MAPI
Short for Messaging Application Programming Interface, a system built into Microsoft Windows that enables different e-mail applications to work together to distribute mail. As long as both applications are MAPI-enabled, they can share mail messages with each other.
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Short for Mobile Augmented Reality Applications MARA is a Nokia research project that uses camera-equipped mobile devices as platforms for sensor-based, video see-through mobile Augmented Reality. The MARA prototype application uses accelerometers in all three axes to determine orientation, a tilt compensated compass for heading, and GPS for positioning. If the absolute location and orientation […]
- Media Access Unit (MAU)
(1) Short for Media Access Unit, an Ethernet transceiver. (2) Short for Multistation Access Unit (also abbreviated as MSAU), a token-ring network device that physically connects network computers in a star topology while retaining the logical ring structure. One of the problems with the token-ring topology is that a single non-operating node can break the […]
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In SQL, MAX is a clause to determine maximum value of the select statement. The MAX function returns the maximum value of an expression.
- MB
(1) When spelled MB, short for megabyte (1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes, depending on the context). (2) When spelled Mb, short for megabit.
- MBR
Short for Master Boot Record, a small program that is executed when a computer boots up. Typically, the MBR resides on the first sector of the hard disk. The program begins the boot process by looking up the partition table to determine which partition to use for booting. It then transfers program control to the […]