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CrossBrand - Computer Acronyms and Abbreviations (L-M)

Applicable to: World-Wide

L

L1 Cache

Level 1 (internal processor) Cache (IBM)

L2 Cache

Level 2 (external) Cache (IBM)

LAD/2

LAN Automated Distribution or OS/2 (IBM)

LAPB

Link Access Protocol - Balanced (OSI)

LAPM

Link Access Protocol - Modem (OSI)

LAPS

LAN Adapter and Protocol Support (IBM)

LAM

Lobe Attachment Module (Token-Ring Network)

LAN

Local Area Network

LANDA

LAN Dealers Association

LANACS

Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server (IBM)

LATA

Local Access Transport Area

LCCM

LANClient Control Manager

LCU/2

LAN CID (Configuration/Installation/Distribution) Utility for OS/2 (IBM)

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LEC

Local Exchange Carrier

LEN

Low-Entry Networking

LIM EMS

Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification

LIU

Lobe Insertion Unit (Token-Ring Network)

LIU/2

LAN Installation Utility for OS/2 (IBM)

Li-Ion

Lithium-Ion

LLC

Logical Link Control

LME

Layer Management Entity

LMU/2

LAN Management Utility for OS/2 (IBM)

LM/X

Lan Manager for uniX

LPM

Lines Per Minute

LRU

Least Recently Used

LSB

Least Significant Bit

LSI

Large-Scale Integration

LU

Logical Unit

LUA

Logical Unit Address

LU2

Logical Unit 2 (cluster controller)

LU6.2

Logical Unit 6.2 (= APPC)

LS

Lan Server (IBM)

LS

Lan Services V2.x (IBM)

LZW

Lempel-Ziv-Welch (compression algorithm)


M

M-JPEG

Motion JPEG

M&ED

Multimedia and Education Division (IBM)

M&S

Marketing and Services Division (IBM)

Mac

MacIntosh (Apple)

MAC

Media Access Control

MAE

Metropolitan Area Exchange

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MAP

Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors)

MAPICS

Management Accounting, Production, and Information Control System

MAU

Multistation Access Unit (IBM)

MAU

Medium Attachment Unit (802.3)

MAVDM

Multiple Application Virtual DOS Machine

Mb

Megabit (= 1,024 Kb = 1,048,560 bits)

MB

Megabyte (= 1,024 KB = 1,048,560 bytes)

MCA

Trademark of Music Corporation of America (but often used, incorrectly, to signify Micro Channel Architecture)

MCDA

Micro Channel Developers Association

MCF

Meta Content Format (Apple)

MCGA

Multi-Color Graphics Array (IBM)

MCI

Media Control Interface (Microsoft)

MCM

Metalized Ceramic Module

MCM

Multi-Chip Module

MCNS

Multimedia Cable Network System

MDK

Multimedia Development Kit (Microsoft)

MDA

Monochrome Display Adapter

MDE

Microkernel Development Environment (IBM)

MDPA

Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter (IBM)

MDQ

Market-Driven Quality

Megapel

1024x1024 resolution (or higher)

MEL

Migration Export Library (One Up Corp.)

MESI

Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid

MFC

Microsoft Foundation Class

MFI

MainFrame Interactive terminal (IBM)

MFLOPS

Millions of FLoating-point OPerations per Second

MFM

Modified Frequency Modulation

MHS

Message Handling System (ISO)

MIB

Management Information Base

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Reader

MIDI

Musical Instrument Device Interface

MIF

(network) Management Information File

MIMD

Multiple Instruction Multiple Data

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Messaging Extensions

MIPS

Millions of Instructions Per Second

MIS

Management Information System(s)

MMPM/2

Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 (IBM)

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions

MNP

Microcom Networking Protocol

MODCA

Mixed-Object Document Content Architecture

Modem

MOdulation/DEModulation

MOMA

Message-Oriented Middleware Association

MOO

MUD Object-Oriented

MOSFET

Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

MOTIS

Message Oriented Text Interchange System (ISO)

MPC

Multimedia Personal Computer (Multimedia Marketing Council)

MPC-2

Multimedia Personal Computer, second generation (Multimedia Marketing Council)

MPCA

Multi-Protocol Communications Adapter (IBM)

MPEG

Motion Picture Experts Group

MPP

Massively Parallel Processing

MPS

Multiple Port Sharing (IBM)

MPS

MultiProcessing Specification (Intel)

MPTN

MultiProtocol Transport Networking

MQI

Message Queue Interface (IBM)

MSB

Most Significant Bit

MSCDEX

MicroSoft CD EXtensions

MSN

MicroSoft Network

MTA

Message Transfer Agent (X.400)

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failures

MTS

Message Transfer Service

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair

MUD

Multi-User Dungeon

MUX

Multiplexer

MVDM

Multiple Virtual DOS Machines

MVS

Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM)

MVS/XA

Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended Architecture (IBM)



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Date Created

17-07-98

Last Updated

02-04-99

Revision Date

31-03-2000

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