ExpertGlossary terms starting with M

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MMKV Multiple Miniature Kill Vehicles
MMM Multi-Mode Missile.
MMMT A rare type of tumor that is a mixture of carcinoma and sarcoma cells. MMMT usually occurs in the uterus.
MMO Massively Multiplayer Online.
MMOG Massively Multiplayer Online Game
MMORPG Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
MMPM MEECN Message Processing Mode.
MMR Monthly Management Review.
MMS Multi-Mode Seeker.
MMS-CP Missile Management Station Control Panel (US Army term).
MMU Man Maneuvering Unit.
MMW Millimeter Wave.
MN-ED Materiel Need Engineering Development (US Army term).
mnemonic filing A system to classify files using codes or symbols that have an easily remembered relationship to the actual meaning or function (e.g.
MNLY Mainly
MNS Mission Need Statement.
MNS (Majority Node Set) A type of cluster quorum model in Windows Server 2003. Exchange Server 2007 uses a new type of MNS quorum with file share witness to support failover…
MOA (1) Memorandum of Agreement. (2) Military Operating Area.
MOA/U Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding.
MOAB Missile Optimized Anti-Ballistic.
MOB MOB" is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game.
mobile branch Mobile branch means any office of a Connecticut bank at which banking business is conducted which is in fact moved or transported to one or more…
Mobile Code Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system…
Mobile Code Technologies Software technologies that provide the mechanisms for the production and use of mobile code (e.g., Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript).
Mobile Computer Terminal (MCT) A fully-functional computer terminal (example: laptop) either permanently mounted or removable and containing its own central processing unit (CPU).
Mobile Data Computers/Laptops Mobile Data Computers (MDCs) are one of the most commonly funded items under the MORE program.
Mobile Data Terminals Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) are also commonly funded under the MORE program. An MOT is a "dumb" computer terminal mounted in a vehicle that is linked via…
mobile Earth station An Earth station in the mobile-satellite service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points. [NTIA] [RR] 2.
Mobile Facility The ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) was first deployed in 2005; it consists of large shipping containers converted into laboratories.
Mobile Ground Entry Point (MGEP) The subset of GEPs, which are transportable. GEPs provide the communications interfaces between the SDS space orbital/sub-orbital elements and the C2E.
Mobile home To be eligible for coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program, a mobile home must be on a permanent foundation and meet specific anchoring…
mobile service A radiocommunication service between mobile and land stations, or between mobile stations. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]
mobile services switching center (MSC) In an automatic cellular mobile system, the interface between the radio system and the public switched telephone network.
Mobile Site A self-contained, transportable shell custom-fitted with the specific IT equipment and telecommunications necessary to provide full recovery capabilities…
Mobile Software Agent Programs that are goal-directed and capable of suspending their execution on one platform and moving to another platform where they resume execution.
mobile station A station in the mobile service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR] 2.
mobile station international ISDN number A dialable number and, in the context of this document, a 10-digit NANP (North American Numbering Plan) directory number assigned to address a wireless…
Mobile Video The product name of van-captured photographic elevations for buildings in the District of Columbia.
mobile-aisle system Rows of shelving used for compact storage, which travel on tracks and allow one or more aisles to be opened to access the system Also referred to as…
mobile-satellite service A radiocommunication service: between mobile earth stations and one or more space stations, or between space stations used by this service; or between…
mobilization 1. The transfer between bacteria of a non-conjugative plasmid by a conjugative plasmid. 2.
mobilizing function The genes on a plasmid that give it the ability to facilitate the transfer of either a non-conjugative or a conjugative plasmid from one bacterium to…
Mobitex Mobitex is a packet-switched, narrowband PCS network, designed for wide-area wireless data communications.
MOBY Marine Optical Buoy. It measures solar radiation to calibrate satellite ocean color instruments.
MOC Mobile Operations Center.
Mock-up A model, built to scale, of a machine, apparatus, or weapon. It is used in examining the construction of critical clearances, in testing a new…
MOCVD Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition.
MOD Modification to a game, either through available tools or by outright hacking, in order to change the game from its original form.
