Category: Letter M
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Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS)
PWS (Microsoft Personal Web Server) is a workgroup-level Web server that is installed instead of the full Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4 when IIS is installed on a machine running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, or Windows 98.
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Migration Wizard (Exchange)
Migration Wizard is a tool in Microsoft Exchange Server for migrating mail users from other mail systems to Exchange.
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Microsoft Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA) Architecture
Windows DNA Architecture is an application development model from Microsoft for highly adaptable business solutions that use Microsoft’s digital nervous system paradigm.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is Microsoft’s web browser and integrated suite of client-side Internet software, which integrates tightly into the Microsoft Windows operating system and was included with Windows until version 7 as an essential operating system component.
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Microsoft Jet
Jet is a Microsoft database engine technology developed in 1992 and included in a variety of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual Basic.
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Microsoft BackOffice
Microsoft BackOffice is a comprehensive and integrated family of server products for intranets, corporate networks, and the Internet.
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Multiplexing
Your ultimate source for understanding Multiplexing. From frequency-division to code-division, learn how it’s used in areas you’d never expect.
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Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Definition of Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) in Network Encyclopedia. What is Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)? SMS is a Microsoft BackOffice application for managing an organization’s networked computers. Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) lets network administrators: Manage their hardware and software assets Distribute new software from a central location Manage shared applications loaded from…
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Media-Dependent Adapter (MDA): Modular Networking
MDA (Media-Dependent Adapter) is a module that can be inserted into a modular Ethernet switch to provide connectivity between different media types.
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MAC Address
MAC Address is a unique 6-byte (48-bit) address that is usually permanently burned into a network interface card (NIC) or other physical-layer networking device and that uniquely identifies the device on an Ethernet-based network.
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Multistation Access Unit (MAU)
MAU (stands for Multistation Access Unit) was a wiring concentrator or passive hub used in Token Ring networks. Read the article to fully understand this concept.
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Multiplexer (MUX)
A multiplexer is a telecommunications device that multiplexes several data channels from different pieces of data terminal equipment (DTE).