Dictionary of Computer Related Terms
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Computer Related Terms Starting With the Letter M
M
No match for M/SQL
M O drive
M Technology Association
m2
No match for M-20
No match for M-220
M2toM3
M3
m4
M5
No match for M6800
ma
MAC
MAC address
Macintosh II
Macintosh IIcx
Macintosh Operating System
No match for Mac OS/PPC
No match for Mac OS X
Mac Playmate
No match for Mac SE
Mac-1
MAC-360
Multiple Access with Colision Avoidance
MACAnalyst
No match for MacASCII
Macaulay
MacBinary
MACDesigner
macdink
No match for MacDraw
MACE
No match for MacGambit
Mach
Mach Interface Generator
Machiavelli
machinable
machine
machine code
machine cycle
No match for machine instructions
machine code
machine code
machine learning
machine code
No match for Machine-readable
machoflops
Macintosh
No match for Macintosh/MPW
Macintosh Common Lisp
Macintosh file system
No match for Macintosh Finder
Macintosh II
Macintosh IIcx
Macintosh Operating System
No match for Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh user interface
Macintosh
Macintoy
Macintrash
MACL
MacLisp
MacMinix
Macintosh Operating System
MacPPP
MACRO
macro-
No match for macro assembler
No match for macro assembly
No match for macro language
No match for macro preprocessor
Macro SAP
No match for macro-assembler
No match for macrocell
No match for macroinstruction
macrology
Macromedia
No match for Macromedia Director
No match for macro-preprocessor
Macro SAP
macrotape
macrotape
No match for MacScheme
MACSYMA
MacTCP
MacX
MAD
Mad/1
Madaline
MADCAP
MADTRAN
No match for mageneto-optical drive
maggotbox
MAGIC
magic bullet
No match for Magic Cap
magic cookie
magic number
magic number
Magic Paper
magic smoke
Magic Switch Story
Magma
Magma2
MagmaLISP
No match for magnetic core
magnetic disk
magnetic disk
No match for magnetic drum
No match for magnetic drums
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
No match for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
magnetic tape
magnetic tape drive
magnetic tape drive
magnetic tape
No match for magnetic-bubble memory
magneto-optical disk
magneto-optical disk
magnetostrictive delay line
MAGNUM
Magritte
mail
Messaging Application Programming Interface
mail bomb
mail bridge
Mail Exchange Record
Mail Exchange Record
mail exploder
mail filter
mail gateway
mail server
mail merge
source route
mail server
No match for mail slots
Message Transfer Agent
mail user agent
Mail Users' Shell
mail bomb
mailbox
mailbox
No match for mailer
No match for mailers
mailing list
mailing list
No match for mailslots
Main Distribution Frame
main loop
main memory
MAINBOL
mainframe
No match for Mainframe Offload
mainframe programmer/analyst
mainframe
MAINSAIL
maintainer
maintainer script
maintainer script
maintenance
No match for Maintenance Task Analysis
Maisie
major delivery
major release
Majordomo
Make
Makedoc
makefile
makefile
No match for makeinfo
Maker Interchange Format
Micro Assembly Language
Malamud
MALI
mall
malloc
Metropolitan Area Network
Unix manual page
management
Management Information Base
Management Information System
No match for management station
Manager of Business Applications
No match for Manager to Manger MIB
Manchester Autocode
No match for Manchester Automatic Digital Machine
No match for Manchester dataflow machine
Manchester encoding
No match for Manchester Mark I
No match for Manchester University
No match for Manchester University Systems Language
Mandala
Mandelbrot set
mandelbug
manged
mangle
mangler
mango
No match for man-machine interface
MANTIS
mantissa
manual testing
Manufacturer Resource Planning
Manufacturing Automation Protocol
Manufacturing Automation Protocol
manularity
No match for many-sorted logic
MAO
MAP
Messaging Application Programming Interface
Maple
function
marbles
Marc Andreessen
marginal
Marginal Hacks
Maril
No match for Marimba
No match for Marion
Mark 1
No match for Mark I
marketroid
marketroid
Markov
No match for Markov algorithm
No match for Markov algorithms
Markov chain
Markov chain
Markov model
Markov process
Markowitz
mark-sweep garbage collection
markup
markup
No match for markup language
Marlais
Mars
Marseille Prolog
marshaling
marshalling
MARSYAS
Martian
No match for Martin Löf
Martin Marietta Laboratories Moorestown
MARVIN
No match for Marvin Minsky
Mary
MAS
MASCOT
Mask Read-Only Memory
MASM
MasPar Unity
MasPar Unity
masquerading
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
massage
Massey Hope
No match for Massey University
No match for massively parallel
No match for massively parallel computer
No match for massively parallel processor
No match for mass-storage
botmaster
No match for master boot record
Matchmaker
Material Requirements Planning
Mathcad
Mathematica
Mathematical Analysis without Programming
No match for mathematical logic
Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled
MATHLAB
MATH-MATIC or MATHMATIC
MATH-MATIC or MATHMATIC
math-out
The MathWorks, Inc.
