A simple music-from-text language for use with MusiXTeX M-Tx is a music-from-text language designed to look as much as possible like printed music. Here is some typical input code: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Net soos ek is Composer: Charlotte Elliott Style: SATB Sharps: 2 Meter: 3/4 PMX: w190m Space: 9 @+5 b4 b b | b2d | a4 a a | a2d | d4 e- f | g2 e4 | d2d of |] L: Net soos ek is, net soos ek is, O Lam van God, ek kom. d4s g f | e2d | e4 f e | d2d | d4 dr d | d2 c4 | d2d |] @^+5 rp | b4 e d | c2d | a4 d c | ( b2d | b2 ) g4 | f2d |] LT: Net soos ek is, O Lam van God, ek kom. a4 a a | g2d | g4 g g | f2d | b4- g+ f | e2 a4- | d2d ofd |] L: Net soos ek is, net soos ek is, O Lam van God, ek kom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To run M-Tx, you also need MusiXTeX, musixlyr and PMX, all available as Debian packages. Author: Dirk Laurie <dirk@calvyn.puk.ac.za> From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modula-2 translator (compiler) m2c is a Modula-2 translator. The translator supports Modula-2 versions described in 3rd and 4th editions of famous Wirth's book _Programming_in_Modula-2_. (Note: This is not current Modula-2 ISO standard.) High portability of the translator is achieved by intermediate translation into C. The translator is aimed to be used on Unixes of different flavours. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A GNU implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. M4 is useful for writing text files which can be logically parsed, and is used by many programs as part of their build process. M4 has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. The autoconf program needs m4 for generating configure scripts, but not for running configure scripts. Install m4 if you need a macro processor. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a macro processing language GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux kernel TFTP boot loader for m68k VME processor boards. Tftplilo is a highly configurable kernel and ramdisk network boot loader for BVM and Motorola m68k VME processor boards. It provides a mechanism for one or more diskless machines to interactively select a kernel boot configuration from a set of configurations defined in a single text configuration file that is transferred from the host tftp server. Each defined configuration specifies things such as Linux kernel and initial ramdisk file names which are then also transferred from the host tftp server. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mandatory Access Control (MLS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Access Control (ISO, OSI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, cryptography) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A specific type of message digest where the secret key is included as part of the fingerprint. Whereas a normal digest consists of a hash(data), the MAC consists of a hash(key + data). Contrast: The most common form is actually HMAC (hash MAC) that uses the algorithm hash(key + hash(key + data)). From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Every piece of Ethernet hardware has a unique number assigned to it called it's MAC address. Remember that Ethernet is used locally to connect you to the Internet, and you share the local network with many other people. The MAC address is used by your local Internet router in order to direct your traffic to you rather than somebody else in your local area. Key point: The MAC address is 6-bytes long, and must be unique. In order to guarantee uniqueness, equipment vendors are assigned a unique 3-byte prefix, and they then assign their own 3-byte suffix. Thus, the first 3-bytes of a MAC address identifies what kind of hardware you have (3Com, Cisco, Intel, etc.). Key point: The uniqueness property of MAC addresses has interesting implications. It was an important clue in tracking down David Smith (the Melissa author). From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilayer ACtuator Head From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The native binary language recognised and executed by a computer's central procsessing unit (CPU). Machine language, a low-level language symbolised by 0s and 1s, is extremely difficult to use and read. See assembly language and high-level progamming language. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Access Control IDentifier, "MAC-ID" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MACintosh Operating System (Apple, OS), "MacOS" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
/mak'roh/ n. [techspeak] A name (possibly followed by a formal arg list) that is equated to a text or symbolic expression to which it is to be expanded (possibly with the substitution of actual arguments) by a macro expander. This definition can be found in any technical dictionary; what those won't tell you is how the hackish connotations of the term have changed over time. The term `macro' originated in early assemblers, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device. During the early 1970s, macro assemblers became ubiquitous, and sometimes quite as powerful and expensive as HLLs, only to fall from favor as improving compiler technology marginalized assembler programming (see languages of choice). Nowadays the term is most often used in connection with the C preprocessor, LISP, or one of several special-purpose languages built around a macro-expansion facility (such as TeX or Unix's [nt]roff suite). Indeed, the meaning has drifted enough that the collective `macros' is now sometimes used for code in any special-purpose application control language (whether or not the language is actually translated by text expansion), and for macro-like entities such as the `keyboard macros' supported in some text editors (and PC TSR or Macintosh INIT/CDEV keyboard enhancers). From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A command that incorporates a set of other commands. You custom design a command, called a macro, from existing commands. Both the vi editor and the nroff and troff formatters use macros. The mm macro package described in this book is an example of a large collection of nroff and troff macros. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A program consisting of recorded keystrokes and an application's command language that, when run within the application, executes the keystrokes and commands to accomplish a task. Macros can automate tedious and often-repeated tasks (such as saving and backing up a file to a floppy) or create special menus to speed data entry. Some programs provide a macro-recording mode in which the program records your keystrokes and then saves the recording as a macro. Others provide a built-in macro editor, where you type and edit macro commands directly to create IF/THEN/ELSE statements and DO/WHILE loops. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A set of instructions stored in an executable form. Macros may be application specific (such as a spreadsheet or word processing macro that performs specific steps within that program) or general-purpose (for example, a keyboard macro that types in a user ID when Ctrl-U is pressed on the keyboard). From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Large. Opposite of micro-. In the mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people) this competes with the prefix mega-, but hackers tend to restrict the latter to quantification. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Application Control System (SNI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MODEM Access Control System (MODEM, DES, cryptography), "M.A.C.S." From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Set of tools to deal with specially encoded Macintosh files macutils is a package that contains a number of utilities that deal with Macintosh files on a Unix system. This is useful for converting BinHex-encoded files to the smaller MacBinary format before transferring them to a Mac. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Address Directory From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Kaboom! clone "Mad Bomber" is a clone of Activision's classic Atari 2600 console game, "Kaboom!," by Larry Kaplan, with spruced-up graphics and sound effects, and music. The Mad Bomber is loose in the city and he's dropping bombs everywhere! It's your job to catch them before they hit the ground and explode. Luckily, you have a set of trusty buckets to extinguish the bombs with. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC 2730, Multicast) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Application Development Environment (CWI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An Italian Linux Distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Activex Development Kit (ActiveX, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
IRC personal proxy, stationing, logger and bot program (pirc). madoka can work as IRC personal proxy server, stationing on the IRC net with logging. and some bot plugins included. madoka is IPv6 compliant with Socket6.pm which is in libsocket6-perl. But Documents are available only Japanese. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MPEG audio player in fixed point MAD is an MPEG audio decoder. It currently only supports the MPEG 1 standard, but fully implements all three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, the latter often colloquially known as MP3.). There is also full support for ID3 tags. All work is done in fixed point, so it even works on machines without a FPU. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple APIC Description Table (ACPI, APIC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh Application Environment (Apple, Sun, HPUX) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maelstrom is a space combat game, originally ported from the Macintosh platform. Brave pilots get to dodge asteroids and fight off other ships at the same time. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
computes fontsizes and magsteps From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
In source code, some non-obvious constant whose value is significant to the operation of a program and that is inserted inconspicuously in-line (hardcoded), rather than expanded in by a symbol set by a commented #define. Magic numbers in this sense are bad style. 2. A number that encodes critical information used in an algorithm in some opaque way. 3. pecial data located at the beginning of a binary data file to indicate its type to a utility. Under Unix, the system and various applications programs (especially the linker) distinguish between types of executable file by looking for a magic number. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
n. [Unix/C; common] 1. In source code, some non-obvious constant whose value is significant to the operation of a program and that is inserted inconspicuously in-line (hardcoded), rather than expanded in by a symbol set by a commented #define. Magic numbers in this sense are bad style. 2. A number that encodes critical information used in an algorithm in some opaque way. The classic examples of these are the numbers used in hash or CRC functions, or the coefficients in a linear congruential generator for pseudo-random numbers. This sense actually predates and was ancestral to the more commonsense 1. 3. Special data located at the beginning of a binary data file to indicate its type to a utility. Under Unix, the system and various applications programs (especially the linker) distinguish between types of executable file by looking for a magic number. Once upon a time, these magic numbers were PDP-11 branch instructions that skipped over header data to the start of executable code; 0407, for example, was octal for `branch 16 bytes relative'. Many other kinds of files now have magic numbers somewhere; some magic numbers are, in fact, strings, like the !<arch> at the beginning of a Unix archive file or the %! leading PostScript files. Nowadays only a wizard knows the spells to create magic numbers. How do you choose a fresh magic number of your own? Simple -- you pick one at random. See? It's magic! The magic number, on the other hand, is 7+/-2. See "The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our capacity for processing information" by George Miller, in the "Psychological Review" 63:81-97 (1956). This classic paper established the number of distinct items (such as numeric digits) that humans can hold in short-term memory. Among other things, this strongly influenced the interface design of the phone system. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
determine file type From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magicdev is a daemon that runs within the GNOME environment and detects when a CD is removed or inserted. Magicdev handles running autorun programs on the CD, updating the File Manager, and playing audio CDs. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
automatic printer filter. Magicfilter is a customizable, extensible automatic printer filter. It uses its own magic database (` la file(1)) to decide how to print out a given print job. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MagicPoint is an X11 based presentation tool. MagicPoint's presentation files (typically .mgp files) are plain text so you can create presentation files quickly with your favorite editor. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Computational group theory software with GUI The MAGNUS computational group theory package is an innovative symbolic algebra package providing facilities for doing calculations in and about infinite groups. Almost all symbolic algebra systems are oriented toward finite computations that are guaranteed to produce answers, given enough time and resources. By contrast, MAGNUS is concerned with experiments and computations on infinite groups which in some cases are known to terminate, while in others are known to be generally recursively unsolvable. MAGNUS features an intuitive graphical user interface, facilities for running different algorithms on the same problem in parallel, generation of approximations for working on otherwise infeasible problems, genetic algorithms and a plug-in package manager. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Debian reference librarian This program acts as a "reference librarian" for the apt(8) and dpkg(8) database, and how that information compares to the actual system. Each package is fully described on an individual page. Three additional package lists are provided: "required by," "recommended by" and "suggested by," as is a link to the Debian bug tracking system. If the package is installed, the page also shows the conffiles and any files in the package which don't match the manifest (if enabled). All package lists provide the "summary" description and the version of the package, if installed. A synopis of all packages (the 'description' field) is available, grouped by section or priority or keyword. A synopsis of all installed packages is also provided. Additional indexes include package name, maintainer, source package, package size, installed size and md5sum. Magpie also has experimental XML support, but no XSL stylesheets have been defined yet. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The original Mah-Jong game This is a set of programs to play the original Mah-Jong game: one server, one client for a human player and one client for a programmed player. Hence the game can be played by 1 to 4 human players. You should keep in mind that the original Mah-Jong game has nothing to do with the well-known solitaire game. (It only uses the same set of tiles.) If you like the game, please consider making a donation to the (upstream) author. Read /usr/share/doc/mah-jong/README.Debian for details. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Electronic Mail is a means of exchanging private text messages through the Internet and other networks. Common Unix mail readers include Elm, Pine, and MUSH. It is also possible to read mail across a SLIP connection with a client program connected to a popmail server. From KADOWKEV http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
