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- math symbols - This table contains mathematical symbols and links to...
- Mathematical Symbols - This table contains mathematical symb...
- matrix - Apart from information technology, matrix (pronounced MAY-triks) ...
- Matrix, The - Apart from information technology, matrix (pronounced M...
- matter - Matter is a substance that has inertia and occupies physical space.
- MB - As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a...
- MBps - Megabytes per second (MBps) describes a unit of data transfer to and ...
- Mbps - Mbps is a measure of bandwidth (the total information flow over a giv...
- Mbps (millions of bits per second or megabits p...
- MCA - Developed by IBM for its line of PS/2 desktop computers, Micro Channel ...
- MCSE - An MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) is someone who has pas...
- MDp - Message-driven processing is an approach used within the client/server ...
- mean - The terms mean, median, mode, and range describe properties of statis...
- meaning of life - In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to th...
- mebi - Kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, pebi, and exbi are binary prefix multipliers ...
- median - The terms mean, median, mode, and range describe properties of st...
- medium - A medium is a third-party or element through which a message is c...
- mega - Prefix multipliers are used in data storage, data communications, ele...
- megabit - In data communications, a megabit is a million binary pulses, o...
- megabits per second - Mbps is a measure of bandwidth (the tot...
- megabyte - As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtu...
- megabyte (MB) - As a measure of computer processor storage and real...
- megabytes per second - Megabytes per second (MBps) describes...
- megabytes per second (MBps) - Megabytes per second (M...
- megatransfer - On a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) computer ...
- meme - A meme is an idea that is passed on from one human generation to anot...
- memory card - A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or ...
- memory card (flash memory card or storage card)
- memory map - A memory map is a massive table, in effect a database, th...
- memory stick - A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card o...
- Mersenne prime - A Mersenne (also spelled Marsenne) prime is a spe...
- Mersenne prime (or Marsenne prime) - A Mersenn...
- message - (Using e-mail, a message is an individual piece of mail.
- message-driven processing - Message-driven processing i...
- messages - Here are:Three rules-of-thumb for dealing with Internet probl...
- meta - Metadata is a description of data.
- metabolomics - Metabolomics is a term sometimes used to describe the...
- metacharacter - A metacharacter (sometimes spelled meta character o...
- metadata - Metadata is a description of data.
- metasyntactic variable - In programming, a metasyntactic (...
- meter - The meter (abbreviation, m; the British spelling is metre) is the I...
- meter per second squared - The meter per second squared ...
- meter-kilogram-second system of units - The...
- metered services - Metered services (also called pay-per-use) is...
- metered services (pay-per-use) - Metered services ...
- metric system - The metric system, more formally called the meter-k...
- microrobot - A microrobot is a miniaturized, sophisticated machine des...
- microsecond - A microsecond (us or Greek letter mu plus s) is one mil...
- Microsoft Transaction Server - This definition is ge...
- middleware - In the computer industry, middleware is a general term fo...
- midrange - In general, midrange refers to computers that are more powerf...
- military off-the-shelf - COTS, MOTS, GOTS, and NOTS are ab...
- millenium bug - Y2K is an abbreviation for "year 2000." As that yea...
- millennium - A millennium is a period of one thousand years.
- Millennium Simulation - The Millennium Simulation is a comp...
- milli - Prefix multipliers are used in data storage, data communications, e...
- million instructions per second - The number of M...
- millions of bits per second - Mbps is a measure of ba...
- millisecond - (This definition follows U.S. usage in which a billion ...
- Mini-ITX 2.0 - Mini-ITX 2.0 is a motherboard designed for use in sma...
- MIPS - The number of MIPS (million instructions per second) is a general mea...
- MIPS (million instructions per second)
- MIS - MIS (management information systems) is a general term for the computer...
- MIS (management information systems) - MIS (...
- mks system of units - The metric system, more formally called...
- MLE - A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a set of teaching and learning ...
- mobile commerce - M-commerce (mobile commerce) is the buying and ...
- mobo - Mobo is a short form for motherboard that is sometimes used in Usenet...
- mobo (motherboard) - Mobo is a short form for motherboard that...
- mode (statistical) - The terms mean, median, mode, and range d...
- mole per meter cubed - The mole per meter cubed (mol / m 3) ...
- mole per meter cubed (Avogadro constant)
- molecule - A molecule is the smallest particle in a chemical element or ...
- Monte Carlo analysis - The Monte Carlo method, also called M...
- Monte Carlo method or Monte Carlo analysis
- Moof - The dogcow is a drawing of a rather indiscriminate-looking animal (it...
- moof monster - The moof monster is a vague and indefinable source of...
- Morse code - Morse code is a method of sending text messages by keying...
- Mortimer - A Mortimer is a person who knows a lot about computers or the...
- most significant bit or byte - The most significant ...
- motherboard - Mobo is a short form for motherboard that is sometimes ...
- MOTS - COTS, MOTS, GOTS, and NOTS are abbreviations that describe pre-packag...
- mounting - In computers, to mount is to make a group of files in a file ...
- mouse miles - "Mouse miles" is slang for user time at the computer (a...
- MSB - The most significant bit (MSB) is the bit in a multiple-bit binary numb...
- MT/sec - On a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) computer bus, a megat...
- mu - The lowercase Greek letter mu is used to represent the prefix multiplier 0.
- multi-core - A multi-core processor is an integrated circuit (IC) to w...
- multi-core processing - A multi-core processor is an integr...
- multi-core processor - A multi-core processor is an integrat...
- multicore processor - A multi-core processor is an integrated...
- multiprocessing - Multiprocessing is the coordinated processing o...
- multitasking - Multitasking, in an operating system, is allowing a u...
- multithreading - It is easy to confuse multithreading with multita...
- Murphy's Law - The original Murphy's Law was "If there are two or mo...
- n00b - A newbie (pronounced NOO-bee) is a novice or neophyte: anyone who is ...
- NAK - NAK is an abbreviation for negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged.
- NAK (negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged)
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