MATLAB
No match for matrices
Matrix
Matrix Compiler
MATRIX MATH
Matrix Math eXtensions
No match for Matsushita
No match for Mattel
Media Access Unit
No match for Mavica
mawk
maximal free expression
maximal free expression
minimax
MAXIMOP
maximum Maytag mode
maximum seek time
maximum segment size
Maximum Transmission Unit
Maxis Software
No match for Maxtor
No match for Mayfly
MB
MBASIC
MBONE
megabits per second
MBS
MC
No match for MC 68851
Motorola 68000
Motorola 68010
Motorola 68020
Motorola 68030
Motorola 68040
Motorola 6809
No match for MC6809E
Micro Channel Architecture
MCC
McCulloch-Pitts neuron
McCulloch-Pitts neuron
McG360
No match for MCGA
No match for McGill University
MCI
No match for MCI Mail
No match for MCI WorldCom
No match for MCImail
Macintosh Common Lisp
M-Code
MCP
MCP-1600
MCS
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft Certified System Engineer
mcvax
mcvert
MD
No match for MD4
Message Digest 5
Microsoft Data Access Components
Microsoft Data Access Components
No match for MDCT
Main Distribution Frame
Multiple Document Interface
MDL
No match for MDS
me too
Mean Time Between Failures
Mean Time Between Failures
Mean Time Between Failures
Mean Time To Recovery
measure
No match for measure theory
measurement
No match for Measurement Requirements and Interface
meatspace
meatware
No match for MECL
Media Access Control
Media Access Unit
Media Converter
Media Gateway Control Protocol
No match for media player
Media Access Control
meeces
greatest lower bound
megabyte
prefix
megabits per second
megabits per second
megabits per second
megabyte
megabyte
No match for Megaco
No match for Megadrive
megaflop
megaflops
MegaHertz
megapenny
MEGO
Mei
No match for Meiko Computing Surface
No match for Meiko CS1
The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
MELD
MELDC
Melinda
Schlaer-Mellor
network meltdown
member
member function
member function
membership function
membership function
meme
meme plague
meme
memetic algorithm
memetic algorithm
memetics
Memex
memo function
memo function
memo function
memo function
memo function
memory
No match for memory address register
memory address space
No match for memory alignment
No match for memory cell
No match for memory controller
memory farts
No match for memory faults
memory leak
memory leak
memory location
memory management
Memory Management Unit
memory mapped I/O
memory mapped I/O
No match for memory models
No match for memory partitions
memory protection
No match for Memory Protection Check
No match for memory segment
memory smash
Memory Type Range Registers
memory mapped I/O
No match for memory-resident programs
No match for Memotech
microelectromechanical system
Mentat
MENTOR
No match for Mentor Graphics
menu
menu bar
menuitis
menu
MENYMA/S
No match for Merced
Mercury
Mercury Autocode
mercury delay line
mercury delay line
MERISE
OS/2
MEROON
Mesa
mesh
MESI protocol
message
Message Digest 5
one-way hash function
message digests
No match for message forgery
Message Handling System
Message Handling System
No match for message of the day
message passing
Message Passing Interface
No match for message store
store and forward
No match for message switching node
Message Transfer Agent
No match for Message Transfer Architecture
No match for Message Transport System
No match for Message-Oriented Text Interchange Standard
No match for MessagePad
message passing
store and forward
messaging
Messaging Application Programming Interface
Messaging Application Programming Interface
mess-dos
No match for messy-dos
META
META 5
meta bit
meta-data
META element
No match for meta programming
META element
MetaCard
Meta-CASE tool
Metaclass
Meta-Crystal
Metadata
meta-data
The Metadata Company
metafile
metafile
METAFONT
metaheuristic
Meta-II
No match for meta-inference
meta-data
Vienna Development Method Specification Language
METAL
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
metalanguage
metalanguage
No match for meta-level computation
No match for meta-level programming
No match for metalogical
No match for MetaModel
No match for Metaobject Protocol
No match for meta-object protocol
metaphone
No match for Meta-production rules
metaprogram
No match for meta-programming
No match for meta-reasoning
No match for metastability
metasyntactic variable
metasyntactic variable
metasyntax
metasyntax
Meta-Vlisp
No match for Metaware
Met-English
METEOR
meter
method
No match for method of least squares
methodology
methodology
Methods
metre
software metric
metric space
Metropolitan Area Network
Metropolitan Area Network
No match for Metropolitan Life
M-expression LISP
No match for mezzanine
MFC
maximal free expression
MFLOPS
Modified Frequency Modulation
My Favourite Toy Language
mg
