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M

Mac OS (Classic)

Mac OS X Leopard

Machine Authentication

Machine Binding

Machine Code (MC)

Machine Intelligence

Machine Learning (ML)

Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS)

Machine Learning Engineer (MLE)

Machine Learning Operations

Machine Learning Workflow

Machine Perception

Machine to Machine (M2M)

Machine Vision (MV)

Machine Vision System (MVS)

Machine-Generated Data

Machine-Oriented High-Level Language (MOHLL)

Macintosh Computer

Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS)

Macro Instruction

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)

Magnetic Permeability (µ)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Magnetic Stripe

Magnetic Stripe Reader

Magnetic Tape Drive

Magneto-Optical Disk (MO Disk)

Magnetomotive Force (MMF)

Mail Exchange Record (MX Record)

Mailing List Manager (MLM)

Main Distribution Frame (MDF)

Maintenance Window

Malicious Active Content

Malicious Software (Malware)

Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM)

Managed Bean (MBean)

Managed Cloud As a Service (MCaaS)

Managed Cloud Hosting

Managed Data Center

Managed Document Service (MDS)

Managed File Transfer

Managed Network

Managed Network Security Services

Managed Print Service (MPS)

Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)

Managed Service Provider (MSP)

Managed Service Provider Platform (MSP Platform)

Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS)

Management Information Base (MIB)

Management Information System (MIS)

Management Reporting

Management Software

Managing Virtualization

Manchester Encoding

Manchester Mark 1

Mandatory Access Control (MAC)

Manual Page (Man Page)

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Manufacturing Intelligence Software (MIS)

Manufacturing on Demand (MOD)

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

Many-to-Many Relationship

Marc Andreessen

Margaret Hamilton

Market Basket Analysis

Marketing Automation

Marketing Content Management (MCM)

Marketing Performance Management (MPM)

Markov Decision Process (MDP)

Markup Language

Marshall McLuhan

Martian Address

Masquerade Attack

Mass Storage Device (MSD)

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG)

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)

Massively Parallel Processing (MPP)

Master Boot Record (MBR)

Master Data Governance

Master Data Management (MDM)

Master Data Management Software (MDM Software)

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Maximum Segment Size (MSS)

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

Mb

MB

MC

MD

Mean Opinion Score (MOS)

Mean Swaps Between Failures (MSBF)

Mean Time Between Breakdowns (MTBB)

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)

Mean Time Between Repair (MTBR)

Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)

Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Meaningful Use (MU)

Measured Service in Cloud Computing

Measured Telephone Service (MTS)

Mechanical Mouse

Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ)

Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics (MDA)

Media Access Control (MAC)

Media Access Control Address (MAC Address)

Media Converter

Media Dispatch Protocol (MDP)

Mediation Layer

Medium Dependent Interface (MDI)

Medium Dependent Interface Crossover (MDIX)

Medium-Level Language (MLL)

Medium-Scale Integration (MSI)

Megabits Per Second (Mbps)

Megabytes Per Second (MBps)

Megahertz (MHz)

Membrane Keyboard

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Memory Allocation

Memory Ballooning

Memory Bottleneck

Memory Capacity

Memory Compression

Memory In Cassette (MIC)

Memory Management

Memory Management Unit (MMU)

Memory Mirroring

Memory Overcommit

Memory Resistor (Memristor)

Memory Swapping

Memory Type Range Register (MTRR)

Memory-Resident Malware

Mentoring Service

MERA VoIP Key System (MVKS)

MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS)

Mercury LoadRunner

Merge Replication

Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)

Mesh Networking

Message Digest 2 (MD2)

Message Digest 5 (MD5)

Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)

Message Passing

Message Passing Interface (MPI)

Message Queuing Service

Message Switching

Message Transfer Agent (MTA)

Message-Driven Bean

Message-Driven Processing

Meta Search Engine

Metadata Management

Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET)

Metasyntactic Variable

Method Of Procedure (MOP)

Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS)

Metro Ethernet Forum

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

Metropolitan Ethernet (Metro Ethernet)

MH Message Handling System

Michael Faraday

Micro Channel Architecture (MCA)

Micro Fuel Cell (MFC)

Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS)

Micro Secure Digital Slot (Micro SD Slot)

Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS)

Microarchitecture (µarch)

Microchip Implant

Microcom Networking Protocol (MNP)

Microcontroller

Microelectronics

Microsegmentation

Microsegmentation

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Account

Microsoft Amalga

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Basic (MS-BASIC)

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS)

Microsoft Enterprise Library

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server (MXS)

Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC Library)

Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

Microsoft Hyper-V (MS Hyper V)

Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

Microsoft Network (MSN)

Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP)

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)

Microsoft Office Web Apps

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Paint (MSP)

Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT)

Microsoft Private Cloud (MS Private Cloud)

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Secure Boot

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (Microsoft SDL)

Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft System Center

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MSCMDM)

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig)

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)

Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Volume Licensing

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Microstock Photography

Middleweight Thread

Millennium Research Project

Million Dollar Homepage

Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS)

Millisecond (ms or msec)

