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• = Term carried over from FS-1037C
• = New term from open literature
• = New term from ANSI T1 sources

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• MAC
• machine-independent
• machine instruction
• machine language
• machine learning
• machine-oriented language
• machine-readable medium
• machine word
• macrobend
• macrobend loss
• magic cookie
• magnetic card
• magnetic circuit
• magnetic core storage
• magnetic disk
• magnetic drum
• magnetic remanence
• magnetic storm
• magnetic tape
• magneto-ionic double refraction
• magneto-optic
• magneto-optic effect
• mail bombing
• mailbox-type facility
• mail exchange record (MX record)
• mail exploder
• mail gateway
• mailing list
• mailing list server
• mail path
• mail reflector
• mailserver
• mail user agent
• main beam
• main distribution frame (MDF)
• main frame
• mainframe
• main lobe
• main station
• main storage
• maintainability
• maintenance
• maintenance control circuit (MCC)
• maintenance hook
• maintenance key
• major lobe
• make interval
• malicious applets
• malicious code
• malicious logic
• MAN
• managed object
• management domain
• management information system (MIS)
• management inhibit
• management system
• managing system
• Manchester code
• mandatory fixed part
• mandatory variable part
• mandrel wrapping
• manipulation detection
• manipulation detection code (MDC)
• man-machine system
• manual remote rekeying
• margin
• marine broadcast station
• marine utility station
• maritime air communications
• maritime broadcast communications net
• maritime mobile-satellite service
• maritime mobile service
• maritime radionavigation-satellite service
• maritime radionavigation service
• mark
• marker beacon
• marking bias
• marking end distortion
• marking pulse
• marking signal
• mark sequence
• marquee
• Martian
• m -ary code
• m -ary signaling
• maser
• mask
• masked threshold
• masking
• masquerade
• masquerading
• master clock
• master file (MF)
• master frequency generator
• mastergroup
• master key
• master oscillator
• master-slave timing
• master station
• matched junction
• matching gel
• material absorption
• material dispersion
• material dispersion coefficient [ M ( )]
• material scattering
• matrixing
• matte
• MAU
• maximal-ratio combiner
• maximum block transfer time
• maximum calling area
• maximum disengagement time
• maximum justification rate
• maximum keying frequency
• maximum modulating frequency
• maximum stuffing rate
• maximum time interval error (MTIE)
• maximum usable frequency (MUF)
• maximum user signaling rate
• Maxwell's equations
• Mbone
• MCC
• MCM
• MDF
• meaconing
• mean power (of a radio transmitter)
• mean time between failures (MTBF)
• mean time between outages ( MTBO )
• mean time to repair (MTTR)
• mean time to service restoral (MTSR)
• measured blocking threshold
• measured-rate service
• measurement period
• mechanically induced modulation
• mechanically intermateable connectors
• mechanical splice
• media converter
• media stream
• mediation
• mediation function
• medium
• medium access unit (MAU)
• medium frequency (MF)
• medium interface connector (MIC)
• medium interface point (MIP)
• medium-power talker
• medium-term bit error rate
• megahertz (MHz)
• memory
• memory scavenging
• menu
• MEO
• MERCAST
• merchant-ship broadcast system (MERCAST)
• meridional ray
• mesh network
• mesh topology
• mesochronous
• message
• message alignment indicator
• message authentication
• message authentication code (MAC)
• message body
• message broadcast
• message center
• message digest
• message element
• message externals
• message feedback
• message format
• message frame
• message handling system (MHS)
• message heading
• message indicator
• message part
• message register leads
• message service
• message signal unit (MSU)
• message switching
• message toll service
• message transfer agent (MTA)
• message transfer part
• message type
• message type code
• message unit
• message word
• messaging service
• meta
• meta certificate
• metallic circuit
• metallic member
• metallic test access unit (MTAU)
• metallic voltage
• meta name
• meta-signaling VCs (vacant codes)
