| CODE | ABBREVIATION |
|
M
| Mega- / Megabyte / Meter (usually as m) |
|
M-)
| See no evil |
|
M/W
| MicroWave |
|
M2
| Mondo 2000 |
|
M3P
| Microsoft MultiMedia Productions |
|
MA
| bell / Maintenance Administrator / Milliampere (usually as mA) / Multiplexed Address |
|
MAAP
| Management And Administration Panels |
|
MABO
| Multiplier-Arithmetic Bolt-On |
|
MAC
| Macintosh Computer / Management and Administrative Computing / Media Access Control / Medium Access Control / Message Authentication / Multi Access Computers / Multiplexed Analog Components |
|
MACBS
| Multi-Access Cable Billing System |
|
MACF
| Multiple Association Control Function |
|
MACH
| Multi-layer ACtuator Head |
|
MACINTOSH
| Most Applications Crash; If Not The Operating System Hangs |
|
MACL
| Memory Access Control Logic |
|
MACSTAR
| Multiple Access Customer STAtion Rearrangement |
|
MACU
| Multidrop Auto Call Unit |
|
MADN
| Multiple Access Directory Numbers |
|
MAGIK
| Master Anarchists Giving Illicit Knowledge |
|
MAH
| Milliampere-Hour (usually as mAh) |
|
MAI
| Masters of Abstractions and Illusions |
|
MAN
| Metropolitan Area Network |
|
MAP
| Modular Arthemetic Processor / Manufacturing Automation Processor / Maintenance and Administration Position / Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
|
MAPDU
| Management Application Protocol Data Unit |
|
MAPHIS
| Memory Array and Processor for Human Intelligence Stor |
|
MAPI
| Messaging Application Programming Interface |
|
MAPS
| Multiservice Access PlatformS |
|
MAPSS
| Maintenance & Analysis Plan for Special Services |
|
MAR
| Microprogram Address Register |
|
MARC
| MAchine - Readable Cataloging / Market Analysis of Revenue and Customers System |
|
MARCOM
| Marketing Communications |
|
MARS
| Multicast Address Resolution Server/Service |
|
MAS
| MAin Store / Mass Announcement System |
|
MASB
| Mass Announcement System Bus |
|
MASC
| Mass Announcement System Controller |
|
MASE
| Message Administration Service Element |
|
MASM
| Mass Announcement System Memory |
|
MASS
| Mid-Atlantic and Southern States |
|
MATAC
| MATerial ACquisition |
|
MATD
| Maximum Acceptable Transit Delay |
|
MATFAP
| Metropolitan Area Transmission Facility Analysis Program |
|
MATR
| Minimum Average Time Requirement |
|
MATV
| Master Antenna Television |
|
MAU
| Medium Attachment Unit / Multistation Access Unit |
|
MAW
| Microsoft At Work |
|
MB
| Megabit (usually as - 1024 kilobytes) / MegaByte (usually as MB) / Memoryless Behavior / MotherBoard |
|
MB/S
| Megabits per Second (usually as mb/s) |
|
MBBS
| Major Bulletin Board System |
|
MBG
| Money Back Guarantee |
|
MBIT
| More (data) Bit |
|
MBOD
| Manufacturing Board of Directors |
|
MBONE
| Multicast backBONE |
|
MBPS
| Megabits Per Second (usually as Mbps) / MegaBytes Per |
|
MBR
| Master Boot Record |
|
MBS
| Master Boot Sector / Maximum Burst Size |
|
MBT
| Maximum Burst Tolerance |
|
MBU
| Manufacturing Business Unit |
|
MBZS
| Maximum Bandwidth Zero Suppression |
|
MC
| MicroChannel (architecture) / Mini Cartridge |
|
MCA
| Micro Channel Architecture |
|
MCAD
| Mechanical Computer Aided Design |
|
MCAM
| Manufacturing Corporate Account Manager |
|
MCBTY(SN)
| My Computer is Better than Yours (So Nyerrr) |
|
MCC
| Master Control Center / Microelectronics and Computer technology Corporation |
|
MCCS
| Mechanized Calling Card Service |
|
MCE
| Machine Check Exception |
|
MCESS
| Mechanical Component Engineering Support Service |