send and receive mail From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Programs derived from the Mail::Audit package Small programs designed to enhance the Mail::Audit package. These include proc2ma, to convert procmail rc files to mail filters using Mail::Audit, and popread, to act as a replacement for fetchmail. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNU sharutils From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
an automatic mail-processing tool From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An automatic mail-processing tool Mailagent allows you to process your mail automatically. This has far more functionality than procmail, and is easier to configure (providing, of course, that you grok perl). As a mail processing tool, this slices, it dices, it ... Given a set of lex-like rules, you are able to file mails to specific folders (plain Unix-style folders and also MMDF and MH ones), forward messages to a third person, pipe a message to a command or even post the message to a newsgroup. It is also possible to process messages containing some commands. You may also set up a vacation program, which will automatically answer your mail while you are not there, but more flexibly than the Unix command of the same name. You only need to supply a message to be sent and the frequency at which this will occur. Some simple macro substitutions allow you to re-use some parts of the mail header into your vacation message, for a more personalized reply. You may also set up a generic mail server, without the hassle of the lower-level concerns like error recovery, logging or command parsing. The mailagent is not usually invoked manually but is rather called via the filter program, which is in turn invoked by sendmail. That means you must have sendmail/smail on your system to use this. You also must have perl to run the mailagent scripts. It is possible to extend the mailagent filtering commands by implementing them in perl and then having them automagically loaded when used. Please note that on Debian systems, mailagent can not lock /var/spool/mail directory mailboxes, and thus one must put a catch all rule saving all mail in ones home directory. This is because Debian MDA policy requires them to be setgid mail, and making anything as extensible as mailagent setgid anything negates any benefit of having group permission protection. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
In electronix mail, the storage space that has been set aside to store an individual's electronic mail messages. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mailcap file is used by the metamail program. Metamail reads the mailcap file to determine how it should display non-text or multimedia material. Basically, mailcap associates a particular type of file with a particular program that a mail agent or other program can call in order to handle the file. Mailcap should be installed to allow certain programs to be able to handle non-text files. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Check multiple mailboxes/maildirs for mail Mailcheck is a simple, configurable tool that allows multiple mailboxes to be checked for the existence of new mail messages. It supports both mbox and maildir-style mailboxes, for compatibility with most mail transport agents. It also supports remote POP3 and IMAP mailboxes. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An Emacs interface to the GNU Privacy Guard. Mailcrypt is an Emacs lisp package that provides a simple but powerful interface to cryptographic functions for mail and news. With Mailcrypt, encryption becomes a seamlessly integrated part of your mail and news handling environment. Mailcrypt can automatically fetch public keys to encode, decode, and verify messages, and can be configured to automate mailing through anonymous remailers. Although Mailcrypt may be used to process data in arbitrary Emacs buffers, it is most useful in conjunction with other Emacs packages for handling mail and news. Mailcrypt has specialized support for Rmail, VM, MH-E, and Gnus. Currently XEmacs ships with its own Mailcrypt, so this package should only be used with GNU/Emacs. (I.e., you don't need to install this package if your site uses only XEmacs.) From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Deliver bulletins directly to the users' Maildir. Deliver bulletins directly to the Maildir mail storage of users. Designed to be run from the /etc/aliases file with command-line parameters for which groups to send mail to. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mailagent's commands From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mail delivery agent with filtering abilities maildrop is a replacement for your local mail delivery agent. maildrop reads a mail message from standard input, then delivers the message to your mailbox. maildrop knows how to deliver mail to mbox-style mailboxes, and maildirs (a mail storing format introduced by Qmail). maildrop can optionally read instructions from a file on how to filter incoming mail, and, based upon the instructions, deliver mail to alternate mailboxes, or forward it to somewhere else, like procmail. Unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language that's a bit easier on the eyes. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A program that filters your incoming e-mail to help remove spam. Mailfilter is very flexible utility for UNIX (-like) operating systems to get rid of unwanted e-mail messages, before having to go through the trouble of downloading them to the local computer. It offers support for one or many POP3 accounts and is especially useful for dialup connections via modem, ISDN, etc. Install Mailfilter if you'd like to remove spam from your POP3 mail accounts. With Mailfilter you can define your own filters (rules) to determine which e-mails should be delivered and which are considered waste. Rules are Regular Expressions, so you can make use of familiar options from other mail delivery programs such as e.g. procmail. If you do not get your mail from a POP3-Server you don't need Mailfilter. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mailagent's commands From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An e-mail address that is an alias (or macro, though that word is never used in this connection) which is expanded by a mail exploder to yield many other e-mail addresses. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A mailing list is a special address that, when posted to, automatically sends email to a long list of other addresses. You usually subscribe to a mailing list by sending some specially formatted email or by requesting a subscription from the mailing list manager. Once you have subscribed to a list, any email you post to the list will be sent to every other subscriber, and every other subscriber's posts to the list will be sent to you. There are mostly three types of mailing lists: the majordomo type, the listserv type, and the *-request type. From Rute-Users-Guide http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
It show new mails with the keyboard-leds The Program mailleds have set the SUID-Bit! Please check the source code! mailleds is a quiet, unobtrusive way to signify that you have new mail: a user daemon to blink LEDs when there is new mail. This package don't have /usr/bin/xmailleds, because this don't work. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mailagent's commands From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A (usually automated) system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the maillist. In this way, people who have many different kinds of e-mail access can participate in discussions together. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Powerful, web-based mailing list manager The GNU Mailing List Manager, which manages email discussion lists much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail <-> news gateways, and so on. It has all of the features you expect from such a product, plus integrated support for the web (including web based archiving), automated bounce handling and integrated spam prevention. For more information see http://www.list.org/. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mailagent's commands From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail Transfer Agent From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Simple, but powerful WWW mail reader system Mailreader is a light and simple web based mail user agent written in PERL. It has a very simple configuration and works quite well. Mailreader currently supports only POP3 servers. Now it support Japanese locale (libjcode-pm-perl needed - otherwise please ignore this suggestion). Although mailreader's dependencies do not include a POP3 server, it does require an available POP3 server on the network for normal operation. For secure connections (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!) you need httpd with ssl support. (You can try apache-ssl). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An email virus scanner and spam tagger. MailScanner is a freely distributable E-Mail gateway virus scanner and spam detector. It uses sendmail or Exim as its basis, and a choice of 7 commercial virus scanning engines to do the actual virus scanning. It can decode and scan attachments intended solely for Microsoft Outlook users (MS-TNEF). If possible, it will disinfect infected documents and deliver them automatically. It also has features which protect it against Denial Of Service attacks. Virus checking is disabled by default, spam checking is enabled by default. After installation, you can enable virus checking, write your own virus scanner or install one of the supported commercial anti-virus packages. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNU sharutils From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
shows mail-arrival statistics From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Synchronize IMAP mailboxes Mailsync is a way of keeping a collection of mailboxes synchronized. The mailboxes may be on the local filesystem or on an IMAP server. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
WWW Forms to Mail Gateway This package provides a CGI program that converts data submitted through a <forms> tag to simple mail that is sent to a given address. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Package to facilitate upgrades This package exists to smooth upgrades from the old name of mailtools to the new name of libmailtools-perl. If all dependencies on mailtools are changed to libmailtools-perl, this package can be safely removed. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNU Mailutils mailx client This is GNUs version of mailx. It is capable of speaking POP3, IMAP, and mbox. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mailutils-based IMAP4 Daemon GNU Mailutils-based IMAP4 Daemon From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mailutils-based POP3 Daemon GNU Mailutils-based POP3 Daemon From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A simple mail user agent. mailx is the traditional command-line-mode mail user agent. Even if you don't use it it may be required by other programs. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mailx package installs the /bin/mail program, which is used to send quick email messages (i.e., without opening up a full-featured mail useragent). Mail is often used in shell scripts. You should install mailx because of its quick email sending ability, which is especially useful if you're planning on writing any shell scripts. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A multi-user computer designed to meet the computing needs of a large organisation. Originally, the term mainframe referred to the metal cabinet that housed the central processing unit (CPU) of early computers. The term came to be used gerneally to refer to the large central computers developed in the late 1950s and 1960s to meet the accounting and information-management needs of large organisations. The largest mainframes can handle thousands of dumb terminals and use terabytes of secondary storage. See minicomputer, personal computer, and workstarion. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The largest and most powerful type of computer system that is widely used. A mainframe typically occupies many cabinets and fills an entire room. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MAchine INdependent SAIL (SAIL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Debian New Maintainers' Guide This package contains the Debian New Maintainers' Guide. This document will try to describe building of a Debian GNU/Linux package to the common Debian user (and wannabe developer) in common language, and well covered with working examples. Contains following chapters: 1. Getting started "The Right Way" 2. First steps 3. Modifying the source 4. Required stuff under debian/ 5. Other files under debian/ 6. Final steps From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Altering progams after they have been in use for a while. Maintenance programming may be performed to add features, correct bugs that escaped detection during testing, or update key variables (such as the inflation rate) that change over time. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A program revision that corrects a minor bug or makes a minor new feature available, such as a new printer driver. Maintenance relesaes are usually numbered in tenths (3.2) or hundredths (2.01), to distinguish them from mahor program revisions. Synonymous with interim update. