eSource Technology - design Glossary-M
Mail
In web terms: the same as e-mail.
Mail Server
See e-mail server.
MB
Same as Megabyte. 10MB is ten megabytes.
Megabyte
1024 kilobytes. Commonly rounded down to one
million bytes.
Meta Data
Data that describes other data. (See also Meta Tags).
Meta Search
The method of searching for meta data in documents.
Meta Tags
Tags inserted into documents to describe the document.
Learn more about meta tags in our HTML tutorial
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface)
A standard protocol for communication between computers
and musical instruments.
Learn more about MIDI in our Media tutorial
MIME (Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions)
An Internet standard for defining document types. MIME
type examples: text/plain, text/html, image/gif, image/jpg.
Learn more about MIME types in our Media tutorial
MIME Types
Document types defined by MIME.
Modem
Hardware equipment to connect a computer to a telephone
network Typically used to connect to the Internet via
a telephone line.
Mosaic
The first commonly available web browser. Mosaic was
released in 1993 and started the popularity of the web.
MOV
A codec for computer video developed by Apple. Common
file extension for QuickTime multimedia files.
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)
An audio compression format specially designed for easy
download over the Internet.
MP3 File
An file containing audio compressed with MP3.
Most often a music track.
MPEG (Moving Picture Expert
Group)
An ISO standard codec for computer audio and
video.
MPG
Common file extension for MPEG files.
MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating
System)
A general disk based computer operating system (See
OS). Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM
computers, then developed by Microsoft as a basis for
the first versions of Windows.
Multimedia
In web terms: A presentation combining text with pictures,
video, or sound.
MySQL
Free open source database
software often used on the web.
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