|
MCF
| MAC Convergence Function |
|
MCGA
| Multi-Color Graphics Array/Adaptor |
|
MCH
| Maintenance CHannel |
|
MCHB
| Maintenance CHannel Buffer |
|
MCI
| Media Control Interface / Microwave Communications Incorporated / |
|
MCIAS
| Multi-Channel Intelligent Announcement System |
|
MCIS
| Microsoft Commercial Internet System |
|
MCN
| Metropolitan Campus Network |
|
MCO
| Multiplexer Control Option |
|
MCP
| Master Control Program / Microsoft Certified Professional |
|
MCR
| Minimum Cell Rate |
|
MCS
| Maintenance Control Subsystem / Meeting Communications Service / Microsoft Consulting Services / Multinational Character Set |
|
MCT
| Manufacturing Cycle Time |
|
MCTD
| Mean Cell Transfer Delay |
|
MCTRAP
| Mechanized Customer Trouble Report Analysis Plan/Program |
|
MCU
| Mobile Control Unit / Multi Chip Unit / Multiport Conferencing Unit |
|
MCVD
| Modified Chemical Vapor Deposit |
|
MD
| Make Directory (DOS) / Management Domain / Mediation Device / Message Digest / Mobile Data / Multiple Dissemination / Medical Dumbo |
|
MD5
| Message Digest 5 (algorithm) |
|
MDA
| Monochrome Display Adapter |
|
MDACS
| Modular Digital Access Control System |
|
MDB
| Microsoft DataBase (usually as .MDB) / Multidimensional DataBase |
|
MDBS
| Mobile DataBase System |
|
MDC
| Manipulation Detecting Code / Marker Distributor Control / Market Distributor Control / McAfee Development Center / Meridian Digital Centrex |
|
MDCC
| Mobile Data Capture & Communications |
|
MDD
| Marshals of Dynamic Discord |
|
MDDB
| MultiDimensional DataBase |
|
MDDS
| Media and Documentation Update Service |
|
MDF
| Main Distribution Frame |
|
MDI
| Medium Dependent Interface |
|
MDI
| Multiple Document Interface |
|
MDIHMLAIGE
| My dog is humping my leg and i'm getting excited |
|
MDIS
| Meta Data Interchange Specification |
|
MD-IS
| Mobile Data Intermediate System |
|
MDK
| Multimedia Development Kit |
|
MDP
| Modem Distribution Panel |
|
MDR
| Message Detail Record / Message Detail Recording |
|
MDRAM
| Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory |
|
MDS
| Mail Delivery System / Message Design System(s) / Multiple Dataset System |
|
MDSE
| Message Delivery Service Element |
|
MDSL
| Medium-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
|
MDT
| Mobile Data Terminal |
|
MDTS
| Modem Diagnostic and Test System |
|
MDU
| Marker Decoder Unit |
|
MDX
| Modular Digital eXchange |
|
ME
| Mapping Entity / Mechanical Engineering / Mutually Exclusive |
|
MEC
| Mobile Equipment Console |
|
MEG
| Megabyte |
|
MELD
| Mechanized Engineering and Layout for Distributing Frame |
|
MEM
| Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing |
|
MEO
| Medium Earth Orbit (satellite) |
|
MERS
| Most Economic Route Selection |
|
MES
| Manufacturing Execution System |
|
MESI
| Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid |
|
MET
| Memory Enhancement Technology (usually as MEt) / Multibutton Electronic Telephone |
|
METI
| Mailbase Exploring the Internet Workshop |
|
MF
| Mediation Function / Medium Frequency / Modulated Frequency / More Fragments / Multi-Frequency / Multiple Frequency |
|
MFC
| Microsoft Foundation Class(es) |
|
MFENET
| Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork |
|
MFG
| More Friendly Garbage / Manufacturing |
|
MFJ
| Modification of Final Judgment / Modified Final Judgment |
|
MFLOPS
| Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second |
|