Mini SQL (mSQL)

Minimum Point of Entry (MPOE)

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

MIP Mapping (Mipmapping)

Mission Critical System

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

ML

MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET)

Mobile Advertising

Mobile Advertising Platform

Mobile Application (Mobile App)

Mobile Application Management (MAM)

Mobile Application Platform

Mobile Application Security

Mobile Application Security Testing

Mobile Application Service Provider (MASP)

Mobile Application Testing

Mobile Assisted Handoff (MAHO)

Mobile Augmented Reality Application (MARA)

Mobile Broadband System (MBS)

Mobile Business Intelligence (Mobile BI)

Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC)

Mobile Cloud Synchronization

Mobile Computing Device (MCD)

Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)

Mobile Customer Relationship Management (Mobile CRM)

Mobile Data Center

Mobile Deep Packet Inspection (Mobile DPI)

Mobile Developer

Mobile Device Management (MDM)

Mobile Device Testing

Mobile Digital Rights Management (Mobile DRM)

Mobile E-Commerce (M-Commerce)

Mobile Earth Station (MES)

Mobile Emulator

Mobile Enterprise

Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP)

Mobile First Strategy

Mobile Health (mHealth)

Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL)

Mobile Identification Number (MIN)

Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)

Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM)

Mobile Internet Device (MID)

Mobile Internet Security

Mobile Location Protocol (MLP)

Mobile Marketing

Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)

Mobile Middleware

Mobile Network Operator (MNO)

Mobile Operating System (Mobile OS)

Mobile Payment (M-payment)

Mobile Performance Testing

Mobile Phone Forensics

Mobile Phone Spam

Mobile Phone Virus

Mobile Recovery

Mobile Robotics

Mobile Search Engine Optimization (Mobile SEO)

Mobile Security

Mobile Security Management

Mobile Security Testing

Mobile Social Network

Mobile Software Management (MSM)

Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN)

Mobile Switching Center (MSC)

Mobile Television (Mobile TV)

Mobile Usability Testing

Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE)

Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)

Mobile Virtual Private Network (mVPN)

Mobile Virtualization

Mobile Workforce

Mobile-to-Mobile Convergence (MMC)

Mobility Managed Services (MMS)

Mobility Management

Mobipocket Reader

Model View Controller (MVC)

Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)

Model-Driven Development (MDD)

Modeling Language

Modification (Mod)

Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM)

Modified Off-The-Shelf (MOTS)

Modular Arithmetic

Modular Neural Network

Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle)

Modular Programming

Modulated Spurious Signal

Modulation Fallback

Molecular Electronics

Monitoring as a Service (MaaS)

Monitoring Software

Mono Silverlight

Monolithic Kernel

Monte Carlo Algorithm

Monte Carlo Method

Most Interesting Man In The World Meme

Most Significant Bit (MSB)

Motherboard Tattoo

Motion Picture Experts Group-21 (MPEG-21)

Motion Tracking

Motorola Droid X

Moved To Atlanta

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

MP

MPEG 4 Part 14 (MP4)

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)

MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (MP2)

MS Private Cloud

MU

Mule Enterprise Service Bus (Mule ESB)

Multi Channel Television Sound (MTS)

Multi-Chip Module (MCM)

Multi-Cloud AMP

Multi-Cloud Application Management Platform (Multi-Cloud AMP)

Multi-Cloud Deployment

Multi-Cloud Strategy

Multi-Domain SSL

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Multi-Layer Neural Network

Multi-Mode Fiber

Multi-Processing

Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions Type (MIME Type)

Multi-Tier Application

Multi-User Domain Object Oriented (MOO)

Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)

Multiband Antenna

Multicast Address

Multicast Backbone (MBone)

Multicast Router (mrouter)

Multichannel Analytics

Multidimensional Database (MDB)

Multidimensional Database Management System (MDBMS)

Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)

Multidimensional Online Analytical Processing (MOLAP)

Multifunction Peripheral (MFP)

Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)

Multilayer Switch

Multimedia Home Platform (DVB-MHP or MHP)

Multimedia Message Service (MMS)

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Multipartite Virus

Multiple Access

Multiple Access With Colision Avoidance (MACA)

Multiple Activation Key (MAK)

Multiple Channels Per Carrier (MCPC)

Multiple Frequency-Shift Keying (MFSK)

Multiple Inheritance

Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data (MIMD)

Multiple Points of Presence (MPOP)

Multiple Regression

Multiple System Operators (MSO)

Multiple-In/Multiple-Out (MIMO)

Multiplexer (MUX)

Multipoint Control Unit (MCU)

Multipoint Videoconference

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Multiprotocol Over ATM (MPOA)

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

Multistation Access Unit (MSAU)

Multisync Monitor

Multitenant Resource Allocation

MultiValue Database

Multivalued Field (MVF)

Mumblehard Malware

Muni Wi-Fi or Muni-Fi

Municipal Wi-Fi (Muni Wi-Fi or Muni-Fi)

Music Sequencer

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)

Mutation Testing

Mutual Authentication

Mutual Exclusion (Mutex)

MV

My Windows Phone