Mod_rewrite A module or plugin for Apache web servers that can be used to rewrite requested URLs on the fly.
modafinil A drug that is being studied as a treatment for fatigue in patients with cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called stimulants.
modal A dialog is modal if its parent application is blocked from further activity until the dialog has completed. See non-modal.
modal dispersion Incorrect synonym for multimode distortion.
modal distortion Synonym multimode distortion.
modal distribution In an optical waveguide operating at a given wavelength, the number of modes supported, and their propagation time differences.
modal loss In an open waveguide, such as an optical fiber, a loss of energy on the part of an electromagnetic wave due to obstacles outside the waveguide, abrupt…
modal noise Noise generated in an optical fiber system by the combination of mode-dependent optical losses and fluctuation in the distribution of optical energy among…
Modal Split A term that describes how many people use alternative forms of transportation. Frequently used to describe the percentage of people using private…
Modality A method of treatment. For example, surgery and chemotherapy are treatment modalities.
mode In a frequency distribution, the class having the greatest frequency.
mode [identification friend or foe] The number or letter referring to the specific pulse spacing of the signals transmitted by an interrogator. [JP1]
MODE command In reality, GridFTP is not one protocol, but a collection of several protocols.
mode coupling In an electromagnetic waveguide, the exchange of power among modes. Note: In a multimode optical fiber, mode coupling reaches statistical equilibrium, i.e.
mode field diameter (MFD) An expression of distribution of the irradiance, i.e., the optical power, across the end face of a single-mode fiber.
mode filter A device used to select, reject, or attenuate a certain mode or modes.
mode mixer Synonym mode scrambler.
Mode of Operation An algorithm for the cryptographic transformation of data that features a symmetric key block cipher algorithm.
mode partition noise In an optical communications link, phase jitter of the signal caused by the combined effects of mode hopping in the optical source and intramodal…
mode scrambler A device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber. 2. A device composed of one or more optical fibers in which strong mode coupling occurs.
mode stripper See cladding mode stripper.
mode volume The number of bound modes that an optical fiber is capable of supporting. Note: The mode volume M is approximately given by V2/2 and (V2/2)[g/(g+2)]…
Mode, Best See Best Mode.
model See Exhibit.
Model organisms A laboratory animal or other organism useful for research.
Model Output Statistics (abbrev. MOS) - the Hydrometeorological Center (HPC) produces a short range (6 to 60 hours) MOS (Model Output Statistics) guidance package generated from…
model template A template created to be copied and modified for the creation of new templates.
Model Theory specifies the semantics of a formal language; assumes that the language refers to a âworldâ, and describes the minimal conditions that a world…
Model year Refers to the "sales" model year; for example, vehicles sold during the period from October 1 to the next September 31 is considered one model year.
model-based category A taxonomy of predefined terms that is used to determine the subject of a document so that the document can be indexed and searched with documents that…
model-view pattern A pattern in which the representation of data (the model) is kept separate from its visualization (the view).
Modeling The use of statistical analysis, computer analysis, or model organisms to predict outcomes of research.
Modem A device that allows a computer system to transmit data over telephone or cable lines.
modem patch A method of electrically interconnecting circuits by using back-to-back modems.
Moderate Flooding The inundation of secondary roads; transfer to higher elevation necessary to save property -- some evacuation may be required.
Moderate frequency flood A flood of lesser magnitude than the IDF, used for the service spillway design when supplemented by a separate auxiliary spillway.
Moderate Impact System An information system in which at least one security objective (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, or availability) is assigned a FIPS 199 potential impact…
Moderate Risk (of severe thunderstorms) Severe thunderstorms are expected to affect between 5 and 10 percent of the area.
moderated conference An electronic conference in which participants exchange computer messages via a moderator who may accept, modify, or reject them. [2382-pt.35]
moderator In computer conferencing, a person who receives the prospective messages from conference attendees and may accept, modify, or reject them. [2382-pt.
modern biotechnology The application of: a. In vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA ) and direct injection of nucleic acid into…
Modern portfolio theory In making investment decisions, adherents of modern portfolio theory focuses on potential return in relation to potential risk.
Modes Situational conditions or categories under which selective Rules of Engagement apply.
Modification Any change to the terms of a mortgage loan, including changes to the interest rate, loan balance, or loan term.
Modification Decision Analysis (MDA) The process of determining with confidence whether dam safety deficiencies exist for maximum loading conditions.
modification detection Synonym manipulation detection.
modification detection code Synonym manipulation detection code.
Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) The 1982 antitrust suit settlement agreement ("Consent Decree") entered into by the United States Department of Justice and the American Telephone and…
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is your adjusted gross income (AGI) plus deductions, such as college loan interest and contributions to a…
modified AMI code Abbreviation for modified alternate mark inversion code. A T-carrier AMI line code in which bipolar violations may be deliberately inserted to maintain…
Modified Degree-Day Method A method used to estimate building heating loads by assuming that heat loss and gain is proportional to the equivalent heat-loss coefficient for the…
Modified Duration The weighted average time to receipt of all cashflows, including coupon payments, on a present value basis.