MFM
| Modified Frequency Modulation / Most Favored Nation (trading status) |
|
MFOTS
| Military Fiber-Optic Transmission System |
|
MFP
| Microsoft Foundation Classes |
|
MFP
| MultiFunction Peripherals |
|
MFPS
| Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics |
|
MFR
| Multi-Frequency Receivers |
|
MFS
| Macintosh File System |
|
MFT
| Metallic Facility Terminal |
|
MFTL
| My Favourite Toy Language |
|
MFTP
| Multi-cast File Transfer Protocol |
|
MG
| MasterGroup |
|
MGA
| Monochrome Graphics Adapter |
|
MGT
| MasterGroup Translator |
|
MH
| Message Handling |
|
MHBFY
| My Heart Bleeds For You |
|
MHD
| Moving Head Disk |
|
MHDC(A)
| My Hard Drive Crashed (Again) |
|
MHOTY
| my hat's off to you |
|
MHP
| Message Handling Protocol |
|
MHS
| Message Handling Service / Message Handling System |
|
MHTS
| Message Handling Test System |
|
MHZ
| Megahertz (usually as MHz) |
|
MI
| Machine Interface / Mode Indicate / Multiple Inheritance |
|
MIB
| Man In Black super-secret government agents [X-Philes (fans)] / Management Information Base(s) |
|
MIC
| Management Information Center / Management Integration Consortium / Medium Interface Cable / Medium Interface Connector / Memory In Cassette / Microphone / Microsoft Internet Chat / Mode Indicate - Common |
|
MICA
| Modem ISDN Channel Aggregation |
|
MICE
| Modular Integrated Communications Environment |
|
MICR
| Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
|
MICROSOFT
| Majority In Country Realise Operating System Of Fools & Techheads / Making Imaginative Creations Requires Other Superior Forms Of Faster Technology / Most Idiots Can't Realize: Obsolete Software Organization For Technology / Most Intelligent Customers Real |
|
MICROTEL
| Microsoft-Intel |
|
MICS
| Management Information Conformance Statement |
|
MID
| Message ID / Message Identifier |
|
MIDA
| Message Interchange for Distributed Application |
|
MIDAS
| Manchester Information Datasets and Associated Services / Master Integrated Distribution Subcontracting Agreement |
|
MIDI
| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
|
MIDR
| Mosaicked Image Data Record |
|
MIF
| Management Information File / Master Item File |
|
MIFF
| Management Information Format File |
|
MIG
| Metal-In-Gap |
|
MII
| Medium Independent Interface |
|
MIL
| Management Information Library |
|
MILES
| Merisel's Information and Logistical Efficency System |
|
MILNET
| Military Network |
|
MIM
| Management Information Model |
|
MIME
| Multimedia/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension(s) |
|
MIMG
| Media Industry Marketing Group |
|
MIN
| Mobile Identification Number |
|
MIND
| Modular Interactive Network Designer |
|
MINX
| Multimedia Information Network Exchange |
|
MIO
| Modular Input/Output |
|
MIP
| Multim In Parvum |
|
MIPL
| Multimission Image Processing Laboratory/Library |
|
MIPS
| Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed / Millions of Instructions Per Second / Multimission Image Processing Subsystem |
|
MIR
| Material Increase Request / Maximum Information Rate / Micro-Instruction Register |
|
mIRC
| (is defined as) Magnificent Internet Relay Chat (according to `rock in #Undernet) |
|
MIS
| Management Information System(s) |
|
MISCF
| MISCellaneous Frame |
|
MISG
| Market Information Services Group |
|
MIT
| Management Information Tree / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Master Installation Tape |
|
MITI
| Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
|
MITS
| Microcomputer Interactive Test System |
|
MITV
| Microsoft Interactive Television |
|
MJU
| Multipoint Junction Unit |
|
MKDIR
| Make Directory (DOS) |
|
MLA
| Multiple Letter Acronym |
|
MLC
| MiniLine Card |
|
MLCD
| Multi-Line Call Detail |
|
MLDS
| Medium Large Disk Systems |
|
MLHG
| MultiLine Hunt Group |
|
MLI
| Multiple Link Interface |
|
MLID
| Multiple Link Interface Driver |
|
MLN
| Main Listed Number |
|
MLP
| Maynard List Price / MultiLink Procedures / MultiLink Protocol |
|
MLPC
| Model Level planning Committee |
|
MLPP
| MultiLevel Precedence and Preemption |
|
MLPPP
| MultiLink Point to Point Protocol |
|
MLR
| Multichannel Linear Recording |
|
MLS
| Multi-Level Security |
|
MLT
| Mechanized Loop Testing / Multiple Logical Terminals |
|
MM
| Millimeter (usually as mm) / Multimedia |
|
MMAC
| MultiMedia Access Center |
|
MMC
| Mickey Mouse Club / Minicomputer Maintenance Center / Multimedia Marketing Council |
|
MMCD
| MultiMedia Compact Disc (format) |
|
MMD
| MultiMedia Document |
|
MMDF
| Multi-channel Memorandum Distribution Facility |
|
MMDS
| Multipoint Multichannel Distribution Service |
|
MMF
| MultiMode Fiber / MultiMode Fiberoptic (cable) |
|
MMFS
| Manufacturing Message Format Standard |
|
MMGT
| Multimaster Group Translator |
|
MMHS
| Military Message Handling System |
|
MMI
| Man Machine Interface |
|
MMIF
| My Mouth Is Full |
|
MMJ
| Modified Modular Jack |
|
MML
| Man - Machine Language |
|
MMOC
| Minicomputer Maintenance Operations Center |
|
MMS
| Main Memory Status / Manufacturing Message Service/Standard / Manufacturing Messaging Specification / Memory Management System / Modular Measurement System |
|
MMT
| Multimedia Multiparty Teleconferencing |
|
MMU
| Memory Management Unit |
|
MMX
| Mastergroup Multiplex(er) / Multimedia Extension(s) |
|
MNCS
| Multipoint Network Control System |
|
MNDS
| Multi-Network Design System |
|
MNP
| Microcom Networking Protocol |
|
MO
| Magneto-Optical / Managed Object |
|
MOAC
| Message Origin Authentication Check |
|
MOAT
| Mother Of All Tests |
|
MOB
| Men Of Business |
|
MOC
| Manufacturing Outreach Center |
|
MOCA
| Merisel Open Computing Alliance |
|
MOCS
| Managed-Object Conformance Statement |
|
MOD
| Masters Of Deception/Destruction/Disaster |
|
MODEM
| MOdulator-DEModulator |
|
MOF
| Master Order Form |
|
MOG
| Minicomputer Operations Group |
|
MOL
| Microsoft Open License |
|
MOLAP
| Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing |
|
MOLI
| Microsoft OnLine Institute |
|
MOM
| Manager-Of-Manager / Message Oriented Middleware / Microsoft Office Manager |
|
MOMPL
| one MOMent PLease... |
|
MOMV
| Manned Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle |
|
MOO
| MUD Object Oriented / Multi-user dungeon Object-Oriented |
|
MOP
| Maintenance Operations Protocol |
|
MORF
| Male OR Female (usually as MorF) |
|
MOS
| Material Order System / Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
|
MOSFET
| Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
|
MOSIS
| Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation System |
|
MOSPF
| Multicast Open Shortest Path First |
|
MOSS
| MIME Object Security Services |
|
MOST
| Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor |
|
MOT
| Managed Object to Test / Masters Of Technology / Means Of Testing |
|
MOTAS
| Member Of The Appropriate Sex |
|
MOTD
| Message of the day |
|
MOTIS