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [pronounced 'magic'] (Sun, Java) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular Application for JOURnals (EWS, SGML) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A GNU tool for controlling the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. Make allows users to build and install packages without any significant knowledge about the details of the build process. The details about how the program should be built are provided for make in the program's makefile.The GNU make tool should be installed on your system because it is commonly used to simplify the process of installing programs. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNU version of the "make" utility. GNU Make is a program that determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled and issues the commands to recompile them, when necessary. More information about GNU Make can be found in the `make' Info page. The upstream sources for this package are available at the location ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Create simple DB database from textual input. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create dependencies in makefiles From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Creates device files in /dev. The MAKEDEV executable is used to populate the /dev directory with device files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the makedev program, which makes it easier to createand maintain the files in the /dev directory. /dev directory files correspond to a particular device supported by Linux (serial or printerports, scanners, sound cards, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, hard drives,etc.) and interface with the drivers in the kernel. The makedev package is a basic part of your Mandrake Linux system and it needs to be installed. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains the MAKEDEV script, which makes it easier to createand maintain the files in the /dev directory. /dev directory files correspond to a particular device supported by Linux (serial or printer ports, scanners, sound cards, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, hard drives, etc.) and interface with the drivers in the kernel. You should install the MAKEDEV package because the MAKEDEV utility makes it easy to manage the /dev directory device files. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A dictionary compiler for KDrill makeedict is the program to help you make custom dictionary file for KDrill. In particular, this is the program use to create the kanadic drill files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A file that instructs the program make how to compile and link a program. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Creates the default floppy device nodes. TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make a debuggable executable From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a general purpose, formatter-independent index processor From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
translate Texinfo documents From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
generate VF file from japanese TeX TFM file for dvips For japanese font, the real size of PS font and information of TFM file is a bit different and this causes unexpected output so we need VF file to fix this situation. This package provide a tool to generate such VF files from TFM files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
typeset labels in MetaPost pictures with TeX or Troff From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Generate and encrypt passwords Generates true random passwords by using the /dev/random feature of Linux, with the emphasis on security over pronounceability. It can also encrypt plaintext passwords given on the command line. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
generate/apply patch files with more functionality than plain diff This package contains a pair of programs, makepatch and applypatch, to assist in the generation and application of patch kits to synchronise source trees. makepatch knows about common conventions for patch kits (it generates Index: and Prereq: lines, it patches patchlevel.h first, it can use manifest files), plus it prepends some shell code which if run will take care adding directories, removing files, setting execute mode on scripts, and the like. applypatch uses some extra data supplied by makepatch to verify both the patch and the source directory before applying the patch. Afterwards it will clean up the directory tree plus fix up the permissions and even the timestamps on the patched files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Build PostScript resource database file. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
makes string table C source and header(s) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a PK file for a font From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
updates .xvpics thumbnails from the command line This package includes a shell script and a C helper program to update XV/Gimp/zgv/xzgv thumbnails from the command line. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
construct a codepage file for Samba From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
construct a unicode map file for Samba From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A system for automatic language analysis Malaga is a system for implementing natural language analysers: both grammars and morphologies can be created. You will not be needing this package if you do not intend to do research on computer linguistics or develop computer programs that need to do advanced processing of natural languages. This package contains a set of standalone programs that can be used in developing and playing with grammars and morphologies. One of the programs uses a Tk/TCL module for displaying graphical analysis trees. Malaga support for Emacs is also included. To read the documentation in this package you will need a basic TeX environment, particularly the standard Computer Modern fonts and a DVI file viewer, which are included in the Debian tetex-bin and tetex-base packages. Alternatively, you can install the malaga-doc package, which contains the same documentation in HTML and PostScript form. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Utility to sync AvantGo channels with a 3Com Pilot PDA malsync is a small utility that communicates between a 3Com Pilot and the AvantGo webservers (and other MAL enabled servers). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
In an abstract world, the world consists of plants and animals (flora and fauna). Hardware makes up the flora, automated programs with a life of their own make up the malware. Examples: viruses/virii, Trojan Horses, RATs (Remote Administration Trojans), spiders, bots, logic bombs. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Access Module From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, "M.A.M.E." From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
macros to format man pages From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metropolitan Area Network From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The man package includes three tools for finding information and/or documentation about your Linux system: man, apropos and whatis. The man system formats and displays on-line manual pages about commands or functions on your system. Apropos searches the whatis database (containing short descriptions of system commands) for a string. Whatis searches its own database for a complete word. The man package should be installed on your system because it is the primary way for find documentation on a Mandrake Linux system. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The UNIX/Linux command for reading online manual pages. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Every version of UNIX comes with an extensive collection of online help pages called man pages (short for manual pages). The man pages are the authoritative about your UNIX system. They contain complete information about both the kernel and all the utilities. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The on-line manual pager This package provides the man command, the primary way of examining the on-line help files (manual pages). Other utilities provided include the whatis and apropos commands for searching the manual page database, the manpath utility for determining the manual page search path, and the maintenance utilities mandb, catman and zsoelim. man-db uses the groff suite of programs to format and display the manual pages. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An attacker where the hacker interposes himself in the middle between two people. Culture: Historically, when talking about such attacks, the hacker is given male names starting with the letter M (like Mallory, Mark, Mawry, etc.). Key point: This often means that both sides of a connection really need to authenticate themselves. For example, when you log into a server, you really want to be assured it is the real server you are talking to, rather than Mark who is forwarding your requests to the real server using your identity. Key point: In the year 2000, Dug Song released a toolkit for interposing yourself in between SSL and SSH connections. It relies upon the fact that client systems do not validate the certificates on the server. Therefore, the man-in-the-middle attack can present any certificate to the client, which will not realize it is not the certificate of the server. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A large collection of man pages (documentation) from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A large collection of man pages (reference material) from the LinuxDocumentation Project (LDP). The man pages are organized into the following sections: Section 1: User commands (intro only) Section 2: System calls Section 3: Libc calls Section 4: Devices (e.g., hd, sd) Section 5: File formats and protocols (e.g., wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs) Section 6: Games (intro only) Section 7: Conventions, macro packages, etc. (e.g., nroff, ascii) Section 8: System administration (intro only) Section 9: Kernel internal routines From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Turns a web-browser and an httpd-server into a man pager. Point your webbrowser at http://your.site/cgi-bin/man2html and you got your manpages in the browser. Features: * Fast C CGI program for man/BSD-mandoc to HTML conversion. * Works from the unformatted nroff/troff source. * Source may be compressed. * Does tbl tables (but not eqn equations). * Generates hypertext links to foobar(1), abc@host, and xyzzy.h files * CGI script for whatis-based alpha-indexes by section. * CGI script for name-only alpha-indexes by section. * CGI script for full text search (requires glimpse) * Front-end script to talk to a pre-launched netscape. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create or update the manual page index caches From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MandrakeSoft makes this popular distribution. Originally based on Red Hat Linux, Mandrake Linux has grown into a unique distribution. Mandrake Linux 9.1 (Bamboo) was released March 25, 2003. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package displays an html file allowing users to launch browsers to other html pages (Mandrake web sites or local html documentation) or to launch Mandrake applications such as the Mandrake Control Center. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains all MIME type files not provided by desktop environment. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mandrake Linux release file. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package contains useful icons, backgrounds and others goodies for the Mandrake desktop. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A GTK+-based Enhanced ManPage Editor ManEdit was created due to a lack of editors for UNIX manual pages, since users expect each UNIX program/configuration/api/etc to have a manual page the lack of an editor and the high demand for what it should create eventually lead to this (long overdue) application. Although most resourced developers can create a source document using a much more advanced editor and then export to multiple file formats, the average UNIX contributor isn't up to that. Even the creators of this application were intimidated at the UNIX manual page creation process. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Blue Mango Quest, a first person maze game Pacman meets Doom This brings the third dimension into the classical game of pacman: run arround a maze eating pills and power ups while you avoid being eaten by ghostly fiends. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Man pages about using a Linux system. This package contains the Linux man pages for these sections: * 4 = Devices (e.g. hd, sd). * 5 = File formats and protocols, syntaxis of several system files (e.g. wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs). * 7 = Conventions and standards, macro packages, etc. (e.g. nroff, ascii). Sections 1, 6 and 8 are provided by the respective applications. This package only includes the intro man page describing the section. The man pages describe syntaxis of several system files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
determine search path for manual pages From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
