M's

Question 1

MBR

Answer 1

(Master Boot Record)

A sector on a hard disk storing information about partitions configured on the disk.

Question 2

MDM

Answer 2

(Mobile Device Management)

Software suites designed to manage use of smartphones and tablets within an enterprise.

Question 3

MEID

Answer 3

(Mobile Equipment ID)

A number that uniquely identifies a mobile device on a CDMA network.

Question 4

MFD

Answer 4

(multifunction device)

Any device that performs more than one function. This typically refers to either SOHO Internet routers/access points or print devices that can also scan and fax.

Question 5

MIB

Answer 5

(Management Information Base)

A database used by SNMP in which agents maintain configuration and usage data and identifies what information the managed system offers.

Question 6

MIDI

Answer 6

(Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

Allows a computer with a sound card to drive MIDI compatible musical instruments, such as synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines (or [vice versa] for a synthesizer to drive a computer audio application [such as a sampler]).

Question 7

MIME

Answer 7

(Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions)

A protocol specifying Internet mail message formats and attachments.

Question 8

MIMO/MU-MIMO

Answer 8

(Multiple Input Multiple Output/Multiple User MIMO)

Wireless technology used in802.11n/ac and 4G standards. MIMO is the use of multiple reception and transmission antennas to boost bandwidth. A Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)-capable access point can use separate streams to connect multiple MU-MIMO-capable stations simultaneously, providing the stations are not on the same directional path.

Question 9

MMF

Answer 9

(Multimode Fiber)

A category of fiber optic cable. Compared to SMF, MMF is cheaper(using LED optics rather than lasers), but supports shorter distances (up to about500 m).

Question 10

mobo

Answer 10

Motherboard

Question 11

modem

Answer 11

(modulator/demodulator)

A network device that is used to interface a computer with the telephone network for data and fax communications, modulating digital data for transmission as an analog signal and demodulating incoming analog transmissions. Broadband modems are used to transmit signals over telephone(DSL) or cable TV networks.

Question 12

MTBF

Answer 12

(Mean Time Between Failures)

The rating on a device or component that predicts the expected time between failures.