| Message Oriented Text Interchange System |
|
MOTOS
| Member Of The Opposite Sex |
|
MOTSS
| Member Of The Same Sex |
|
MoU
| Memorandum of Understanding |
|
MOV
| Metal Oxide Varistor |
|
MP
| Machine Processable / Managing Process / Modem Port / Multilink Protocol / Multi-Processor |
|
MPC
| Mathematics of Program Construction / Multimedia Personal Computer |
|
MPCC
| MultiProtocol Communications Controller |
|
MPCH
| Main Parallel CHannel |
|
MPD
| Mini Port Driver |
|
MPDT
| Multi-Peer Data Transmission |
|
MPDU
| Message Protocol Data Unit |
|
MPE
| MultiProgramming Executive |
|
MPEG
| Motion Picture Expert's Group |
|
MPF
| Multilink Packet Fragmentation |
|
MPI
| Message Passing Interface / Multiple Protocol Interface |
|
MPL
| Multi-schedule Private Line |
|
MPLS
| Multi-Protocol Label Switching |
|
MPME
| Manufacturing Process and Material Engineering |
|
MPOA
| Multiple Protocol Over ATM / MultiProtocol Over ATM |
|
MPOW
| Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation |
|
MPP
| Massively Parallel Processor(ing) / Multilink Point-to-point Protocol |
|
MPPD
| Multi-Purpose Peripheral Device |
|
MPR
| Multiple Provider Router / Multi-Port Repeater / Multi-Protocol Router |
|
MPS
| Master Production Schedule / Multi-Processor Specification |
|
MPSA
| MultiProcessor Server Architecture |
|
MPSC
| Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems |
|
MPT
| Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
|
MPTM
| Multi-Parity Test Method |
|
MPW
| Macintosh Programmers' Workshop |
|
MPX
| MultiPleXer |
|
MQ
| Message Queing |
|
MQI
| Message Queuing Interface |
|
MR
| (modem) Modem Ready / Magneto-Resistive / Message Retrieval |
|
MRAA
| Meter Reading Access Arrangement |
|
MRAM
| Multibank Random Access Memory |
|
MRB
| Multiple Resolution Bitmaps (usually as .MRB) |
|
MRC
| Management Response Center / Manufacturing Resource Center / Market Research Center / Medical Research Council |
|
MRCS
| Multi-Rate Circuit Switching |
|
MRF
| Maintenance Reset Function |
|
MRI
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
|
MRM
| Maximum Rights Mask / Most Recently used Master |
|
MRO
| Multi-Region Operation |
|
MRP
| Manufacturing Resource Planning |
|
MRSE
| Message Retrieval Service Element |
|
MRX
| Magneto-Resistive eXtended |
|
MS
| Maintenance State / Message Store / Meta Signaling / Microsoft / Microsoft System(s) / Milli-seconds (usually as ms) / More Segments |
|
MSAP
| MAC Service Access Point |
|
MSAT
| Mobile SATellite |
|
MSAU
| Multi-Station Access Unit |
|
MSB
| Mid-Range Systems Business / Most Significant Bit / Most Significant Byte |
|
MSC
| Media Stimulated Calling |
|
MSCDEX
| Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions |
|
MSCP
| Mass Storage Control Protocol |
|
MSD
| Micro Systems Development / Microsoft Diagnotic / Microwave Semiconductor Device / Most Significant Digit |
|
MSDL
| Microsoft Download (service) |
|
MSDN
| Microsoft Developer Network |
|
MSDOS
| MicroSoft Disk Operating System |
|
MS-DOS
| Microsoft Disk Operating System |
|
MSDS
| Material Safety Data Sheet |
|
MSF
| Measurement Summarization Function |
|
MSFC
| Marshall Space Flight Center |
|
MSG
| Message |
|
MSI
| Medium Scale Integration / Mustang Software Inc. |
|
MSJ
| Microsoft Systems Journal |
|
MSL
| Microsoft Library / Mirrored-Server Link |
|
MSM
| Matrix Switch Module |
|
MSN
| Microsoft Network / Monitoring cell Sequence Number / Multiple Subscriber Number |