format of the /etc/manpath.config file From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A php/MySQL/web based bug tracking system. Php3 version Mantis is a php/MySQL/web based bug tracking system. The software resides on a webserver while any web browser should be able to function as a client. It is released under the terms of the GNU GPL. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minor mode for manued proofreading method Manued is a method for proofreading of manuscripts, proposed by Ikuo TAKEUCHI in No.39 Programming symposium of Japan. Manued is a media independent proofreading method, however, it is especially effective for exchanging electric texts via E-mail. Manued.el is an emacs lisp implementation for supporting manued method. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maintenance Analysis Procedure (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Application Part (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Access Protocol [for MPT 1327] (MPT 1327), "MAP 27" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Application Part - Application Service Elements (MAP, MSC, GSM, mobile-systems), "MAP-ASE" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Messaging Application Program Interface (MS, WOSA, API) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol, "MAP/TOP" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microprogram Address Register (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A simple DNS server, aimed to be secure This DNS server has the following goals: Security. A DNS server needs to be secure. It has a number of security features in the code, including: 1.The code uses a special string library which is resistant to buffer overflows. 2.The code, if started as root, mandates running as an unprivledged user in a chroot() jail. Open-Source. This DNS server is public-domain code. There are no restrictions attached to this code. Simplicity. This DNS server has the minimum number of features needed to correctly act as an authoritative name server for a domain. MaraDNS can be found from http://www.maradns.org From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A game where you build figures out of colored marbles The goal of this game is to create a more or less complex figure out of single marbles within a time limit to reach the next level. Sounds easy? Well, there is a problem: If a marble starts to move, it will not stop until it hits a wall or another marble. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MAchine Readable Cataloging [record] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An interpreter for a Dylan-like language Marlais is a simple-minded interpreter for a programming language strongly resembling Dylan. Dylan is an object oriented language similar to Lisp that uses infix syntax rather than prefix syntax. Marlais can use either syntax. This is a "hackers release" and is intended as a vehicle for education and experimentation. If you are interested in using Dylan you may also wish to look at the gwydion-dylan package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Agent Systems (AI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mittelstands-Anwendungs-System 90 (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multicast Address-Set Claim [protocol] (RFC 2909, Multicast) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Administration Service Element From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft ASseMbler (MS, assembler) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Interactively creates a Linux packet filtering firewall. Mason creates a firewall that exactly matches the types of TCP/IP traffic flowing in, out and through a Linux computer. It can be used to create a full firewall or add rules to an existing firewall. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A mailer for hosts without permanent internet connection MasqMail is a MTA (mail transport agent) and POP3 client for hosts that don't have a permanent internet connection, eg. a home network or a single host at home. It has special support for connections to different ISPs, and will work nicely along with the masqdialer. In these cases, MasqMail is a slim replacement for full-blown MTAs such as sendmail, exim, qmail or postfix. The POP3 client can be a small replacement for other full-featured tools like fetchmail. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An attack where somebody forges their identity, either by supplying false credentials when authenticating or by hijacking existing connections through man-in-the-middle attacks. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A piece of equipment, such as a disk or tape drive, that stores large amounts of data relatively inexpensively. Although these devices cost less than the main memory in a computer system, they are much slower to access. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mastodon, version INST0064 was released March 9, 2001. It is a self-booting 360MB CD image, suitable for burning onto a CD-ROM. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A X11 Window manager for handheld devices Matchbox is a X11 window manager designed for computers with little screen real estate, limited input devices and low cpu/storage resources. Touchscreen PDA's fit well into this category. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A flash card game designed to teach maths. A GTK application that teaches kids (and adults) how to respond quickly to math problems using flash cards and timers. It includes a Computer player, where the player gets to decide if the Computer is right or not. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An experiment in Artificial life Matrem is a computer program that simulates life. It belongs to the emerging science of "artificial life", which studies evolution and complex systems in general by simulation. Matrem is also a game, where players compete to create the fittest life form. Their efforts are the driving force behind the program. This package provides a binary generated from the original sources. You can study the evolution of the default world and species. If you wish to add your own species you will need to download and modify the source code. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
change MSDOS file attribute flags TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A wrapper generator for matrix languages Matwrap is a tool for interfacing C++ code into matrix-oriented scripting languages such as Octave, Tela or Matlab 5. It generates all the code to convert from the scripting language's internal types into the types that your C++ code understands (e.g., double, char *, float *, struct abc *). You do not need to understand any of the API details of the language to use your C++ code; just give matwrap a .h file describing your functions. Brief list of features: - Functions are automatically vectorized. - Arguments containing dimensions of other vector and matrix arguments can be computed automatically and need not be specified. - Pointers to structures and classes are supported. Public member functions of classes may be called, and public data members may be evaluated or set. Inheritance is supported. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Medium Access Unit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Medium Attachment Unit (IEEE 802.3, Transceiver) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multistation Access Unit (Token Ring, Hub) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Muensters Apple User Service (BBS, network), "M.A.U.S." From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft At Work From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MAterialWIrtschaft From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a pattern scanning and text processing language Mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language. The AWK language is useful for manipulation of data files, text retrieval and processing, and for prototyping and experimenting with algorithms. Mawk is a new awk meaning it implements the AWK language as defined in Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, The AWK Programming Language, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1988. (Hereafter referred to as the AWK book.) Mawk conforms to the Posix 1003.2 (draft 11.3) definition of the AWK language which contains a few features not described in the AWK book, and mawk provides a small number of extensions. Mawk is smaller and much faster than gawk. It has some compile-time limits such as NF = 32767 and sprintf buffer = 1020. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
pattern scanning and text processing language From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MAssively parallel uniX (Cray, OS, MIMD, MPP, Unix) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Access Exchange (Ascend) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A fairly complete computer algebra system. This system MAXIMA is a COMMON LISP implementation due to William F. Schelter, and is based on the original implementation of Macsyma at MIT, as distributed by the Department of Energy. I now have permission from DOE to make derivative copies, and in particular to distribute it under the GNU public license. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A scientific data visualization system. MayaVi is a Python application using The Visualization Toolkit. It also provides modules which are a handy interface to VTK internals in Python. It features an easy to use GUI, and lets you save the visualized scene to PostScript file, PPM/BMP/TIFF/JPEG/PNG image, Open Inventor, VRML or RenderMan RIB files. And a lot more! MayaVi can be easily modified to do things differently. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MailBox From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MegaByte From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft (user) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mercedes-Benz-Computer-Mikrofilm-System (MBAG), "MB-CMS" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (IC; MOSFET) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a network that works in conjunction with the Internet for audio and video applications. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Grep through mailboxes mboxgrep is a small utility that scans either standard Unix mailboxes, Gnus nnml or nnmh mailboxes, MH mailboxes or Maildirs, and displays messages matching a basic, extended, or Perl-compatible regular expression. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MegaBits Per Second From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
One million bps, actual number is 1,048,576. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
master boot record - The first sector of the disk; this is the sector that the BIOS reads in and starts when the machine is first booted. The master boot record contains a small program which reads the partition table, checks which partition is active (that is, marked bootable), and reads the first sector of that partition, the partition's boot sector. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Boot Record for IBM-PC compatible computers. This is used in booting Linux from the hard disk. The MBR runs first, then transfers control to LILO, which transfers control to the Linux kernel. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Boot Record From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The first physical sector on a bootable disk drive. The place where the system BIOS looks when the computer is first booted, to determine which partition is currently active (bootable), before reading that partition's first (boot) sector and booting from the partition. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Burst Size From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Module BUS [standard] (Sun, SPARC), "MBus" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
copy or move messages to a new mailbox From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a new mailbox From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
copy or move messages to a new mailbox, converting mailbox format From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
copy or move messages to a new mailbox From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Midnight Commander - A powerful file manager. - normal version Midnight Commander is a feature-rich file manager. It has mouse support in a linux console and in an xterm. It started as a Norton Commander clone but now it is far superior to it. Among other things it can do FTP, includes a hex editor, comes with an internal editor which can be invoked separately as 'mcedit' and lets you do most system administration tasks. Browsing, unpacking and installation of Debian packages is possible by just pressing enter on a *.deb file. Handling of other archive formats like rpm, zip, zoo and tar.gz is equally supported. This version comes with undelete for ext2 filesystems compiled in. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Common files for mc and gmc These are the files the midnight commander and the midnight commander GNOME version have in common. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
an advanced, learning, mp3 jukebox MC Foo is an advanced, adaptive and learning mp3 jukebox server. -continuous music playing -learns what music you like and dislike -no static playlists; uses a playqueue you can view and alter -can be controlled from any hosts and even with infrared remote controllers -allows multiple user/preference profiles, according to whose listening and his or her mood Note that MC Foo is in the early stages of development, and not everything works yet. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro Channel Architecture (IBM, PS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mission Critical Applications From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mechanical CAD (AutoCAD, CAD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
dump raw disk image TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Constant Angular Velocity From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Control Block (DOS, TPA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Cycle Between Failure From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manchester Code Converter From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manchester Computing Centre (Linux) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mitteldeutsches Communication Center (Leipzig) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MCC Interim Linux was started by the Manchester Computing Centre in February of 1992, after they made Linux availible on their FTP site in November of 1991. The distribution was one of the first to use a combined boot/root disk. Several distributions were based off of MCC Interim Linux, including TAMU, MJ, and SLS (which later morphed into Slackware Linux, a distribution that's still alive today). Distribution development is not all that active. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
change MSDOS directory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mini Client Driver (MS, Windows NT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Cartridge Drive (Nomai) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Military Communications-Electronics Board (org., mil., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Content Framework / Format (Apple, WWW) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Color Graphics Adapter (IBM, PS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Controller Hub [aka Northbridge] (Intel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Measurement Layer Interface (UMA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Control Interface From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microwave Communications Incorporated From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Communication Lab (org., Uni Boston, USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
the Markov Cluster algorithm The MCL package is an implementation of the Markov Cluster algorithm, and offers utilities for manipulating sparse matrices (the essential data structure in the MCL algorithm) and conducting cluster experiments. For additional information on the MCL algorithm, see the pointers found at <http://members.ams.chello.nl/svandong/>. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiChip Module (CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metropolitan Campus Network From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
??? [cable modem standard] (org.) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Kernel configuration tool mconfig is a tool to configure a Linux kernel. Unlike the scripts that come with kernel source it has a grammar written in yacc and that is compiled once not for each new kernel release. It supports severals interfaces modes for different uses. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
generate magic cookies for xauth From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
copy MSDOS files to/from Unix TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Control Program (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Merlin Convenience Pack (IDB, OS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiport / Multiprotocol Communication Processor From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Control Program/Advanced System, "MCP/AS" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Channel Per Carrier From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MS, ATEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minimum Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, PCR, ABR) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Replacement for old unix crypt(1) mcrypt is a simple crypting program, intended to be replacement for the old unix crypt(1). More information can be found at the mcrypt homepage http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/ . From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Material Control System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Conversion System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modulation and Coding Scheme (EGPRS, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiCast Server From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multichannel Communications System (Mac) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multivender Customer Services (DEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MS, ATEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MS, ATEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Conversion System Message Processor (MCS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mitac Computer Security System (Mitac) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MS, ATEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A CD player and audio mixer for X McTools-lite consists of a CD-ROM audio player with playlists and a database, a mixer control program, and a versatile file requester for shell scripts. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Console Time Sharing System (OS, CAD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management & Cascade Unit (Hub) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro Controller Unit (SIA, RL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multipoint Control Unit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Constant Angular Velocity (Optical Disk) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Make Directory (DOS, OS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management DOMAIN From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mini Disk (Sony) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Digest [algorithm] 2 (RFC 1115/1319) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Digest [algorithm] 4 (RFC 1320) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An older hash algorithms that used to be popular. It is important today only for historical significance because it has been discovered to be "broken". From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Digest [algorithm] 5 (RFC 1321) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MD5 is one of the most popular hash algorithms. It processes an input file or message into a "unique" 128-bit fingerprint. This fingerprint is believed to be "unique"; while it is theoretically possible that two inputs could hash to the same fingerprint, it is nearly statistically impossible. Contrast: Compared to other hash algorithms, MD5 is extremely popular. It is the most popular hashing algorithm, used in SSL, PGP, HTTP authentication, Tripwire, and many other places. MD5 is one of the faster hash algorithms. However, a theoretical weakness has been found such that an attacker may be able to create two separate messages that hash to the same value. Therefore, most use of MD5 is simply for backwards compatibility. History: MD5 was written by Ron Rivest as an enhanced version of the earlier MD4. MD4 is part of many standards, but is considered completely broken by today's standards (and MD5 itself is now considere to have some weaknesses). See also: integrity From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
generates or checks MD5 message digests From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
compute and check MD5 message digest From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail Delivery Agent From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Medicated Digest Authentication (HTTP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Monochrome Display Adapter (IBM, PC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Data Access Components (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid mdadm is a program that can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD devices. As such it provides a similar set of functionality to the raidtools packages. Unlike raidtools, mdadm can perform (almost) all of its functions without having a configuration file. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multidimensional DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro Data Base System (DB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message conversion system directory Component (MCS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Data Coalition From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiDimensional DataBase (DB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
??? DatenErfassung From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
delete an MSDOS file mdeltree - recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mouse device autodetection tool mdetect is a tool for autoconfiguring mice; it is typically used as the backend to some user-friendly frontend code. mdetect writes the autodetected mouse device and protocol (as used by gpm) to standard output. It can be invoked so as to produce output appropriate for XFree86 X server configuration files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Medium Dependent Interface (ethernet) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Data Initiative (org., GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Document Interface (MS, Windows) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiplex Device Interface From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
ident daemon that permits fake identd Mdidentd is a special ident daemon that permits processes to set their own fake ident replies regardless of the userid they are running under. For normal ident to work, a normal ident daemon must be installed as well. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
display an MSDOS directory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MetaData Interchange Specification From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIX Development Kit MDK stands for MIX Development Kit, and provides tools for developing and executing, in a MIX virtual machine, MIXAL programs. The MIX is Donald Knuth's mythical computer, described in the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming, which is programmed using MIXAL, the MIX assembly language. MDK includes a MIXAL assembler (mixasm) and a MIX virtual machine (mixvm) with a command line interface. In addition, a GTK+ GUI to mixvm, called gmixvm, and a Guile interpreter with an embedded MIX virtual machine called mixguile, are provided. Using these interfaces, you can debug your MIXAL programs at source code level, and read/modify the contents of all the components of the MIX computer (including block devices, which are simulated using the file system). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MODEM Developers Kit (MODEM, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package includes that translations of the main menu used by the different desktops and window managers of the distribution; as well as translations used by specifically added features. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mdk kdm. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This package allows to launch khelpcenter or change khelpcenter page. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Mandrake Online tool is designed for registered users who want to upload their configuration (packages, hardware infos). This allows them to be kept informed about security updates, hardware support/enhancements and other high value services. Since 9.1 MandrakeClub and MandrakeOnline have been merged. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microstation Development Language (CAD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Design Rule Checker From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Design System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Delivery Service Element From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Device Sync Protocol (Lotus) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mechanical DeskTop (SGI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Distribution Terminal From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mittlere DatenTechnik From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mountain Daylight Time [-0600] (TZ, MST, USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS directory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mapping Entity From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Millennium Edition (MS, Windows) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a graphical front end for tar From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Debian Med bioinformatics packages This meta package will install bioinformatics related Debian packages for use in medical research. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Debian Med packages for dental practice This meta package will install Debian packages which build a system for managing a dental practice. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNOME search/indexing package Medusa is software that allows you to quickly search your system for particular types of files, using an index. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mega Evil Grin (slang, Usenet, IRC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A million bytes. Actually, technically, 1024 kilobytes. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a conversation simulator that can learn as you talk to it Conversation simulators are computer programs which give the appearance of conversing with a user in natural language. Such programs are effective because they exploit the fact that human beings tend to read much more meaning into what is said than is actually there; we are fooled into reading structure into chaos, and we interpret non-sequitur as valid conversation. MegaHAL differs from conversation simulators such as Eliza in that it uses a Markov Model to learn how to hold a conversation. It is possible to teach MegaHAL to talk about new topics, and in different languages. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Matsushita Electronics Incorporated (manufacturer, Japan) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maya Embedded Language From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail notifier with configurable icons, xbiff replacement Melon is a simple utility that notifies user for newly received emails, through a couple of configurable icons. In short it is an xbiff replacement. It supports multiple mailboxes, acoustic warnings, execution of external programs on request. Since Melon's check is based on the change time of a file, it is able to monitor every kind of files, not just mailboxes. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Website in Japanese. Handhelds/PDA based distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Shows the members of a group; by default, all members. members is the complement of groups: whereas groups shows the groups a specified user belongs to, members shows users belonging to a specified group. Given the name of a group, members will send a space-separated list of member names to stdout. Full option parsing has been added as of this version. You can ask for primary members, secondary members, both on one line, each on separate lines. If no option is selected, prints all members on one line by default. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A extension library that adds memoization support to CMU-CL. The library adds support not only to memoize functions, but also to have persistent memoization information recording to CMU-CL. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memo on the GNOME panel MemoPanel applet allows you to put a memo on the GNOME panel. Basic features are follows: stay on panel (GNOME applet) , i18n support, multi line display, strftime support in memo, color and font changeable, alert schedule URL caller, Ext launcher, IMAP/POP3 mail check, Screenshot From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
