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mirtazapine - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

(mir-TAZ-a-peen) A drug used to treat depression. It belongs to the family of drugs called antidepressant agents. Also called Remeron.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: bupropion, Celexa, citalopram, nefazodone, Remeron, Serzone

MIRV - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle.
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Balloon, BRV, DEL, Evasive MRV, Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle (MARV), MARV, Matching Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (MBRV), Matching Target Reentry Vehicle (MTRV), MBRV, MRV, MTV, Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV), Multiple Reentry Vehicle, RV, RV Complex, RVAO, SRV

MIS - permalink - collapse

All > Law > E-Discovery

Management information systems.
Renew Data - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: CITIS (Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ECM, EDMS (Electronic Document Management System), ESI Information Management Systems, ILM, JMS, Legal Document Management

All > Technology > Defense

Management Information System.
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: FAMIS, IM, ISMO, Life-Cycle Management, LMIS, MIC, MIRS, ROI, SPIMS, TAFIM, TFIM

All > Technology > Records Management

See management information systems (MIS).
ARMA - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: corporate memory, hybrid system, information services, Information System, IS, IS (information systems), IT, IT (information technology), locator, MIS (Management Information Systems)

All > Technology > Telecommunications

Abbreviation for management information system.
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Browse Related Terms: DCA, Information, information bit, intelligible crosstalk, matte, reference model, system overhead information, user information block, user overhead information

misalignment loss - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

See angular misalignment loss, gap loss, lateral offset loss.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: angular misalignment loss, coupling loss, extrinsic joint loss, gap loss, lateral offset loss, Loss Deviation, macrobend loss

MISC - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Weather

Miscellaneous
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Browse Related Terms: ABT, ABV, AFT, AFTR, AGN, ALG, ALTHO, AMD, AOA, ARND, BCM, BFR, BHND, BLV, BTR, BTWN, CLR, COND, DMSH, DURG, EBND, ELSW, ENDG, ERLY, EXCLD, FASTST, FTHR, GEN, GNRL, GRT, GRTST, GTR, HV, HWVR, IMPT, LRG, LTR, LTST, MDNGT, METRO, MISG, MR, MSTLY, NBND, NEC, Nil, NLY, NMBR, NWLY, NWRD, NWRN, NXT, ORIG, OTR, OVR, PCT, PSBL, QG, RIOGD, RTRD, RW, SBND, SEWD, SVRL, SWWD, TDA, THRU, TIL, TWD, WBND, WL, XCITED, YDA

misdelivered block - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

A block received by a user other than the one intended by the message source.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: block transfer, block transfer attempt, block transfer efficiency, block transfer failure, block transfer time, deleted block, delivered block, delivered overhead bit, delivered overhead block, incorrect block, successful block delivery, successful block transfer

misdelivered frame - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

A frame transferred from a source user to a destination user other than the intended destination user. It is considered inconsequential whether the information is correct or incorrect in content. [T1.615-1992]
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: access failure, communications reliability, delivery confirmation, lost frame

Misdemeanor - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Common Legal Terms

An offense punishable by one year of imprisonment or less. See also felony.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts - Cite This Source - This Definition
A criminal offense lesser than a felony and generally punishable by fine or by imprisonment of less than 1 year.
US District Court - Northern District of NY - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Capital crime, capital offense, Felony, Gravis

All > Law > Criminal Law

A criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is one year in prison.
USDC Massachusetts - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Adjusted offense level, Adjustment, Base offense level, Criminal history category, Felony

Miserable Failure - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Search > SEO / Search Marketing

A well known example of "Google bombing", it poignantly illustrates how inbound text links can affect SERPs. In this instance, hyperlinks containing the keyword phrase miserable failure seem to reflect America's & the world's opinion of George W. Bush's performance, while positioning his White House bio in the #1 position for that search term. So effective have the results been that today George W. Bush's White House biography is positioned at #1 on Google for the single word term, failure, forever soiling the reputation of America and office of the President.
SEO Glossary.com - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Meta Search, Negative SEO, Results, Search Engine Results Page (SERP), SERP, SERPs

