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magiCDisc: A TOSHIBA utility that lets you create a CDROM data base for quick access to CDROM data.
main board: See motherboard.
maths coprocessor: A circuit built into the processor that is dedicated to intensive math calculations.
MDA: Monochrome Display Adaptor. A video display protocol defined by the IBM Monochrome Display Adaptor and its associated circuitry for direct drive TTL displays that supports a monochrome 720x350 text mode.
megabyte (MB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes. See also kilobyte.
megahertz: A unit of wave frequency that equals 1 million cycles per second. See also hertz.
Memory Stick: An IC recording media designed to record various kinds of digital content such as still and moving images, music and computer data on a single stick.
menu: A software interface that displays a list of options on the screen. Also called a screen.
microprocessor: A hardware component contained in a single integrated circuit that carries out instructions. Also called the central processing unit (CPU), one of the main parts of the computer.
million byte: A unit of data storage equal to 1,000,000 bytes.
MMX: Refers to microprocessors with additional instructions beyond the x86 standard. The instructions were developed on the basis of multimedia code requirements and thus improve the performance of multimedia applications.
mode: A method of operation, for example, the boot mode, standby mode or the hibernation mode.
modem: Derived from modulator/demodulator, a device that converts (modulates) digital data for transmission over telephone lines and then converts modulated data (demodulates) to digital format where received.
monitor: A device that uses rows and columns of pixels to display alphanumeric characters or graphic images. See CRT.
motherboard: A name sometimes used to refer to the main printed circuit board in processing equipment. It usually contains integrated circuits that perform the processor’s basic functions and provides connectors for adding other boards that perform special functions. Sometimes called a main board.
MPEG: Moving picture coding expert group is an industry standard architecture for compression of video signals.
MP3: An audio compression standard that enables highquality transmission and realtime playback of sound files.
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