Dell PowerEdge 1750 - Manual (Page 26)

MAC
Abbreviation for Media Access Control.
mAh
Abbreviation for milliampere-hour(s).
math coprocessor
See coprocessor.
Mb
Abbreviation for megabit.
MB
Abbreviation for megabyte(s). The term megabyte means 1,048,576 bytes; however, when referring to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean
1,000,000 bytes.
MB/sec
Abbreviation for megabytes per second.
Mbps
Abbreviation for megabits per second.
MBR
Abbreviation for master boot record.
memory address
A specific location, usually expressed as a hexadecimal number, in the system's RAM.
memory module
A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board.
MHz
Abbreviation for megahertz.
microprocessor
The primary computational chip inside the system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions. Software written for one
microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor. CPU is a synonym for microprocessor.
mirroring
A type of data redundancy that uses a set of physical drives to store data and one or more sets of additional drives to store duplicate copies of the data.
Mirroring is the preferred data redundancy technique in lower-capacity systems and in systems where performance is extremely important. See also guarding,
RAID 1, and RAID 10.
mm
Abbreviation for millimeter(s).
MPEG
Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a digital video file format.
ms
Abbreviation for millisecond(s).
MS-DOS
Abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System.
NAS
Abbreviation for Network Attached Storage. Network-attached storage (NAS) is one of the concepts used for implementing shared storage on a network. The
network communication uses Common Internet File System (CIFS) for Microsoft Windows environments, Network File System (NFS) for UNIX environments, FTP,
http, and other networking protocols.
NDIS
Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification.