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• MSRP

  Short for manufacturer’s suggested retail price, MSRP is the term used to mean the price at which a developer or manufacturer will recommend a retailer sell a product for. MSRP may also be abbreviated as MRP for manufacturer’s suggested price. Also called sticker price.

• MSS

  Short for Maximum Segment Size. The maximum segment size (MSS) is the largest amount of data, specified in bytes, that a computer or communications device can handle in a single, unfragmented piece. * Each TCP device has associated with it a ceiling on TCP size — a segment size that will never be exceeded regardless […]

• MS FrontPage

  Microsoft FrontPage, a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. A software program to create and manage Web pages.

• MTA (Message Transfer Agent)

  Short for message transfer agent, MTA is the program responsible for receiving incoming emails and delivering the messages to individual users. The MTA transfers messages between computers. How MTA Works Hidden from the average user, the message transfer agent is responsible for routing messages to their proper destinations. MTAs receive messages from both MUAs and […]

• MTBF

  Short for mean time between failures, the average time a device will function before failing. MTBF ratings are measured in hours and indicate the sturdiness of hard disk drives and printers. Typical disk drives for personal computers have MTBF ratings of about 500,000 hours. This means that of all the drives tested, one failure occurred […]

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