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Mailserver
The computer (and software running on it) that allows sorting and retrieval of E-mail messages.
See Also:Email

Mbps
Megabits per second, a measure of speed of transmission of data.
See Also:Gbps, Bps

Megabyte (MB)
The unit of measurement for a thousand Kilobytes; a million bytes.
See Also:Gigabyte (GB), Kilobyte

MIME
(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) a format designed originally to include images, sounds, animations and other types of documents within Internet mail messages.

Mirror Site
An FTP site containing exactly the same files as the site it is mirroring. Sites may be mirrored several times, often in different countries around the world. They relieve the load that can be placed on a very popular FTP site, making it easier for users to gain access and download files faster.
See Also:Download, FTP

Modem
(MODulator-DEModulator) allows the transmission of digital information over an analog phone line.

Mosaic
Web browser written by a group of people at NCSA. Provides a Graphical User Interface for accessing data on the World Wide Web. Microsoft Internet Explorer is based upon this Software.
See Also:Browser

Mozilla
A popular, Open-Source Internet Application Suite, which includes a Web Browser, Email Client, IRC Client and HTML Editor. Mozilla was used up until recently as the foundation for Netscape Navigator, which is now obsolete. The Mozilla Foundation are also the creators of the popular Mozilla Firefox Web Browser and Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client.
See Also:Browser, Netscape Communications, Open-Source, IRC

MPEG
(Motion Picture Experts Group) video compression format used for movie or animation clips on the World Wide Web. The filename extension for this file format is .mpg or .mpeg

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