An MVC (Model-View-Controller) shopping cart is a type of e-commerce application that follows the MVC architectural pattern. The MVC pattern separates an application into three distinct components:

Model: The model represents the data and business logic of the application, such as products, orders, and user information.

View: The view is responsible for displaying the data to the user, such as product listings, cart contents, and checkout pages.

Controller: The controller handles user input, such as adding items to the cart or processing orders. It communicates between the model and the view, updating the model based on user interactions and updating the view to reflect changes in the model.

The MVC pattern provides a clear separation of responsibilities and helps to create more maintainable and scalable applications. An MVC shopping cart allows developers to build a flexible and extensible e-commerce application that can be easily modified and updated as business requirements change over time.