask De Mascline, a fictional character from Bleach

### Music

* Mask (Aco album), 2006
* Mask (Bauhaus album), 1981
* Mask (Fanatic Crisis album), 1996
* Mask (Roger Glover album), 1984
* Mask (Vangelis album), 1985
* "Mask" (Dream song), 2021
* "Mask" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2022
* "Mask", a song by James from the album Living in Extraordinary Times
* "Masks", a song by Prodigal from the album Electric Eye
* Mask, a 1980s rock band whose vocalist was José Fors

### Other arts

* 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

* "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
* Lough Mask, a lake in Mayo County, Ireland