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Mailing List
A mailing list is a way of having a group discussion by electronic mail and distributing announcements to a large number of people. A mailing list is very much like a conference on a BBS, except that the conversation comes to you in your e-mail box. Each time you or any member of the list posts a reply to the conversation, it is distributed to the e-mail box of every member of the list. All of this traffic is automated and managed by programs called mailing list managers (MLMs). The two most frequently used programs are Listserv and Majordomo.
See also BBS
Managed Services
Refers to activities which are outsourced by the company and managed by the Internet Service Provider. Star offer a range of managed services including security and hosting, supported by our team of skilled specialists.
Mbps
Megabits per second, a measure of speed of transmission of data.
Megabyte
A million bytes. Technically, 1024 kilobytes.
MIME
MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, a standard system for identifying the type of data contained in a file based on its extension. MIME is an Internet protocol that allows you to send binary files across the Internet as attachments to e-mail messages. These files include graphics, photos, sound and video files, and formatted text documents. MIME negotiates many different operating systems and types of software to perform this amazing feat. Its invention has been a major step forward in the exchange of non-text information over the Internet.
Mobile VPN
A Mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) is applicable for remote workers and is simply where the remote user connects through his PC to the corporate LAN and is able to send data which is encrypted when sent and decrypted when it reaches its destination.
See also VPN; Branch VPN; Tunneling
Modem
Short for Modulator/Demodulator, a modem is a device that allows remote computers to communicate, to transmit and receive data using telephone lines.
MOV
MOV is a file extension found on the World Wide Web that denotes a movie or video file in QuickTime format. To play the movie after you download the file, your computer must support the QuickTime format.
MPEG
MPEG (or MPG) is an acronym for Moving Pictures Experts Group, an industry committee that is developing a set of compression standards for moving images (such as film, video and animation) that can be downloaded and viewed on a computer.
Multimedia
Multimedia refers to the simultaneous use of more than one type of media such as text with sound, moving or still images with music, and so on.
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