memory profiler and leak detector Memprof is a tool for profiling memory usage and detecting memory leaks. It can be used with existing binaries without need for recompilation. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro-ElectroMechanical System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Identify what's using up virtual memory. Lists all the processes, executables, and shared libraries that are using up virtual memory. It's helpful to see how the shared memory is used and which 'old' libs are loaded. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A thorough real-mode memory tester. Memtest86 scans your RAM for errors. This tester runs independently of any OS - it is run at computer boot-up, so that it can test *all* of you memory. You may want to look at `memtest' (in package `sysutils'), which allows to test your memory within Linux, but this one won't be able to test your whole RAM. This used to be part of the hwtools package, which still contains another real-mode memory tester optimized for mmx machines (but less actively maintained). It can output a list of bad RAM regions usable by the BadRAM kernel patch, so that you can still use you old RAM with one or 2 bad bits. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A menstruation calendar Mencal is a menstruation calendar written in Perl. It looks like linux program cal. The difference is, that in mencal some days are colored red. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A collection of algorithm animations Mentor encapsulates the Zeus animation library for Modula-3 into a single application. Zeus itself is not very well documented, but a summary of the animations which are part of the mentor application is available at: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/zeus/home.html From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Functions and actions of a program can be reached via a menu. Menus usually offer submenus that drop down from it. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
provides update-menus functions for some applications The intent of this package is to streamline the menu's (like the fvwm2 ones) in debian. For this purpose, menu provides an "update-menus" command, that will read all installed menu files (as provided by other packages in /usr/lib/menu), and run the frontents for various window-managers in /etc/menu-methods to create startup files for the window managers (or pdmenu). The user and system admin can easily override the menu files on a by-user or by-system bases. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The intent of this package is to streamline the menu's. For this purpose, menu provides an "update-menus" command, that will read all installed menufiles (as provided by other packages in /usr/lib/menu), and run the frontends for various window managers in /etc/menu-methods to create startup files for the window managers (or pdmenu). The user and system admin can easily override the menu files on a by-user or by-system bases. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Menudrake is a menu editor for the Mandrake Linux distribution. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
New logic/functional programming language Mercury is a new logic/functional programming language, which combines the clarity and expressiveness of declarative programming with advanced static analysis and error detection features. Its highly optimized execution algorithm delivers efficiency far in excess of existing logic programming systems, and close to conventional programming systems. Mercury addresses the problems of large-scale program development, allowing modularity, separate compilation, and numerous optimization/time trade-offs. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
three-way file merge From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
merge one library into another From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A tool for merging http logfiles A small and fast C program which merges and sorts http log files in 'Common Log Format' from web servers behind round-robin DNS. It has been designed to easily manage huge log files from highly stressed servers. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Gnome Clock Applet This GNOME applet displays the time and date in a compact manner. See http://nitric.com/freeware/ for a screenshot of Merlin's Clock Applet. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME panel applet that displays the CPU load as a fire. See a screenshot of Merlin's Applet on http://nitric.com/freeware/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most Economic Route Selection From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Execution System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Menue-EntwicklungsSystem (Sinix, SNI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minimum European Set (UTF, ISO 10646) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A free implementation of the OpenGL API, designed and written by Brian Paul, with contributions from many others. Its performance is competitive, and while it is not officially certified, it is an almost fully compliant OpenGL implementation conforming to the ARB specifications. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An implementation of the OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) API (Application Programming Interface). It provides standard guidelines and a toolset for writing 2D and 3D hardware-assisted graphics software. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mesa is a free implementation of the OpenGL API, designed and written by Brian Paul, with contributions from many others. Its performance is competitive, and while it is not officially certified, it is an almost fully compliant OpenGL implementation conforming to the ARB specifications - more complete than some commercial products out, actually. From 3DFX HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MetaEmailSearchAgent (WWW, Internet) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Example programs for Mesa (and OpenGL in general) Mesa demonstration programs, SGI sample code, and source code examples from the _OpenGL Programming Guide_ ("the Red Book"), the _OpenGL Reference Manual_ ("the Blue Book") and _Programming OpenGL for the X Window System_ ("the Green Book") Although some of the demos generate "pretty pictures", they are much more valuable in source code form. They were written in the first place for the OpenGL programmer to study and learn from. In order to compile the demos you'll need a package providing libgl-dev, as well as libglut-dev. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A 3-D graphics library which uses the OpenGL API [libc6]. Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL*. To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command syntax or state machine, it is being used with authorization from Silicon Graphics, Inc. However, the author makes no claim that Mesa is in any way a compatible replacement for OpenGL or associated with Silicon Graphics, Inc. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A 3-D graphics library which uses the OpenGL API [libc6]. Mesa is an OpenGL-compliant API that takes advantage of acceleration features of many cards, transparently in a number of environments. This package contains support for GGI targets; do not install this unless you are running KGI or plan to develop berlin or other apps based on GGI. X support is still included. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A 3-D graphics library which uses the OpenGL API [libc6]. Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL*. To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command syntax or state machine, it is being used with authorization from Silicon Graphics, Inc. However, the author makes no claim that Mesa is in any way a compatible replacement for OpenGL or associated with Silicon Graphics, Inc. This version of mesa is only for use with 3DFX based graphics cards. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-WAIS Engine for Searching Commercial Hosts (WAIS, WWW) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
library for performing operations on matrices and vectors Meschach is a library of routines written in C for matrix computations. These include operations for basic numerical linear algebra; routines for matrix factorisations; solving systems of equations; solving least squares problems; computing eigenvalues, eigenvectors and singular values;sparse matrix computations including both direct and iterative methods. This package makes use of the features of the C programming language: data structures, dynamic memory allocation and deallocation, pointers, functions as parameters and objects. Meschach has a number of self-contained data structures for matrices, vectors and other mathematical objects. Web site: ftp://ftpmaths.anu.edu.au/pub/meschach/meschach.html From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MEtal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
control write access to your terminal From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh Enhanced SCSI Hardware (Apple, SCSI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (SMP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Event Status Notification From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
In cryptography, you will often hear the word message in reference to any data. Culturally, this comes from back during WW-II era when the only thing encrypted were messages. These days we have encrypted communication channels (with no real message boundaries) and encrypted files, but conceptually we still model the problem of cryptography around messages. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MittelEuropaeische SommerZeit [+0200] (TZ) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
/me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ adj.,pref. [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax, and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels. See hacker humor. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
n. The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128-255. Also called high bit, alt bit, or (rarely) hobbit. Some terminals and consoles (see space-cadet keyboard) have a META shift key. Others (including, mirabile dictu, keyboards on IBM PC-class machines) have an ALT key. See also bucky bits. Historical note: although in modern usage shaped by a universe of 8-bit bytes the meta bit is invariably hex 80 (octal 0200), things were different on earlier machines with 36-bit words and 9-bit bytes. The MIT and Stanford keyboards (see space-cadet keyboard) generated hex 100 (octal 400) from their meta keys. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
extract EXIF information from digital camera files EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format, and is a standard for storing interchange information in image files, especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital cameras now use the EXIF format. The format is part of the DCF standard created by JEIDA to encourage interoperability between imaging devices. In addition to the standard EXIF fields, MetaCam also supports vendor-specific extensions from Nikon, Olympus, Canon and Casio. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A character that is used to carry a special meaning, such as a caret (^, beginning of line), a dollar sign ($, end of line), or an asterisk (*, match any character). To use one of these characters without special meaning, you must either precede it with a backslash (\) or enclose it within quotation marks. Bypassing the special meaning of a metacharacter is called escaping or quoting the character. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A metacharacter is one that represents some other concept rather than itself. For example, in entering in filenames, the metacharacter '*' doesn't represent an astrisk, but instead tells the system to match on any character. For example, looking for the filename "*.txt" will look for all files ending in the real characters ".txt". On UNIX, the most important characters are "shell" metacharacters. The reason they are important is because the shell is often used by one program to spawn another. This means that input provided to the parent program will be passed to the shell, then to the child program. If a hacker can craft special input using metacharacters, the hacker may be able to cause that shell to do something unexpected. E-mail address: A classic example is a webpage containing a FORM that asks for a user's e-mail address. The software (such as a CGI script) will often just invoke the 'mail' program using the shell. By inserting shell metacharacters into the field for the email address, a hacker may be able to execute some other program on the web server. Example: Some UNIX shell metacharacters are: [] () {} ~ # $ ^ & * \ | ; <> ? ` ' | (pipe) The pipe metacharacter links two command-line programs together, causing the output from the first program to become the input into the second program. Hackers don't care about redirecting input/output, but they will use the pipe simply as a way of confusing the shell into executing a second program. When a hacker attempts to break into a webserver, one of the first things they will do is to look for all the forms on the website and provide input containing pipe characters to see if they can force the system to execute commands. ; (semicolon) Similar to the pipe metacharacter in its ability to run multiple programs at once. However, the semicolon simply launches the programs without redirecting input/output. ` (back-quote, back-tick) The backwards quote metacharacter is similar to the pipe in that it can take the output from one command and pass it another. In this case, the output of the second program is provided as command-line input into the first. $ (dollar sign) The dollar sign prefixes a variable name. Thus, the string $FOO represents the value of the variable named "FOO" rather than the letters 'F', 'O', 'O'. In particular, you'll commonly see $IFS in attacks, where the IFS variable indicates the character used to separate lines in the shell. && and || These are logical operations used in shell programming. They look at the "result" of a program and "conditionally" execute other programs. A hacker doesn't care about this intended use, but can instead use these as yet another way to execute additional commands. See also: taint, CGI From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A lightweight GTK2 based Window Manager. Metacity is a small (<6K lines of code) window manager, using gtk2 to do everything. As HP says, metacity is a "Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a graphics programming language (like postscript) that has applications wider than just fonts. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Machine Evaluation and Translation Language (Siemens) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An implementation of MIME. Metamail is an implementation of MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions), a proposed standard for multimedia electronic mail on the Internet. Metamail is configurable and extensible via the "mailcap" mechanism described in an informational RFC that is a companion to the MIME document. Metamail can be used to turn virtually any mail reader program into a multimedia mail reader. For information about how to change mail readers so that they can use Metamail, please read the file `/usr/share/doc/metamail/mailers.txt.gz'. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metamail is a system for handling multimedia mail, using the mailcapfile. Metamail reads the mailcap file, which tells Metamail what helper program to call in order to handle a particular type of non-text mail. Note that metamail can also add multimedia support to certain non-mail programs. Metamail should be installed if you need to add multimedia support to mail programs and some other programs, using the mailcap file. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A philosophical point of view: "The power of the network increases exponentially by the number of computers connected to it. Therefore, the every computer added to the network both uses it as a resource while adding resources in a spiral of increasing value and choice." -- Dr. Bob M. Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, co-founder of 3Com, editor-in-chief of InfoWorld. The idea is that the power of the Internet is not simply all the websites that you can access (linear), but the power represented by everyone else also on the Internet (exponential). For example, organizations like http://www.distributed.net/ cannot only harness lots of machines in order to tackle large problems (linear), but they also can exploit the word-of-mouth on the Internet to sign up (exponential). Similarly, consider the growth in sites like http://www.slashdot.org/ that start out as hobbyist sites, but eventually blossom into large money making ventures, tossing pre-Internet-age business philosophies on their ear. Key point: Hacker attacks grow exponentially because more and more hackers are getting online (especially from 3rd world countries) and more and more resources (businesses) are getting online. Key point: The amount of computing resources a hacker can tap into from his/her computer desktop is more than the combined might of all governments and militaries. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Middle European Time Daylight Saving Time [+0200] (TZ, MET, MEZ) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Messaging in the Emacs World Mew is an interface to integrate - Email - MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) - PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and to make it easy to view and compose them. Thread, POP biff, POP folder, and icon-based interface are supported. More information is available at http://www.Mew.org/. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The external commands for Mew Mew has thrown away IM and is being implemented purely by Elisp with these external commands: - The mewencode utility encode/decode MIME objects. - The mewls utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders. - The incm utility incoporates new mails from the mbox or the maildir to Mew's inbox folder. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MittelEuropaeische [sommer] Zeit [+0200] (TZ) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metafont, a language for font and logo design From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Frequency From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mwave Folded Array Signal Transform [DSP] (IBM, DSP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Foundation Classes From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Music Feature Card (IBM, Yamaha, MIDI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mit Freundlichen Gruessen [= best wishes] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Function Gateway From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MainFrame Interactive (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Functional [keyboard] II (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Function Interoperability Processor From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiFunktionales KonferenzSystem From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Frequency Modulation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiFunction Product From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Define Tex/LaTeX commands to draw using metafont/metapost MFpic defines a command group \mfpic...\endmfpic (optionally in LaTeX an environment mfpic) and drawing commands to be used inside this group. When TeX (or LaTeX) is run on a file containing those commands, a Metafont or MetaPost source file is created. When that file is correctly processed by Metafont (or MetaPost), and LaTeX or TeX is run again, the result is a figure in the TeX document in the location of the environment. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh File System (Apple) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Format Service (IBM, IMS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile File Sync (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MOSIX File System (MOSIX, DFSA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master File Table (NTFS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (IBM, OS, OS/MFT, OS/MVT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprinting From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MehrFrequenzwahlVerfahren From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metafont, a language for font and logo design From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Matrox Graphics Adapter (Matrox) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Monochrome Graphics Adapter From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
X configuration tool for Matrox video card. Configuration tool for Xfree86 version 4.x to set up your X-server to support single and dual monitors. Support for Matrox Millennium G200, G400 and G450 cards. For best operation you should download the Matrox HAL library from the Matrox homepage. But this tool works without it even if it complains because the xserver can not use all config options. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
xdiff clone mgdiff is modeled after xdiff and provides a nice graphical interface for comparing the contents of two text files. rmgdiff recurses down two directories collating difference information and invoking mgdiff whenever two text files differ. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Smart Modem getty replacement Mgetty is a versatile program to handle all aspects of a modem under Unix. This package includes basic modem data capabilities. Install mgetty-fax to get the additional functionality for fax. Install mgetty-voice to get the functionality to operate voice modems. Mgetty is also configurable to select programs other than login for special connections (eg: uucico, fido or other programs) depending on the login userid. It also supports caller-id if the modem and phone line supply it, and can deny connections based on originating telephone number. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Function Interpreter From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A highly configurable, very gaudy system load meter MGM is the Moaning Goat Meter, a system load monitor along the lines of procmeter3 but much prettier (and with a much higher resource usage). It's written in Perl/Tk, uses a nice antialiased Helvetica font, is configurable with X resource, and can have a larger memory footprint than Emacs. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Grant Manager (Informix, DB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MagicPoint- an X11 based presentation tool MagicPoint is an X11 based presentation tool. It is designed to make simple presentations easy while to make complicated presentations possible. Its presentation file (whose suffix is typically .mgp) is just text so that you can create presentation files quickly with your favorite editor (e.g. Emacs). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a game record display/editor for the oriental game of go Mgt allows the user to examine Go game tree files in the SmartGo format. Mgt also has basic Go game tree editing capabilities and may be used to create or edit game tree files. Mailgo is a utility which manages E-mail Go games using mgt as the Go board editor. It is included in the mgt package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Host (MHP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Huffman (Fax) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers online book This is the book written by Jerry Peek and published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This book covers MH, nmh, and several interfaces to MH including xmh, exmh and mh-e. This package is a recent snapshot of http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
the GNU Emacs front end for MH and nmh mail user agents. This is likely a more recent version of mh-e than the one packaged with the flavor of Emacs you use. It also includes latest version of Info format documentation as well as contributed files that are not distributed with GNU Emacs: mh-alias.el - MH mail alias expansion and substitution. mh-frame.el - Open mh-e in a separate frame. The mh-e web page is http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Harmonized Calendaring system MHC is designed to help those who receive most appointments via email. Using MHC, you can easily import schedule articles from emails. MHC has following features: + Simple data structure allows you to manipulate stored data in many ways. + Appointments can be made to repeat in flexible ways. + powerful but simple expression of appointments. + Multiple User Interface such as commandline/emacs/GUI/Web. MHC currently has following interfaces: + Elisp package cooperative with Mew, Wanderlust or Gnus (popular MUA in the Emacs world) (emacs/mhc.el) MHC stores schedule articles in the same form of MH; you can manipulate these messages not only by above tools but also by many other MUAs, editors, UNIX commandline tools or your own scripts. For more information, you can find at http://www.quickhack.net/mhc/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIMIC Hardware Description Language From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group (JTC1, ISO) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail to HTML converter _MHonArc_ is a Perl program for converting e-mail messages as specified in RFC 822 and RFC 1521 (_MIME_) to HTML. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Home Platform (ETSI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[columbia] Mobile Host Protocol From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maui High Performance Computing Center (org., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Handling System (GOSIP, X.400, Novell, SPX, IPX) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Messaging HyperText Markup Language (HTML) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIME [e-mail encapsulation of aggregate documents, such as] HTML (MIME, HTML, RFC 2110) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Interface From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Missing In Action (DFUe, Usenet, IRC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Movie In A Window From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Information Base (OSI, SNMP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Interface Connector (FDDI, PMD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory in Cassette (Seagate, EEPROM, Streamer, AIT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Integrity Check / Code From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Interface Connection (Kyocera) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (Telebit, MODEM, ISDN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular Integrated Communications Environment From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A fully compliant CORBA implementation, executables The acronym MICO expands to MICO Is CORBA. The intention of this project is to provide a freely available and fully compliant implementation of the CORBA standard. MICO has become quite popular as an OpenSource project and is widely used for different purposes. As a major milestone, MICO has been branded as CORBA compliant by the OpenGroup. Executables From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MICO Is CORBA (ORB, CORBA, Uni Frankfurt) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
text based ICQ client with many features mICQ is a small, yet powerful console based ICQ client. It supports password changing, auto-away, creation of new accounts, and other features that makes it a very complete yet simple client. It now has complete support for the new v8 protocol. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Intel IA32 CPU Microcode Utility The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the IA32 microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>. The utility has two uses: a) it decodes and sends new microcode to the kernel driver to be uploaded to Intel IA32 family processors. (Pentium Pro, PII, Celeron, PIII, Xeon, Pentium 4 etc.) b) it signals the kernel driver to release any buffers it may hold The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn't re-flash your CPU permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode. The ideal place to load microcode is in BIOS, but most vendors never update it! To enable microcode update, I need some kernel support, thus I need the linux kernel 2.2.18 or later, or 2.4.0 or later. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An approach to operating systems design which puts emphasis on small modules which implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message IDentifier (ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
