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- Macintosh Computers
- Macintosh Operating System
- A single-user, multi-tasking Graphical Operating System Developed by Apple Computers for
its Macintosh range of computers.
- Macro (Spreadsheet)
- a saved sequence of key strokes and commands that may be recalled using a single step
when needed. It might be created by capturing keystrokes, or by using a macro language.
- Macro virus
- (first appeared 1995) hide in documents (MS-Word, or MS-Excel), activated when the
document is opened.
- Magnetic Strip Reader
- A device that reads the magnetic strip on plastic card.
- Magnetic Tape
- A strip of iron oxide coated plastic film, which is a low cost, high storage capacity,
sequential media for storing data.
- Magneto Optical Disk
- Rewritable Optical disk, similar in size to 3.5" floppy diskette..
- Mainframe Computer
- Computers developed to handle large business systems.
- Map layer (GIS)
- A collection of boundary lines, points, symbols, etc. all kept together as a unit.
- Mb
- MB
- MDA (Monochrome Display Adaptor)
- Meatspace
- The real world. Also referred to as the "Carbon community".
- Meerkating
- In an office where everyone has cubicles something happens and everyone pops up to look.
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- Megabits (Mb)
- An Mb suffix to a numerical value indicates the size in megabits. For example, 4 Mb. A
megabit equals 1 048 576 bits
- Megabytes (M, MB)
- An MB suffix to a numerical value indicates the size in megabytes. For example, 1 MB,
540 MB. A megabyte equals 1 048 576 bytes
- Memory
- Menu Bar
- A list of options at the top of each window, allowing you to perform certain functions.
Eg. in many applications will allow you to select files, or close the application.
- Metadata repository
- In computer information systems, provides a data resource on where to locate the data.
Sometimes referred to as "data about the data". Is the "glue" that
ties a data warehouse together.
- MFlops
- Million flops , see floating point operations per second.
- MFM
- See Modified Frequency Modulation.
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