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Web
Hosting Glossary - M
Mosaic
The first WWW browser that was available for the Macintosh, Windows,
and UNIX all with the same interface. The source-code to Mosaic
has been licensed by several companies and there are several other
pieces of software as good or better than Mosaic, most notably,
Netscape.
MUD
(Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension) -- A multi-user simulation environment.
A significant feature of most MUDs is that users can create things
that stay after they leave and which other users can interact with
in their absence, thus allowing a world to be built gradually and
collectively.
MUSE
(Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD - usually
with little or no violence.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface -- A network and accompanying
protocol developed in the 1970's for tranmitting various information
between musical and other devices including keyboards, samplers,
lights, controllers, etc.
Modify
(Domain Name)
The database
that the TLD registries maintain need to be accurate in order for
name resolution, billing, renewal notices and public records to
be processed correctly. Typically modifications are required when
nameservers need to change or the contacts change email or postal
address or phone number. The procedures for modifying records will
depend on the registry.
MX
Record: Mail Exchange
Mail Exchange record is part of the zone file and is used to designate
which mail server machine should process email for a specific domain.
MAC
Media
Access Control. A network protocol used to control the access to
the network by different devices.
MAC
Address
Media
Access Control address (also hardware or physical address). Every
device on the Local Area Network has an unique MAC address. It is
used to identify devices and to control access to the network using
MAC protocol.
Mailserver
The
Internet host (together with the appropriate software) that is used
to send, receive and forward email messages.
MBps
MegaBytes
(MB) per second, 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes
Mbps
Megabits
(Mb) per second, 1Mb = 1,048,576 bits
Miva
Empressa
Miva's
XML based server-side scripting language. Available for multiple
platforms. Here is Miva Empressa home page.
Miva
Merchant
Browser-based
storefront development and management system for merchants. Here
is Miva Merchant home page.
MP3
An
extremely popular lossy audio compression format. Widely used over
the Internet.
mSQL
(Mini SQL)
Light-weight
relational database. Here is mSQL home page.
Multicast
A
message that is sent to a specific group of hosts.
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