Media Gateway Control Protocol
No match for MGlobal MUMPS
mh
MHDL
Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group
Message Handling System
MegaHertz
Management Information Base
MIB Variable
MIC
Mic-1
Mic-2
Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers
Michigan Algorithm Decoder
mickey
mickey mouse program
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
No match for micrcomputer
Micro$oft
microprocessor
prefix
No match for Micro Analysis and Design
Micro Assembly Language
Micro Channel Architecture
Micro Channel Architecture
No match for Micro Digital
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
Micro Interpreter for Knowledge Engineering
Micro ML
MICRO SAINT
No match for microarchitecture
No match for microarchitectures
microcentury
Micro Channel Architecture
microcode
Microcom Networking Protocol
microcomputer
microcomputer
microcontroller
microcontroller
No match for microdrive
MicroDroid
microelectromechanical system
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
MicroEmacs
No match for microfilm recorders
microfloppies
No match for microfloppy
microfortnight
No match for Micrognosis
MicroGnuEmacs
No match for MicroHelp
microkernel
microkernel
microLenat
No match for micro-LINC 300
microlog
micrometre
Micron Electronics, Inc.
Micronetics Standard MUMPS
microperation
microphone
microphone
No match for micropipeline
microPLANNER
No match for Micropolis
No match for micro-PRL
microprocesor
No match for microprocesseor
microprocessor
Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
microprocessor
No match for microprogrammable
microcode
No match for MicroProgramming Language
microReid
microsecond
microsecond
Microserf
Microslop
Microsloth Windows
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Basic
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Microsoft Certified Systems Developer
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Data Access Components
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Extended
Microsoft Foundation Classes
No match for Microsoft Foundation Class Library
Microsoft Foundation Classes
No match for Microsoft Front Page
Internet Information Server
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
No match for Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Information Server
No match for Microsoft JScript
Microsoft Mail
Messaging Application Programming Interface
The Microsoft Network
Microsoft Networking
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Point to Point Encryption
Microsoft Project
No match for Microsoft Publisher
No match for Microsoft Schedule+
Microsoft SQL Server
No match for Microsoft Team Manager
No match for Microsoft Transaction Server
No match for Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Windows
No match for Microsoft Windows device driver
Microsoft Word
Microsoft SQL Server
No match for Microsoft's Windows 2000
No match for MicroSPARC ii
MicroStation
microtape
microtape
No match for Microvax
Microware Corporation
Microwave Hardware Description Language
No match for Microword
No match for Midac
MIDAS
Midas-WWW
middle-endian
middleware
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
mid-level network
mid-level network
Maker Interchange Format
Mach Interface Generator
No match for Migent
MIGRAINES
MII
MIIS
Micro Interpreter for Knowledge Engineering
mil
Milarepa
MILITRAN
Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Year 2000
Year 2000
prefix
millihelen
milliLampson
millisecond
millisecond
No match for Milner
MILNET
No match for Mil-Spec
Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIME type
MIME type
mimencode
Mimer SQL
Mimer SQL
MIMIC
No match for MIMIC Hardware Description Language
MIMOLA
mind mouse
mind uploading
No match for Mindset
Minerva software
Mini Disc
No match for Mini Disk
Mini PL/I
No match for miniature D-type
No match for Miniature Ruggedized Optical Correlator
minicomputer
minicomputer
minifloppy
minifloppy
minimal automaton
minimax
Mini-ML
minimum seek time
MINITAB II
MINIX
No match for Minkowski functional
Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool
No match for Minsk-22
Mint Is Not TRAC
Mint Is Not TRAC
Minuet
MINUIT
minus
minus infinity
MIPS
Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
MIPS R2000
MIPS R2010
MIPS R3000
MIPS R4000
Miracula
Miranda
Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled
mirror
mirror site
mirror
mirror site
Management Information System
Chief Information Officer
misbug
misfeature
MISHAP
Missed'em-five
ICBM address
miswart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT AI Lab
No match for MIT LCS
No match for MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lisp Machine
