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Mailing List |
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mailing list is an E-mail sent to a
list of people. You can either opt
into a mailing list or be placed on
one by someone else (spam.)
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MB
(Megabyte) |
| 1024
Kilobytes |
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Mbps
(Mega bits per second) |
| 1
million bits per second. This refers
to the speed of a high speed
Internet connection. |
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MIME |
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(Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions) - The Internet standard
for attaching non-text files to
standard email messages. Non-text
files can include graphics,
spreadsheets, word-processor
documents, sound files, etc. An
email program is said to be "MIME
Compliant" if it can both send and
receive files using the MIME
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Multimedia |
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combination of media types in a single
document, such as text, graphics, audio and
video. |
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Mirror |
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To "mirror" something is to
maintain an exact copy of
it. The most common use of
the term on the Internet
refers to "mirror sites"
which are FTP or web sites
that maintain exact copies
of material originally
stored at another location.
Another common use of the
term "mirror" refers to
writing information to more
than one hard disk
simultaneously to prevent
its loss or destruction. |
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Modem |
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(MOdulator, DEModulator) -
An electronic device that
lets computers communicate
with one another, much as
telephones work with people.
The name is derived from
"modulator-demodulator"
because of their function in
processing data over analog
phone lines. Terminal
Adapters are often (and
mistakenly) referred to as
modems. |
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MPEG |
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(Motion Picture Experts
Group) - A video file format
(.mpeg) offering excellent
quality in a comparatively
small size. Video files
found on the Internet are
frequently stored in the
MPEG format. |
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MX
Records |
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MX
Records are required to
be able to send email to
domain names
(email@example.com),
rather than the actual
mail server
(email@mailserver.example.com).
There are other methods
for forwarding messages
from a domain to a mail
server, but MX Records
are the preferred
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