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Glossary : M
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .mdb : Microsoft Access database document format
- .mpg : MPEG File Format (MPEG - see below)
- £m : Million Pounds
- m : Metre
- M_o_R : Management of Risk
- MAC : Media Access Control
- MAC : Message Authentication Code
- MACE : Media Archive for Central England
- MAD : Mutually Assured Destruction
- MADCAP : Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol
- MADD : Make a Difference Day
- MAFF : formerly Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (now DEFRA)
- MAGDA : Museums and Galleries Disability Association
- MAPI : Mail API (Application Programme Interface) (see also TAPI)
- MARE : Mobility Assessment, Research & Education Branch
- MARIO : Maps and Related Information Online Lancashire County Council (http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/)
- MARS : Multicast Address Resolution Service
- MARSIS : Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument
- MATHML : Mathematical Mark-up Language
- MAVIS : Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service
- MBC : Metropolitan Borough Council
- Mbps : Millions of Bits Per Second - a measure of bandwidth on a medium such as a telephone line, cable line, or optical fibre. Depending on the medium and the transmission method, bandwidth may also be in the Kbps or Gbps range (see also bps, kbps, gbps)
- MBR : Master Boot Record
- MBT : Mechanical-Biological Treatment
- MCA : Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- MCDST : Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
- MCLV : Modified Constant Linear Velocity
- MCS : Multicast Server
- MCTI : Market and Coastal Towns Initiative
- MD5 : Message Digest 5
- MDC : Metropolitan District Council
- MeSH : Medical Subject Headings (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh)
- MEUC : Major Energy Users Council
- MFD : Multi Functional Device / Multi Function Device
- Mfm : Modified Frequency Modulation
- MFT : Master File Table
- MGF : Modernising Government Fund
- Mgr or MGR : Manager
- MHEG : Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group
- MHWN : Mean High Water Neaps
- MHWS : Mean High Water Springs
- MI / MI5 / MI6 : Military Intelligence / ... Section 5 / ... Section 6
- MIB : Management Information Base
- MIDI : Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MIDP : Mobile Information Device Profile
- MIME : Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MINI : Mental Illness Needs Index
- MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology - base for the HQ of the W3C
- MJ : Municipal Journal
- MLA : Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
- MLD : Mild Learning Difficulties
- MLWN : Mean Low Water Neaps
- MLWS : Mean Low Water Springs
- mm : Millimetre
- MMS : Multimedia Message Service
- MMSCs : Multimedia Message Service Centres
- Mod : Modification
- MoD : Ministry of Defence
- Mods : Modernisation Works
- MORI : Market and Opinion Research International - A company often commissioned to do opinion surveys for local government
- MOSS : Musculoskeletal Occupational Surveillance Scheme
- mp3 : MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) Audio Layer 3
- MPAA : Motion Picture Association of America
- MPEG : Moving Picture Experts Group
- MPG : Miles per gallon
- MPG : Minerals Planning Guidance
- MPLS : Multi Protocol Label Switching
- MPO : The Union for Public Sector Professionals
- MPS : Mail Preference Service
- MR : Maintenance Release
- MRF : Materials Recovery Facility
- MRL : Maximum Residue Levels
- MRO : Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- MRP : Minimum Revenue Provision
- MRTG : Multi Router Traffic Grapher
- MS : Microsoft
- MSDE : MS SQL Desktop Engine
- MSP : Managed Service Provider
- MSP : Managing Successful Programmes
- MSSR : Moderated School Self Review
- MSSS : Malin Space Science Systems
- MT : Management Team
- MTBF : Mean Time Between Failures
- MTFP : Medium Term Financial Plan
- MTTR : Mean-Time-To-Repair
- MTW : Models of Trust for the Web
- MU : Management Unit
- MVC : Model-View-Controller
- MX : Mutual Exchange (council housing)
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