Glossary of IT Terms beginning with "M"
Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links. Definitions and links to further information on IT related terms ...
- MAC
- Macintosh computer / Media Access Control / Migration Authorisation Code, details ...
- MAC Address
- Uniquely identifying hardware serial number, details ...
- mAh
- milliAmp hour, details ....
- MAPI
- Messaging Application Programming Interface, details ...
- Max
- Maximum, details ...
- MB
- Megabyte / MotherBoard, details ...
- mbps
- Mega-bits per second, details ...
- MBR
- Master Boot Record / Minimum Bounding Rectangle, details ...
- MBSA
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, details ...
- MCAD
- Microsoft Certified Application Developer, details ...
- MCP
- Microsoft Certified Professional, details ...
- MCSD
- Microsoft Certified Systems Developer, details ...
- MCSE
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, details ...
- MD
- Make Directory / Medical Doctor / Managing Director, details ...
- MDI
- Multiple Document Interface / Medium Dependent Interface / Microsoft Document Imaging Format, details ...
- MDI/MDI-X
- Hub crossover switch, details ...
- MDIX
- Medium Dependent Interface Crossover, details ...
- MDI-X
- Medium Dependent Interface Crossover, details ...
- Meg
- Million, details ...
- Megabyte
- Million bytes, details ...
- MER
- MAC Encapsulated Routing, details ...
- Merchant
- An individual or organisation that sells goods or services, details ...
- Metadata
- Information about data, details ...
- Metafile
- A device independent file containing both Raster and Vector data, details ...
- MFC
- Microsoft Foundation Class Library, details ...
- MHP
- Multimedia Home Platform, details ...
- MHTML
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension / Modular Hyper Text Mark-up Language, details ...
- MI
- MapInfo / Military Intelligence / Myocardial Infarction / Management Information, details ...
- MIDAS
- Middle-tier Distributed Application Services / In Greek mythology a king for whom everything turned to gold, details ...
- MIDI
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface, details ...
- MIF
- Machine Independent Format / Markup Interchange Format / MapInfo Data Interchange Format, details ...
- MIFD
- Management Information Format Database, details ...
- MII
- Media Independent Interface / Microsoft/Intel/IBM, details ...
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, details ...
- MIMO
- Multiple Input, Multiple Output, details ...
- Min
- Minimum, details ...
- Minimum Working Set
- Minimum memory space required by a process, details ...
- MIPS
- Million Instructions Per Second / Meaningless Interpretation of Processor Speed, details ...
- Mirroring
- Fault tolerance by maintaining two copies, details ...
- MIS
- A formal way of dealing with information / The role of supporting information systems, details ...
- MISQL
- MapInfo implementation of SQL, details ...
- MLK
- Medialess License Kit, details ...
- MLM
- Multi-Level Marketing (Pyramid scheme), details ...
- MMC
- Microsoft Management Console, details ...
- MME
- Microsoft Mobile Explorer, details ...
- MMF
- Memory Mapped File / Make Money Fast, details ...
- MMI
- Man Machine Interface, details ...
- MMR
- Monthly Minimum Repayment / Measles, Mumps and Rubella (vaccine), details ...
- MOBO
- Motherboard, details ...
- Modem
- Modulator/Demodulator, details ...
- MOLAP
- Multidimensional-OLAP, details ...
- MOM
- Microsoft Operations Manager, details ...
- MOSS
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, details ...
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding, details ...
- Mozilla
- Original name for Netscape Navigator / Open source toolkit, details ...
- MPEG
- Moving Picture Experts Group / Lossy compression method, details ...
- MPLS
- Multi-Protocol Label Switching, details ...
- MPS
- MultiProcessor Specification / Meters per second, details ...
- MRP
- Machine Readable Passport, details ...
- MrSID
- Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database, details ...
- MRTD
- Machine Readable Travel Document, details ...
- MRV
- Machine Readable Visa, details ...
- MRZ
- Machine readable zone, details ...
- MS
- Microsoft / Millisecond, details ...
- MS-DOS
- Microsoft DOS, details ...
- MSA
- Mail Submission Agent, details ...
- MSB
- Most Significant Bit / Most Significant Byte, details ...
- MSDE
- Microsoft Data Engine, details ...
- MSDE 1.0
- Microsoft Data Engine 1, details ...
- MSDE 2000
- Microsoft Data Engine 2000, details ...
- MSDN
- Microsoft Developer Network, details ...
- MSE
- Microsoft Script Editor / Microsoft Security Essentials, details ...
- MSIE
- Microsoft Internet Explorer / Master of Science in Internet Engineering, details ...
- MSIL
- Microsoft Intermediate Language, details ...
- MSMQ
- Microsoft Message Queuing, details ...
- MSOA
- Message Service Oriented Architecture / Master Service Order Agreement / Middle Layer Super Output Area, details ...
- MSP
- Media Service Provider, details ...
- MSS
- Microsoft Speech Server / Maximum Segment Size, details ...
- MSSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server, details ...
- MTA
- Mail Transfer Agent / Message Transfer Agent / Multi-Threaded Apartment, details ...
- MTBF
- Mean Time Between Failures, details ...
- MTBR
- Mean Time Between Repair, details ...
- MTS
- Multi-Threaded Server / Microsoft Transaction Server, details ...
- MTTR
- Mean Time To Repair, details ...
- MTU
- Maximum Transmission Unit, details ...
- MU
- Microsoft Update, details ...
- Multihomed
- Refers to a computer which is directly connected to two or more networks, details ...
- Multilink Dialling
- Using multiple phone lines to increase bandwidth, details ...
- Multi-post
- To post the same message to two or details newsgroups (or forums) separately, details ...
- Mung
- Mung/Mash until no good, details ...
- MVC
- Model View Controller, details ...
- MVLS
- Microsoft Volume Licensing Services, details ...
- MVP
- Microsoft Most Valued Professional, details ...
- MX Record
- Mail exchange Record, details ...
- MySQL
- A very popular open source database system, details ...