Technology terms starting with M

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  1. mission bit stream Synonym payload.
  2. Mission Capable (MC) Material condition of an aircraft indicating it can perform at least one and potentially all of its designated missions.
  3. Mission Critical Any telecommunications or information system that is defined as a national security system (Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 - FISMA)…
  4. mission critical application Hardware, software, processes and support services that must meet the uptime requirements of an organization.
  5. Mission Critical Computer Resources Automated data processing equipment or services if the function, operation, or use: (1) involves intelligence activities; (2) involves cryptologic…
  6. mission critical solution The architecture and processes that provide the required uptime for mission critical applications.
  7. Mission Critical System A system whose operational effectiveness and operational suitability are essential to successful completion or to aggregate residual combat capability.
  8. Mission Element A segment of a mission area critical to the accomplishment of the mission area objectives and corresponding to a recommendation for a major system…
  9. Mission Need Analysis Assesses alternatives in an operational context, identifying what force capabilities would be gained by pursuing any of a designated set of alternatives.
  10. Mission Need Statement (MNS) (1) A non-system specific statement of operational capability needs, prepared IAW format in DoD 5000.2-M.
  11. Mission Reliability The probability that the system will perform mission essential functions for a period of time under the conditions stated in the mission profile.
  12. Misspellings People quite often spell words incorrectly when using search engines. Pages which use common misspellings will quite often receive extra hits, so it is a…
  13. MIST A visible aggregate of minute water particles suspended in the atmosphere that reduces visibility to less than 7 statute miles, but greater than or equal…
  14. Mistracking The phenomenon that occurs when the path followed by the read head of the recorder does not correspond to the location of the recorded track on the…
  15. MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  16. MIT/LL Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Lincoln Laboratory, Bedford, MA.
  17. MIW Mine Warfare.
  18. mixed mode The default operating mode of Exchange when it is installed. Mixed mode allows Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 servers and servers running earlier…
  19. mixed-content model A DTD specification that defines an element as containing a mixture of text and one more other elements.
  20. mixed-mode site An Exchange 5.x site that also contains Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers. [Exchange 2003]
  21. Mixed-vintage site (also known as "PtOz") An Exchange 5.x site that also contains servers running Exchange 2000. [Exchange 2000]
  22. mixer 1. A nonlinear analog circuit or device that accepts as its input two different frequencies (signals) and presents at its output (a) a signal equal in…
  23. mixing See heterodyne, mixer.
  24. MJU Abbreviation for multipoint junction unit. Equipment used by the service provider to perform the bridging functions for multipoint service. [T1.Rpt39-1995]
  25. MK Mark (version).
  26. MKV (1) Miniature Kill Vehicle. (2) Multiple Kill Vehicles.
  27. MLCP Mission Launch Control Processor.
  28. MLDT (1) Mean Logistics Delay Time (ILS term). (2) Missile Downlink Transmitter (USA term).
  29. MLF Multi-Lateral Force.
  30. MLI Multi-layer Insulation.
  31. MLP(multilevel precedence) compatibility mode An ANSI Tl.224 operation mode that uses the MLP Channel to transfer data. ANSI Tl.224 data sent on the MLP channel is broadcast to all other ANSI T1.
  32. MLPP Abbreviation for multilevel precedence and preemption.
  33. MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System.
  34. MLS (1) Microwave Landing System (FAA airways term). (2) Multi-Level Security (COMSEC term).
  35. MLV (1) Missile Launch Vehicle. (2) Medium Life Vehicle.
  36. MLWIR Medium-Long Wavelength Infrared.
  37. MM Maintenance Manual.
  38. MM III Minuteman III ICBM.
  39. MM patch bay A patching facility designed for patching and monitoring of digital data circuits at rates exceeding 3 Mb/s.
  40. MMC A Microsoft management display framework that provides a unified view for administering multiple integrated network applications.
  41. MMC (Microsoft Management Console) A management display framework that hosts administration tools and applications.
  42. MMH Maintenance Man-hours (ILS term). 187
  43. MMI Man-Machine Interface.
  44. MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit.
  45. MMIPT Milestone Management IPT (THAAD Program term).
  46. MMJS subjob One of the executable jobs in a multijob rendezvous.
  47. MMKV Multiple Miniature Kill Vehicles
  48. MMM Multi-Mode Missile.
  49. MMPM MEECN Message Processing Mode.
  50. MMR Monthly Management Review.
  51. MMS Multi-Mode Seeker.
  52. MMS-CP Missile Management Station Control Panel (US Army term).
  53. MMU Man Maneuvering Unit.
  54. MMW Millimeter Wave.
  55. MN-ED Materiel Need Engineering Development (US Army term).
  56. 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.
  57. MNS Mission Need Statement.
  58. 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…
  59. MOA (1) Memorandum of Agreement. (2) Military Operating Area.
  60. MOA/U Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding.
  61. MOAB Missile Optimized Anti-Ballistic.
  62. MOB MOB" is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game.
  63. Mobile Code Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system…
  64. Mobile Code Technologies Software technologies that provide the mechanisms for the production and use of mobile code (e.g., Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript).
  65. 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.
  66. 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.
  67. mobile service A radiocommunication service between mobile and land stations, or between mobile stations. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]
  68. mobile services switching center (MSC) In an automatic cellular mobile system, the interface between the radio system and the public switched telephone network.
  69. Mobile Site A self-contained, transportable shell custom-fitted with the specific IT equipment and telecommunications necessary to provide full recovery capabilities…
  70. 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.
  71. 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.
  72. 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…
  73. Mobile Video The product name of van-captured photographic elevations for buildings in the District of Columbia.
  74. 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…
  75. 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…
  76. Mobitex Mobitex is a packet-switched, narrowband PCS network, designed for wide-area wireless data communications.
  77. MOC Mobile Operations Center.
  78. 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…
  79. MOCVD Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition.
  80. MOD Modification to a game, either through available tools or by outright hacking, in order to change the game from its original form.
  81. Mod_rewrite A module or plugin for Apache web servers that can be used to rewrite requested URLs on the fly.
  82. modal A dialog is modal if its parent application is blocked from further activity until the dialog has completed. See non-modal.
  83. modal dispersion Incorrect synonym for multimode distortion.
  84. modal distortion Synonym multimode distortion.
  85. modal distribution In an optical waveguide operating at a given wavelength, the number of modes supported, and their propagation time differences.
  86. 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…
  87. 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…
  88. Modality A method of treatment. For example, surgery and chemotherapy are treatment modalities.
  89. mode In a frequency distribution, the class having the greatest frequency.
  90. mode [identification friend or foe] The number or letter referring to the specific pulse spacing of the signals transmitted by an interrogator. [JP1]
  91. MODE command In reality, GridFTP is not one protocol, but a collection of several protocols.
  92. 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.
  93. 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.
  94. mode filter A device used to select, reject, or attenuate a certain mode or modes.
  95. mode mixer Synonym mode scrambler.
  96. Mode of Operation An algorithm for the cryptographic transformation of data that features a symmetric key block cipher algorithm.
  97. 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…
  98. 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.
  99. mode stripper See cladding mode stripper.
  100. 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)]…