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MAC

Media Access Control – The hardware-defining portion of the OSI Model's Data Link Layer

MAC Address

Media Access Control, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network. The MAC layer interfaces directly with the network media.

MAC sub-layer

Media Access Control

Malware

Malicious software – malicious or unexpected program or application such as viruses, browser hijackers, unwanted direct marketing on your desktop etc.

Man-in-the-middle

An attack that redirects information to an unauthorized receiver allowing reading, copying, modification, or deletion of information before being passed to the intended recipient

MAU

Media Access Unit or network transceiver
Mbs

A megabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Mbit (or Mb)

MCNE

Master Certified Netware Engineer

MCP

Microsoft Certified Professional

MCSE

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

MCT

Microsoft Certified Trainer
Meme A unit of social or cultural information
Memetracker

A memetracker is a tool for studying the migration of memes across a group of people. The term is typically used to describe websites that either: analyze blog posts to determine what web pages are being discussed or cited most often on the World Wide Web, or allow users to vote for links to web pages that they find of interest. The blogdex is a memetracker.
Moblog Mobile blog for mobile computing like PDAs or iPhone

Modems

Short for modulator-demodulator; these are devices that convert digital data from your computer to analog signals that can be used over POTS and vice versa.
MPLS Multi Protocol Labeling Switching – used to establish fixed bandwidth routes. Resides only in routers and is NOS (network operating system) and protocol independent. Can get complex as it enables stacked operations – or routes within routes.

MSO

Multiple System Operator


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