A process in which many Internet users send a lot of messages to someone in order to punish them for a transgression against the Internet. (See E-Mail.)
Mailbox
Space on an ISP computer that serves as a "mailbox" for a specific user's/client's incoming and outgoing E-Mail messages .
(See ISP, E-Mail.)
Mailing list
A list of E-Mail addresses of users who all receive messages sent to a certain group. For example, the "derby.request@ekrl.com", which deals with horse racing, or the "listserve@vm1.nodak.edu", which deals with earthquakes. (See E-Mail, listserv)
Megabyte
A unit of computerized data. A megabyte is a million bytes. (See bit, byte, kilobyte.)
MIDI life - Musical Instrument Digital Interface:
Software that compresses musical data. If a file ends with "mid", it means it was compressed by MIDI.
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
A new Internet protocol for transferring non-textual data such as sound files, movie files, etc.
mIRC
One of the most widely-available IRC programs. It was developed by Khaled Mardan of England. (See IRC.)
Mirror site
If a certain FTP site becomes very popular and is therefore extremely busy, its owner can create a mirror site - another FTP site with the same content. This relieves pressure from the original site. (See FTP, site.)
Modem
The word "modem" stands for "modulator-demodulator". A modem allows your computer to "talk" to other computers via a telephone line. (See network.)
Mosaic
The first WWW browser used over the Internet, Mosaic contributed greatly to the popularity of the Web.
MPEG- Motion Picture Experts Group
A method for video compression. When you see a file that ends with "mpg", it means that it was compressed by MPEG.
(See filename extension, compression)
Multimedia
A combination of different types of information, such as text, movies, sound, etc. On the Internet, Web pages can present music, animation, and video clips along with textual information. (See Web page.)