Misfeasance - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Common Legal Terms

Improper performance of an act which a person might lawfully do.
US District Court - Northern District of NY - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Attorney-in-fact, Enjoining, Injunction, Nonfeasance, obinson-Patman Act, Power of attorney, Recognizance, Respondeat superior, Retainer, Specific performance

MISG - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Weather

Missing
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Browse Related Terms: ABT, ABV, AFT, AFTR, AGN, ALG, ALTHO, AMD, AOA, ARND, BCM, BFR, BHND, BLV, BTR, BTWN, CLR, COND, DMSH, DURG, EBND, ELSW, ENDG, ERLY, EXCLD, FASTST, FTHR, GEN, GNRL, GRT, GRTST, GTR, HV, HWVR, IMPT, LRG, LTR, LTST, MDNGT, METRO, MISC, MR, MSTLY, NBND, NEC, Nil, NLY, NMBR, NWLY, NWRD, NWRN, NXT, ORIG, OTR, OVR, PCT, PSBL, QG, RIOGD, RTRD, RW, SBND, SEWD, SVRL, SWWD, TDA, THRU, TIL, TWD, WBND, WL, XCITED, YDA

MIS (Management Information Systems) - permalink - collapse

All > Law > E-Discovery

In general, a computer-based system that provides IT personnel with the necessary tools for categorizing, assessing, and efficiently running an organization's computer systems.
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Browse Related Terms: Bug, Cluster (System), IS/IT, IS/IT Information Systems or Information Technology, Native Environment, System Registry

All > Technology > Records Management

A system that collects and processes data, generating information for decision-making, planning, program implementation, and control
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Browse Related Terms: corporate memory, hybrid system, information services, Information System, IS, IS (information systems), IT, IT (information technology), locator, MIS

mismatch - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

The occurrence of a non-complementary pairs of bases in a double helix of DNA, e.g. A:C, G:T.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: alkylating agent, Anticodon, bP, buoyant density, kinetosome, megabase, proofreading, wobble hypothesis

mismatch repair - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

A DNA repair process that corrects mismatched base pairs.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: DNA repair, excinuclease, photoreactivation, post-replication repair, recA, SOS response

Misnamed Files - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Security

A technique used to disguise a files content by changing the files name to something innocuous or altering its extension to a different type of file, forcing the examiner to identify the files by file signature versus file extension.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Backup, Deleted File, File Integrity Checker, File Name Anomaly

misoprostol - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

A radioprotective agent that belongs to the family of drugs called prostaglandins.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: adjunct agent, aprepitant, aspirin, buspirone, carbendazim, carboxypeptidase-G2, caspofungin acetate, celecoxib, dimesna, Emend, Insecticide, itraconazole, ketorolac, promegapoietin, SnET2, temoporfin, tin ethyl etiopurpurin, tinidazole

Misoscale - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Weather

The scale of meteorological phenomena that ranges in size from 40 meters to about 4 kilometers. It includes rotation within a thunderstorm.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Back-building Thunderstorm, Core Punch, Dry Thunderstorm, Storm Motion, T, Tail-End Charlie, TSRA, TSTM

MISREP - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

Mission Report (JFACC term).
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: ALCC, ALCE, DCO, DCP, DISUM, ENSCD, GAT CALL, JIOPTL, JRC, JTB, JTCB, JTE, JTSG, MEA, SORTIELOT, TFT, TGINFOREP

missed call notification - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > E-mail > Microsoft Email > Microsoft Exchange > Microsoft Exchange 2007

An e-mail message that is sent to a Unified Messaging subscriber that indicates that someone called but did not leave a message. [Exchange 2007]
Microsoft - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Bifurcation, bounce message, delayed fan-out, DSN (delivery status notification), fan-out, message envelope, MTE (Message Transfer Envelope), NDR (non-delivery report), voice message originator

missense mutation - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

A mutation that changes a codon for one amino acid into a codon specifying another amino acid.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Codon, codon optimization, degeneracy, Genetic code, Initiation codon, leader sequence, release factor, start codon, translational initiation signal, translational start codon, universality

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