No match for MIT Press
MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics
MIT Scheme
No match for MIT-DM
SQRIBE
MITILAC
MITRE Corporation
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
MIT Scheme
No match for Mitsubishi
No match for Mitsumi
MIX
MIX Communications
MIXAL
No match for mixed-integer
Moving JPEG
MJS
mk
No match for mknod
No match for MKS
ML
No match for ML/1
ML/I
ML Kit
ML Threads
ML-2000
MLAB
MLISP
No match for MLISP2
MLL
ML-lex
ML-Linda
ML-Twig
mm
Mma
mmap
MMCD
Multi-channel Memorandum Distribution Facility
MMI
MML
Memory Management Unit
Matrix Math eXtensions
Matrix Math eXtensions
mn
mnemonic
mnemonic
Microcom Networking Protocol
mo
No match for mobile broadband services
Mobile Triton
No match for mobile workstation
No match for Moble Triton
motherboard
MOBSSL-UAF
moby
Mock Lisp
mockingbird
Mockingboard
mod
modal
modal logic
modal logic
MODCAL
Mode
mode bit
MODEF
MODEL
No match for Model 100
model checking
No match for model theory
Model View Controller
No match for modeless
modeling
model
No match for modelling language
Modelsim
Modelsim
modem
MODEM7
modem
No match for moderated
moderator
Modified Frequency Modulation
modifier
No match for modifier key
No match for modifier keys
MODSIM
MODSIM II
MODUlar LAnguage
Modula/R
Modula-2
Modula-2*
Modula-2+
No match for Modula-2 table-driven parsers
Modula-3
Modula-3*
Modula-3pi
Modula-P
Modula-Prolog
modular
modular arithmetic
Modular C
MODUlar LAnguage
No match for modular programming
Modular Prolog
Modular Prolog
No match for modulation
module
module
Modulex
modulo
modular arithmetic
modulo operator
No match for modus ponens
molly-guard
monad
No match for monad comprehensions
monadic
No match for monadic I/O
No match for monadic IO
No match for Monash University
No match for monaural
No match for Mondex
Mongolian Hordes technique
moniter
monitor
monitor
bogo-sort
monkey up
No match for MonkeysAudio
Mono
monochrome
monoid
monotonic
No match for Monsoon
MONSTR
Montage
No match for Montage Software
Monte Carlo
monty
MUD Object Oriented
Moof
Moore bound
Moore graph
Moore's Law
whalesong
MooZ
Mops
MORAL
No match for more
moria
morphing
No match for morphisms
Morse code
MORTRAN
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
No match for MOS Technolgies
MOS Technologies
Mosaic
Netscape Communications Corporation
Moscow ML
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Mosiac
most general unifier
Most Significant Bit
MOS Technologies
No match for Mostek
motd
parent
motherboard
motherboard
motherboard
Motif
No match for motion blur
No match for motion compensated prediction
Moving JPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group
No match for Motorla 6809
Motorola, Inc.
Motorola 14500B
Motorola 6800
Motorola 68000
No match for Motorola 68008
Motorola 6801
Motorola 68010
Motorola 68020
Motorola 68030
Motorola 68040
Motorola 68050
Motorola 68050
Motorola 68060
Motorola 6809
Motorola 680x0
No match for Motorola 68349
Motorola 68HC11
Motorola 68LC040
Motorola 88000
No match for Motorola 88100
No match for Motorola DSP56000
mount
No match for mount point
Mouse
mouse ahead
mouse around
mouse arrest
mouse belt
mouse droppings
mouse elbow
mouse mat
mouse mat
No match for mouse pointer
mouse trails
mouso
Moving JPEG
Moving Picture Expert Group
Moving Picture Experts Group
Moving Pictures Experts Group
Moving Pictures Experts Group
Moxie
Mozilla
Open source license
mp
No match for MP/2
Multi-tasking Program for Microcomputers
MP1
MP-1
MP2
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
MP3Pro
MP3Pro
MPC
MPC Level 1 Specification
MPC Level 2 Specification
Moving Picture Experts Group
MPEG-1
MPEG-1 audio layer 1
No match for MPEG-1 audio layer 2
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
No match for MPEG-1 Layer 1
No match for MPEG-1 Layer 2
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
No match for MPEG-1 Layer-2
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
MPEG-2.5 audio layer 3
MPEG-2
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 AAC Low Profile
MPEG-2 audio layer 3
MPEG-2 Low Sampling Frequencies Extention
MPEG-2 Low Sampling Frequencies Extention
MPEG-2 Multi Channel Extention
MPEG-2 Multi Channel Extention
MPEG-21
MPEG-3
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile
MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
No match for MPEG-4 AAC TNS
MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
MPEG-4 Harmonic Vector eXCitation
MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
MPEG-4 Harmonic Vector eXCitation
MPEG-7
MPEGplus
MPG
Message Passing Interface
MPL
MPL II
Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPLS domain
MPP
Microsoft Point to Point Encryption
MPPL
MPR II
