Definitions beginning with M

manifest - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Operating System > Microsoft Windows > Microsoft Windows Server

An XML document that describes requirements for an application. The application manifest can be a separate file or embedded in the applicationâs .exe file.
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Browse Related Terms: application manifest, legacy application, requested execution level, run level

All > Technology > Telecommunications > Mobile > Android

An XML file associated with each Application that describes the various activies, intent filters, services, and other items that it exposes. See AndroidManifest.xml File Details.
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Browse Related Terms: AndroidManifest.xml, Drawer, Layout Resource, Manifest File, resource, .sbf

Manifest File - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Programming > Java

A file held in a Java Archive (JAR) file, detailing the contents of the archive.
David J. Barnes - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: append mode, executable content, File Transfer Protocol, FTP, JAR, JAR (Java ARchive) file, JavaSafe, world readable files, zip file

All > Technology > Telecommunications > Mobile > Android

See AndroidManifest.xml
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An XML file that each application must define, to describe the application's package name, version, components (activities, intent filters, services), imported libraries, and describes the various activities, and so on. See The AndroidManifest.xml File for complete information.
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Browse Related Terms: AndroidManifest.xml, Drawer, Layout Resource, manifest, resource, .sbf

Manifold (Header) - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected.

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Browse Related Terms: Air release valve, Annular space, branch, Header, Main, Perforated pipe, Pig, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Wye branch (Y branch)

Man-in-the-middle Attack (MitM) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Security

An attack on the authentication protocol run in which the attacker positions himself in between the claimant and verifier so that he can intercept and alter data traveling between them.
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Browse Related Terms: Blended Attack, Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC), Off-line Attack, On-line Attack, Passive Attack, Precursor, Purge, Verifier Impersonation Attack, Victim

manipulation detection - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

1. A procedure that is used to detect whether data have been modified either accidentally or intentionally. Synonym modification detection. [2382-pt. 8] 2. A mechanism which is used to detect whether a data unit has been modified (either accidentally or intentionally) [7498-2].
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Browse Related Terms: Breach, computer abuse, Data Integrity, penetration, tampering

manipulation detection code (MDC) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

In cryptosystems, a bit string that is a function of data to which it is attached for the purpose of manipulation detection. Note 1: The resulting message (data plus MDC) may then be encrypted to achieve secrecy or data authentication. Note 2: The function used to generate the MDC must be public. [After 2382-pt.8]
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Browse Related Terms: chosen-plaintext attack, ciphertext substring, digital envelope, Message Authentication Code (MAC)

man-machine system - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

A system in which the functions of a human operator and a machine are integrated.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: available time, human-machine interface (HMI), mudbox, permanent bond, remote orderwire, uptime

Manning's roughness coefficient (n) - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

A coefficient used to describe the relative roughness of a channel and overbank areas; used in hydraulic computations.

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Browse Related Terms: Channel margin deposits, Ditch, Exit channel., Manning's roughness coefficient (n), Reattachment deposit, Recirculation zone, Separation deposit, Streamflow, Turnout

mannitol - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

(MA-nih-TOL) A drug used to decrease swelling of the brain and to treat kidney failure. Mannitol can also be used to open the blood-brain barrier, which allows anticancer medicines to enter the brain and treat brain tumors.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: cytarabine liposome, Depo-Cyt, liposomal, liposomal cytarabine

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

A sugar alcohol widely distributed in plants. Commonly used as a nutrient and osmoticum in suspension media for plant protoplast s.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: agar, auxin-cytokinin ratio, essential requirement, ethanol, explantation, induction media, macronutrient, mannose, polyvinylpyrrolidone

A "page" from the manuals, typically accessed via the man(1) command. A manpage contains a SYNOPSIS, a DESCRIPTION, a list of BUGS, and so on, and is typically longer than a page. There are manpages documenting commands, syscalls, "library" functions, devices, protocols, files, and such. In this book, we call any piece of standard Perl documentation (like perlop or perldelta) a manpage, no matter what format it's installed in on your system.
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Browse Related Terms: BSD, canonical, distribution, FAQ, FMTEYEWTK, Format, RFC, Standard, STDIO

MANPER - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

Manpower and Personnel ILS term).
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: FGC, HARDMAN, ICC, IQT, MC, MEC, MEILSR, MTU, PRP, R m, RMA, UOC, UQT, UUT, WUC

Manpower Authorizations - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

The billets in the manpower requirements structure that are planned to be filled.
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Browse Related Terms: CMRS, Rqmt, RQMTS

Manpower Estimate Report (MER) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

An estimate of the number of personnel who will operate, maintain, support, and train for the acquisition upon full operational deployment. The Services prepared the estimates, and the SECDEF submits them to Congress 30 days prior to approval for EMD or production.
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Browse Related Terms: Campaign Plan, Continuity of Operations, Course of Action (COA), Deployment Planning, Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Operational Level of War, Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), System Operation and Integration Functions (SOIF), Time-Phased Force and Deployment List

Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

The human dimension of the complete defense weapon system. The term MPTS also encompasses the concepts and disciplines of human factors engineering and health hazard prevention.
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Browse Related Terms: M/P, Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS), Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) Profiles, MPT, MPTS

Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) Profiles - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

A description of human dimensions and constraints involving a major system throughout the system life cycle. This includes, but is not limited to, descriptions and categorizations of occupations, aptitudes, individual skills and demographics, training system characteristics and components, potential system hazards, and other issues affecting the performance and welfare of operators, maintainers, and personnel that support existing, modified or new systems.
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: M/P, Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS), Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) Profiles, MPT, MPTS