• meteor burst communications
• meteorological aids service
• meteorological-satellite service
• metric system
• metropolitan area network (MAN)
• metropolitan service area
• MF
• MFD
• MFJ
• MFSK
• MHS
• MHz
• MIC
• microbend
• microbending
• microbend loss
• microcircuit
• microcode
• microcomputer
• microfinishing film
• microinstruction
• micro-mainframe link
• microprocessor
• microprogram
• microwave (mw)
• Mie scattering
• mileage
• military common emergency frequency
• millimeter wave
• MIME
• mimicking
• minicomputer
• minimize
• minimum bend radius
• minimum discernable signal (MDS)
• minimum-dispersion slope
• minimum-dispersion wavelength
• minimum-dispersion window
• minimum-loss window
• minimum picture interval
• minutes-of-use
• minutes-of-use-kilometers
• MIP
• mirroring
• MIS
• misalignment loss
• misdelivered block
• misdelivered frame
• mission bit stream
• mistracking
• mixer
• mixing
• MJU
• MLP(multilevel precedence) compatibility mode
• MLPP
• MM patch bay
• mobile Earth station
• mobile-satellite service
• mobile service
• mobile services switching center (MSC)
• mobile station
• mobile station international ISDN number
• modal dispersion
• modal distortion
• modal distribution
• modal loss
• modal noise
• mode
• mode coupling
• mode field diameter (MFD)
• mode filter
• mode [identification friend or foe]
• modem
• mode mixer
• modem patch
• mode of operation
• mode partition noise
• moderated conference
• moderator
• mode scrambler
• mode stripper
• mode volume
• modification detection
• modification detection code
• Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ)
• modified AMI code
• modular
• modular jack
• modulation
• modulation factor
• modulation index
• modulation rate
• modulation suppression
• modulator
• modulator-demodulator (modem)
• module
• modulo-2 addition
• monitor
• monitor black level
• monitoring
• monitor jack
• monitor key
• monitor window
• monochromatic
• monochromator
• monomode optical fiber
• more (M) bit
• mosquito noise
• most significant bit
• motion compensation
• motion-related artifacts
• motion response degradation
• motion video
• mouse
• MP3
• M-patch bay
• .mpe
• M-PEG
• .mpg
• .mps
• .mpv
• m-sequence
• MTA
• MTBF
• MTBO
• MTSR
• MTTR
• MTU
• mudbox
• MUF
• mu-law ( -law)
• mu-law ( -law) algorithm
• muldem
• multiaddress calling
• multicarrier modulation (MCM)
• multicast
• multicast address
• multicast backbone (Mbone)
• multi-center exchange
• multichannel
• multicoupler
• multidestination mode (MD)
• multi-element dipole antenna
• multifiber cable
• multifiber cable assembly
• multifiber joint
• multiframe
• multifrequency pulsing
• multifrequency signaling
• multi-homed host
• multilayer filter
• multilevel device
• multilevel mode
• multilevel modulation
• multilevel precedence and preemption (MLPP)
• multilevel security (MLS)
• multilink operation
• multimedia
• multimedia communication system
• multimode dispersion
• multimode distortion
• multimode group delay
• multimode optical fiber
• multiparty line
• multipath
• multiple
• multiple access
• multiple association control function (MACF)
• multiple call
• multiple data message format (MDMF)
• multiple frequency-shift keying (MFSK)
• multiple homing
• multiple media
• multiple-spot scanning
• multiple terminal address registration
• multiplex (MUX)
• multiplex aggregate bit rate
• multiplex baseband
• multiplexer (MUX)
• multiplexer/demultiplexer (muldem)
• multiplex hierarchy
• multiplexing (MUXing)
• multiplexing equipment
• multiplex link encryption
• multipoint
• multipoint access
• multipoint circuit
• multipoint configuration
• multipoint connection
• multipoint control unit (MCU)
• multipoint distribution service
• multipoint grounding system
• multipoint link
• multiport repeater
• multiprocessing
• multiprocessor
• multiprogramming
• multipulse test signal
• multipurpose Internet mail extension
• multi-satellite link
• multistreaming technology
• multitasking
• multi-threaded
• Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
• mutually synchronized network
• mutual suspicion
• mutual synchronization
• MUX
• mw
• mx record

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