M-Prolog
MPS III
MPSX
MPV
No match for MPW
Multiplexor Channel
mq
MQG
No match for MQSeries
mr
Multics Relational Data Store
MRI
MROC
Mask Read-Only Memory
Material Requirements Planning
Manufacturer Resource Planning
MRS
ms
Microsoft Access
No match for MS Client
MS-DOS
No match for MS LAN Manager
Microsoft Mail
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
Media Access Unit
Most Significant Bit
MS-BASIC
MS-DOG
MS-DOS
MS-DOS
MSG.84
msgGUI
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
Micronetics Standard MUMPS
The Microsoft Network
maximum segment size
Microsoft Windows
MswLogo
Microsoft Extended
Microsoft Extended
mt
MTA
Mean Time Between Failures
mtc
No match for mterm
MTOS
MTS
Mean Time To Recovery
Maximum Transmission Unit
Mu
mail user agent
No match for MU-Basic
MUCAL
No match for MUCK
MUD
MUD Object Oriented
muddie
Muddle
mudhead
muFP
No match for MUG
No match for MUG2
mu-law
Mule
No match for mulitasking
No match for mulitcast
No match for mulplexing
Mul-T
Multi-BinProlog
multiC
MultiCal System
No match for multicarrier
multicast
multicast addressing
multicast backbone
No match for multicasting
Multi-channel Memorandum Distribution Facility
multician
No match for multicomputer
Multics
Multics Relational Data Store
No match for multi-drop
No match for MultiFinder
Multiflow Computer
Multi-Garnet
No match for multi-granularity
multihomed host
multilayer perceptron
multilayer perceptron
MultiLisp
No match for Multimax
multimedia
Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group
MultiMedia Compact Disc
Matrix Math eXtensions
Matrix Math eXtensions
Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers
Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions
Multimedia Personal Computer
Multimedia Personal Computer
No match for Multimedia Presentation
No match for multi-method
compound key
Multi-Pascal
No match for MultiPlan
No match for multi-platform
No match for multi-platform Internet
multiplexing
Multiple Access with Colision Avoidance
No match for multiple branch prediction
Multiple Document Interface
multiple inheritance
Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data
Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data
Multiple Master
No match for Multiple Parallel Processing
multiple perspective software development
No match for Multiple Terminal Access
No match for Multiple Universal naming convention Provider
multiple value
multiple value
Multiple Virtual Storage
No match for multiple-precision
multiplex
multiplex printer
No match for multiplexed
No match for multiplexed address bus
No match for multiplexed register
multiplexor
multiplexing
multiplexing
Multiplexor Channel
multiplexing
No match for multiplicative
No match for multipoint
No match for multi-point
Multipop-68
No match for multiport repeater
No match for multiprocedure
multi-process
No match for Multiprocess Communications
multitasking
multitasking
parallel processor
parallel processor
parallel processor
multitasking
Multiprotocol Label Switching
No match for multi-protocol router
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
No match for multiresolution
multiscan
MultiScheme
Media Access Unit
multisync
Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus
multitask
multitasking
multitasking
Multi-tasking Program for Microcomputers
multithreading
multithreading
No match for Multi-threaded Query Gate
multithreading
multithreading
No match for multi-tier
MultiTOS
No match for multi-transaction system bus
multi-user
Multi-User Dimension
Multi-User Dimension
Multi-User Shared Hallucination
No match for multi-valued logic
No match for multivariate analyses
Multi-Version Concurrency Control
switch statement
MuMath
mumblage
mumble
mumble mode
MUMPS
munch
munching
munching squares
munchkin
mundane
mung
munge
No match for munged
No match for Munich University
MUP
MU-Prolog
Murphy's Law
No match for Murray
Muse
museum
MUSH
Music
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Musicam
MuSimp
MUSL
No match for Must Software
No match for mutable
No match for mutable array
No match for mutable reference type
mutant
Mutation Testing
MuTeX
mutter
mutual exclusion
recursion
recursion
recursion
multiplexing
mv
MVC
Multi-Version Concurrency Control
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiple Virtual Storage
No match for MVS/TSO
Multiple Virtual Storage
No match for MVT
mw
No match for Mwave Developers Toolkit
No match for mwm
Mail Exchange Record
Mail Exchange Record
Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus
Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus
my
My Favourite Toy Language
MYOB
MYSTIC
MZ
No match for MZnet
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