|
MSO
| Mobile Switching Office / Multiple System(s) Operator(s) |
|
MSP
| Message Security Protocol |
|
MSPM
| Manufacturing System Program Manager |
|
MSR
| Model-Specific Registers |
|
MSRP
| Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price |
|
MSS
| Maritime Satellite Service / Metropolitan Switching System / Mobile Satellite Service / Modem Substitution Switch / Multiprotocol Switched Services |
|
MSSC
| Marketing Sales Strategy Committee |
|
MSSE
| Message Submission Service Element |
|
MSSSE
| Message Submission and Storage Service Element |
|
MST
| Minimum Spanning Tree |
|
MSTP
| Multimission Software Transmission Project |
|
MSTS
| MicroSoft Terminal Server |
|
MSU
| Message Signal Unit / Microsoft University / Modem Sharing Unit |
|
MSVC
| Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel |
|
MT
| Measured Time / Mitel |
|
MTA
| Mail Transfer / Mail Transfer Agent / Major Trading Area / Message Transfer Agent |
|
MTAE
| Message Transfer Agent Entity |
|
MTAU
| Metallic Test Access Unit |
|
MTB
| Magnetic Tape Billing |
|
MTBF
| Mean Time Before Failure / Mean Time Between Failure(s) |
|
MTBSI
| Mean Time Between System Interruptions |
|
MTC
| Manufacturing Technology Center |
|
MTCN
| Minimum Throughput Class Negotiation |
|
MTEBBS
| Maryland Technology Education Bulletin Board Service |
|
MTF
| Master Test Frame / More To Follow |
|
MTFBWY
| May The Force Be With You |
|
MTL
| Message Transfer Layer |
|
MTOS
| MultiTasking Operating System |
|
MTP
| Message Transfer Part (SS7) / Message Transfer Protocol |
|
MTR
| Mechanized Time Reporting |
|
MTS
| Message Telecommunications Service / Message Telephone / Message Transfer Service / Message Transfer System / Message Transport Service / Microsoft Transaction Server / Mobile Telephone Service |
|
MTSE
| Message Transfer Service Element |
|
MTSL
| Message Transfer SubLayer |
|
MTSO
| Mobile Telephone Switching Office |
|
MTTA
| Multi-Tenant Telecommunications Association |
|
MTTR
| Mean Time To Repair |
|
MTU
| Maintenance Termination Unit / Maximum Transmission Unit / Media Tech Unit / Message Transfer Unit |
|
MTX
| Mobile Telephone Exchange |
|
MU
| Message Unit |
|
MUA
| Mail User Agent |
|
MUAA
| Modem User's Association of America |
|
MUD
| Multi/Multiple User Dungeon / Multi-User Dimension (games) / Multi-User Dimensions / Multi-User Domain |
|
MUF
| Maximum Usable Frequency |
|
MUG
| Multi User Game |
|
MULDEM
| Multiplexer/Demultiplexer |
|
MULTICS
| Multiplexed Information and Computing Service |
|
MUP
| Multiple Uniform naming convention Provider |
|
MUS
| MultiUser System |
|
MUSH
| Multi-User Shared Hallucination |
|
MUX
| Multiplexer |
|
MV
| Millivolt (usually as mV) |
|
MVB
| MicroVax Business |
|
MVID
| Major Vector ID |
|
MVIP
| Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol |
|
MVP
| Modular Voice Processor / Multiline Variety Package |
|
MVS
| Multiple Virtual Storage |
|
MVS/ESA
| Multiple Virtual Storage / Enterprise Systems Architecture |
|
MVS/SP
| Multiple Virtual Storage / System Product |
|
MVS/TSO
| Multiple Virtual Storage/Time Sharing Option |
|
MVS/XA
| Multiple Virtual Storage / eXtended Architecture |
|
MW
| MicroWave / MilliWatt (usually as mW) / MultiWink |
|
MWI
| Message Waiting Indicator |
|
MWN
| Message Waiting Notification |
|
MX
| Mail Exchange (record) / Mail Exchanger |
|
MXU
| MultipleXer Unit |
|
MYOB
| Mind Your Own Business |