Abbreviations "M" ( All the "M" Character ).

                     

Abbreviations

                    M

Short Name  ��  Full Name or Abbreviations

mA        Milliampere

Mac       Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer)

MAC       Media/Medium Access Control

.MAC      MacPaint (file name extension) +

          Macro (file name extension)

MACH      Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson]

MADE      Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering

MADYMO    Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO]

MAh       Milliampere-Hour

.MAI      Mail (file name extension)

MAN       Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network

MANPAGE   Manual Page [Unix]

MAP       Maintenance Analysis Procedures +

          Manufacturing Automation Protocol +

          Memory Allocation Map

.MAP      Linker Map (file name extension)

MAPI      Mail/Messaging Applications Programming

          Interface [Microsoft]

MAPICS    Manufacturing, Accounting and Production

          Information Control System [IBM]

MARVEL    Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual

          Electronic Library [Library of Congress]

MASM      Macro Assembler [Microsoft]

MASS      Maximum Availability and Support

          Subsystem [Parallan]

MAT       Maintenance Access Terminal

MAU       Media Access Unit + Multistation Access Unit

MAVDM     Multiple Application VDM

MAX       Maximum

MB        Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) +

          Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse)

MBASIC    Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft]

MBCS      Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM]

MBONE     Multicast Backbone [Internet]

MBPS      Megabytes Per Second

MBR       Master Boot Record

MBX       Mailbox

MCA       Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM]

MCAD      Mechanical Computer Aided Design

MCB       Memory Control Block

MCGA      Multicolor Graphics Array

MCI       MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of

          original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) +

          Media Control Interface [Microsoft]

MCL       Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft]

MCM       Multi-Chip Module

MCNE      Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell]

MC-PGA    Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array

MCPS      Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft]

MC-QFP    Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack

MCR       Modem Control Register

MCU       Multi-Chip Unit [DEC]

MD        Make Directory + Monochrome Display

MDA       Monochrome Display Adapter +

          Multidimensional Analysis

.MDF      Menu Definition File (file name extension)

MDI       Multiple Document Interface

MDIC      Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]

MDK       Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft]

MDLP      Modile Data Link Protocol

MDR       Minimum Design Requirement

MDY       Month Day Year

.ME       Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)

MEB       Memory Expansion Board

MEG       Megabyte

MEM       Memory

.MEN      Menu (file name extension)

MES       Manufacturing Execution System

MESI      Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol)

MET       Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlitt-Packard]

.MET      Metafile (file name extension)

MFC       Microsoft Foundataion Class [Microsoft]

MFFS      Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft]

MFLOPS    Million Floating Point Operations Per Second

MFM       Modified Frequency Modulation

MFP       Multi-Function Peripheral/Product

MFPI      Multifunction Peripheral Interface

MFS       Macintosh File System [Macintosh] +

          Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System

          Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies]

MFT       Master File Table +

          Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks

MGA       Monochrome Graphics Adapter

MGE       Modular GIS Environment

MGR       Manager

MHS       Message Handling Service + Message Handling System

MHz       Megahertz

MI        Management Interface

MIB       Management Information Base

MICRO     One-millionth

MICS      Macro Interpretive Commands

MIDI      Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIF       Management Information Format

.MIF      Management Information Files (file name extension)

MIG       Metal In Gap

MII       Microsoft/IBM/Intel

MIL       Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] +

          Military (organization Domain name) [Internet]

MIM       Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen)

MIMD      Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)

MIME      Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension [Internet]

MI/MIC    Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common

MIN       Minimum + Mobile Identification Number

MINUET    Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet]

MIPS      Million Instructions Per Second

MIS       Management Information System +

          Multimedia Information Sources [Internet]

MISC      Miscellaneous

MIX       Member Information Exchange

MKDIR     Make Directory

ML        Machine Language + Meta Language

MLAPI     Multilingual Application Programming Interface

MLC       Multilayer Ceramic +

          Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet]

MLID      Multi-Link Interface Driver

MLM       Mailing List Manager [Internet]

MM        Minutes + Month

MMA       Microcomputer Managers Association

MMC       Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council

MMCD      MultiMedia Compact Disk

MMI       Man-Machine Interface

MMIS      Materials Manager Information System

MMPM      Multi Media Presentation Manager

MMU       Memory Management Unit

MMX       Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] +

          Multimedia Extensions

MNOS      Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor

MNP       Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom]

.MNU      Menu (fine name extension)

MO        Magneto-Optical (disk drive)

MOB       Memory-Order Buffer

MOBO      Mother Board

MOD       Module + Modulus

MODEM     Modulator Demodulator

MOHLL     Machine Oriented High Level Language

MOM       Microsoft Office Manager [Microsoft]

MOO       MUD, Object Oriented [Internet]

MOP       Maintenance Operations Protocol

MOS       Metal Oxide Semiconductor + Magneto-Optic Storage

MOSFET    Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

MOTD      Message Of The Day

MOV       Metal Ocide Varistor + Move

MOVS      Move String

MP        Massively Parallel (processing) + Multiple Processors

MPC       Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel

MPCS      Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)

MPE       Multiple Programming Executive [HP]

MPEG      Moving Picture Experts Group

MPI       Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer

MPM       Message Passing Library [IBM]

MPMD      Multiple Processor/Multiple Data

MPP       Massively Parallel Processing +

          Message Processing Program

MPQP      Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM]

MPR       Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell]

MPS       Multiprocessor Specification

MPTN      Multi-Protocol Transport Network

MPTS      Multi-Protocol Transport Services

MPU       Microprocessor Unit

MQI       Message Queue Interface

MR        Magnetoresistive + Modem Ready

MRCF      Microsoft Realtime Compression Format

MRCI      Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface

MRI       Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRM       Most Recently-Used Master

MRO       Multi-Region Operation

MRP       Materials Requirement Planning

MRPL      Main Ring Path Length

MRS       Media Recognition System

MRT       Mean Repair Time

MRU       Maximum Receive Unit

MS        Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond +

          Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond

MSACM     Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]

MSAU      Multi-Station Access Unit

MSAV      Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft]

MSB       Most Significant Bit

MSBF      Mean Swaps Between Failures

MSCDEX    Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft]

MSD       Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit +

          Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft]

MS-DOS    Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft]

MSDR      Multiplexed Streaming Data Request

MSDS      Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft]

MSFR      Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM]

MSG       Message

.MSG      Program Message (file name extension)

MSI       Medium Scale Integration

MSL       Map Specification Library + Mirrored Server Link

MSN       Microsoft Network [Microsoft]

MSO       Multiple-Systems Operator

.MSP      Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]

MSS       Mass Storage System

MSW       Machine Status Word

MTA       Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access

MTBB      Mean Time Between Breakdowns

MTBF      Mean Time Between Failures

MTBJ      Mean Time Between Jams

MTF       Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] +

          Modulation Transfer Function

MTS       Message Transfer Service/System +

          Multichannel Television Sound

MTTD      Mean Time To Diagnose

MTTF      Mean Time To Failure

MTTR      Mean Time To Repair

MTU       Maximum Transmission Unit

MUD       Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet]

MUL       Multiply

MUMPS     Massachusetts General Hospital Utility

          Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)

MUSE      Multi-User Shared Environment

MUT       Monitor Under Test

MUX       Multiplexer

MV        Millivolt

MVB       Multimedia Viewer Book

MVC       Multimedia Viewer Compiler

MVDM      Multiple Virtual DOS Machines

MVGA      Monochrome Video Graphics Array

MVIP      Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol

MVP       Multimedia Video Processor

MVS       Multiple Virtual Storage

MVT       Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks

MX        Mail Exchanger [Internet]

MXS       Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft]

MZR       Multiple Zone Recording

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