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• Machine Language = Binary commands used by the computer hardware
• Macro = Stored list of commands
• MAE = Metropolitan Area Exchange (Ethernet)
• Mail Merge = Combination of a database and document
• MAN = Metropolitan Area Network
• MAPI = Messaging Application Programming Interface
• Mapping = Way of converting encoded data
• MARS = Multi-player Animated Role-playing System
• Mashup = Web site or application developed from combinations of content.
• Mask = A pattern or outline
• MathML = Mathematical Markup Language
• MAU = Media (Multistation) Access Unit
• MAU = Multistation Access Unit
• Mb = Megabit
• MB = Megabyte
• Mbps = Megabits per second
• MBR = Master Boot Record
• MCA = Micro Channel Architecture
• MCGA = Multi-Color Graphics Array
• MCI = Media Control Interface
• MDA = Monochrome Display Adapter
• MDC = Metadata Coalition
• MDI = Multiple Document Interface
• MDIS = Metadata Interchange Specification
• MEMS = MicroElectro-Mechanical System
• MFLOPS = Millions of Floating Point Operations per Second
• MFM = Modified Frequency Modulation
• MIB = Management Information Base
• MICR = Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (Reader)
• MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• MIF = Management Information Format
• MILNET = Military Network
• MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• MIPS = Millions of Instructions Per Second
• MIS = Management Information System (or Services)
• MLC = Multilevel Cell
• MMDS = Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System
• MMU = Memory Management Unit
• MMX = Matrix Math Extensions (Multimedia Extensions)
• MNG = Multiple-image Network Graphics
• MNP = Microcom Networking Protocol
• MODEM = Modulator/Demodulator
• Modular Programming = Small elements of a larger whole
• MOF = Meta Object Facility
• MOO = Mud, Object Oriented
• MOS = Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• MOSFET = Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
• MOSIS = MOS Implementation System
• MOSS = Mime Object Security Services
• MP3 = MPEG layer 3
• MPC = Matchbox PC
• MPC = Multimedia Personal Computer
• MPEG = Motion Picture Experts Group
• MPI = Message Passing Interface
• MRC = Magneto-Resistive Cluster
• MS-DOS = Microsoft Disk Operating System
• MSN = Microsoft Network
• MTA = Media Terminal Adapter
• MTBF = Mean Time Between Failure
• MTU = Maximum Transmission Unit
• MUD = Multiple User (or Multi-User) Dungeon (Dimension)
• Multiplex or Multiplexing = Combination of two or more channels into one
• MUSH = Multi-User Shared Hallucination
• MVS = Multiple Virtual Storage