identd replacement with masquerading support. An identd replacement with masquerading support. With your average identd on a masquerading firewall, if an ident request comes in for a masqueraded connection, it will return 'ERROR : NO-USER' or something along those lines. This may be quite irritating at times, with, for example, IRC servers that won't let you in if they don't get a valid ident reply. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Musical Instruments Digital Interface (MIDI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Interface Definition Language (NT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Midori Linux, from Transmeta, is an Open Source project for delivering system software on small devices. It includes a build system, a Linux kernel with memory- and storage-conserving features, and system-level support for normal Linux software on platforms which might otherwise require custom "embedded" applications. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Information Device Profile (J2ME) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Information Device Profile Expert Group (Sun, AOL, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sharp, ...) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Module Interconnection Facility (Proteus) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A full text inverted indexer The purpose of mifluz is to provide a C++ library to build and query a full text inverted index. It is dynamically updatable, scalable (up to 1Tb indexes), uses a controlled amount of memory, shares index files and memory cache among processes or threads and compresses index files to 50% of the raw data. The structure of the index is configurable at runtime and allows inclusion of relevance ranking information. The query functions do not require to load all the occurrences of a searched term. They consume very few resources and many searches can be run in parallel. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mach Interface Generator (Mach) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The GNU distribution of the Mach 3.0 interface generator `MiG'. You need this tool to compile the gnumach and hurd distributions, and to compile GNU libc for the Hurd. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Japanese incremental search with Romaji on Emacsen migemo is a tool that supports Japanese incremental search with Romaji. It release you from heavy tasks of Kana Kanji conversion in order to search. This is Emacsen interface, that is wrapper for isearch. http://migemo.namazu.org/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Japanese incremental search with Romaji on Emacsen migemo is a tool that supports Japanese incremental search with Romaji. It release you from heavy tasks of Kana Kanji conversion in order to search. This is Emacsen interface, that is wrapper for isearch. http://migemo.namazu.org/ This is obsolete version of migemo. Newer version is written in ruby. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Migration scripts for LDAP The MigrationTools are a set of Perl scripts for migrating users, groups, aliases, hosts, netgroups, networks, protocols, RPCs, and services from existing nameservices (flat files, NIS, and NetInfo) to LDAP. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Independent Interface From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A little tool to manipulate network cards Examines and sets the MII registers of network cards. This is a genral program. You can find specialized programs for several network cards in the nictools-pci and nictools-nopci packages. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
view, manipulate media-independent interface status From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MikMod is a MOD music file player. MikMod uses the OSS /dev/dsp driver including all recent kernels for output, and will also write .wavfiles. Supported file formats include MOD, STM, S3M, MTM, XM, ULT, andIT. The player uses ncurses for console output. It supports transparent loading from gzip/pkzip/zoo archives and the loading and saving of playlists. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Portable tracked music player Mikmod is a very portable tracked music player which supports a wide variety of module formats including compressed sample Impulse Tracker modules. It also supports many archive formats, as well as on the fly decompression. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Matrox Imaging Library From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
president and CEO of TurboLinux, a popular Linux distribution. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
responsible for the TCP/IP coding in the Linux kernel, David Miller is also responsible for UltraPenguin (a project to port Linux to Sparc CPUs), kernel fixes and developments such as fuzzy hashing. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MILitary NETwork (USA, mil., network) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maschinelle Indizierung auf Linguistischer Grundlage fuer OPAC Systeme (OPAC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Military Strategic TActical Relay (mil., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Military STandarD (mil., USA), "MIL-STD" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) The protocol for attaching non-text files to email messages (graphics, spreadsheets, formatted text documents, sound files, Quicktime, multimedia files, etc.) MIME is utilised by some email packages & is universally used by Web Servers to identify the files they are sending to Web Clients. From Faculty-of-Education http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC 2045/2046/2047/2048/2049, IETF) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Originally a standard for defining the types of files attached to standard Internet mail messages. The MIME standard has come to be used in many situations where one cmputer programs needs to communicate with another program about what kind of file is being sent. For example, HTML files have a MIME-type of text/html, JPEG files are image/jpeg, etc. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most graphical mail readers have the ability to attach files to mail messages and read these attachments. The way they do this is not with uuencode but in a special format known as MIME encapsulation. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a way of representing multiple files inside a single mail message. The way binary data is handled is similar to uuencode, but in a format known as base64. Each MIME attachment to a mail message has a particular type, known as the MIME type. MIME types merely classify the attached file as an image, an audio clip, a formatted document, or some other type of data. The MIME type is a text tag with the format <major>/<minor>. The major part is called the major MIME type and the minor part is called the minor MIME type. Available major types match all the kinds of files that you would expect to exist. They are usually one of application, audio, image, message, text, or video. The application type means a file format specific to a particular utility. The minor MIME types run into the hundreds. A long list of MIME types can be found in /etc/mime.types. If needed, some useful command-line utilities in the same vein as uuencode can create and extract MIME messages. These are mpack, munpack, and mmencode (or mimencode). From Rute-Users-Guide http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Fast Quoted-Printable and BASE64 MIME transport codecs At its most basic MIME is a set of transfer encodings used to ensure error free transport, and a set of content types. VM understands the two standard MIME transport encodings, Quoted-Printable and BASE64, and will decode messages that use them as necessary. VM has Emacs-Lisp based Quoted-Printable and BASE64 encoders and decoders, but you can have VM use external programs to perform these tasks and the process will almost certainly be faster. This package provides external executables for Quoted-Printable and BASE64 encoders and decoders. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
construct/send MIME messages from the command line mime-construct constructs and (by default) mails MIME messages. It is entirely driven from the command line, it is designed to be used by other programs, or people who act like programs. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs As these files can be used by all MIME compliant programs, they have been moved into their own package that others can depend upon. Other packages add themselves as viewers/editors/composers/etc by using the provided "update-mime" program. In addition, the commands "see", "edit", "compose", and "print" will display, alter, create, and print (respectively) any file using a program determined from the entries in the mime.types and mailcap files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Decodes transfer encoded text type mime messages. This program performs the decoding of transfer encoded text type mime messages. The message in its entirety is read from stdin. The decoded message is written to stdout; hence, this program behaves as a filter which may be placed wherever convenient. It is assumed that the message has reached its point of final delivery and at that point 8-bit text types can be handled natively. Hence, the need for transfer-encodings is not present any more. Only some cases are handled: - encoded header fields are decoded from QP or B encoding. - The charset is assumed to be iso-8859-1 - part or subparts of content-type text only are decoded - all other content-types are passed transparently. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Strips some unwanted MIME parts out of a MIME message. This program may be useful as a filter on a mailing list. It strips every unwanted MIME part from a MIME compliant message, warning by email the original author about this, and outputs a MIME compliant cleaned message, to be further processed by a mailing list software. You may find it useful if you don't want certain attachments on your mailing lists, or if you want to allow just the text part from multipart/alternative messages, and so on. You can easily fine tune the list of allowed MIME types to suit your particular needs, using normal Perl regexps. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Machine Independent MicrOprogramming LAnguage (HDL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multistage Interconnection Networks From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (org., Internet, DOMAIN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Creates boot/root disks based on your system Mindi is a script that creates boot/root disks based on your system. It uses your kernel, modules, tools and libraries. It is use for the Mondo disaster recovery scripts and tools to create the boot CD/disks. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mindi builds boot/root disk images using your existing kernel, modules, tools and libraries. Version 0.71_20021109 was released November 10, 2002. Version 0.85 was released May 21, 2003. A 'special purpose/mini' distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
java ssh client that can be used as a web applet Mindterm is a ssh client written in java that can be used as a web applet. This package installs it so it will be available on your web site; users can then ssh into the system from most web browsers that have java support. Warning: By its very nature, installing this package and making it available on your web server constitutes exporting cryptographic software. If you're in a country that does not look kindly on this act, use caution. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Dylan interpreter. Mindy is a Dylan bytecode interpreter, originally written as part of CMU's Gwydion Dylan project. It compiles faster than d2c and includes much better debugging tools. Unfortunately, Mindy makes no attempt to run fast. Documentation for Mindy can be found in the main gwydion-dylan package, or on the web at <http://www.gwydiondylan.org/>. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mingetty program is a lightweight, minimalist getty program foruse only on virtual consoles. Mingetty is not suitable for serial lines (you should use the mgetty program instead for that purpose). From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler A Linux hosted, win32 target, cross compiler for C/C++ Freedom through obsolescence. Those who still really need to can now build windows executables from the comfort of Debian. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler runtime This package contains the target runtime files for a Linux hosted, win32 target, C/C++ cross compiler. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Clone of the MS-DOS "Telix" communications program. Minicom is a menu driven communications program. It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals. It has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
friendly serial communication program From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minicom is a simple text-based modem control and terminal emulation program somewhat similar to MSDOS Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MiniLinux is for Hams (Ham Radio). There do not appear to be recent updates, the latest is v2.2.15b 8.V.2000. Distribution development is not all that active. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a MINImalist MAiling LIST manager Minimalist is a MINImalist MAiling LIST manager. It is fast, extremely easy to setup and support. Minimalist has these features: - subscribing/unsubscribing users by request - several levels of security - additional services such as information about list, archiving lists, information about users of list and so on - support for read-only/closed/mandatory lists - support for Blacklist - logging activity Minimalist has also a notion of 'trusted users'. They have full rights to subscribe/unsubscribe other users; get any information related to lists and users. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Models for INformatIon STorage and REtrievaL (OA, BIS, ESPRIT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mini-Commander Applet for the GNOME panel. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
nonlinear equations and nonlinear least squares shared library Minpack includes software for solving nonlinear equations and nonlinear least squares problems. Five algorithmic paths each include a core subroutine and an easy-to-use driver. The algorithms proceed either from an analytic specification of the Jacobian matrix or directly from the problem functions. The paths include facilities for systems of equations with a banded Jacobian matrix, for least squares problems with a large amount of data, and for checking the consistency of the Jacobian matrix with the functions. This package provides the shared library. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mint is Not TOS (Atari), "MiNT" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia-kommunikation aif Integrierten Netzen und Terminals From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Information Network eXchange From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Input/Output (Motorola) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular Input/Output [architecture] (HP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimission Interactive Picture From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multum In Parvo (3D, SAT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped Stages From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Million Instructions Per Second (CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Information Rate From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro-Instruction Register (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Miracle Linux is a high reliability, scalability and availability server OS for the enterprise market, according to MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION, the developer of the distribution. MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION was originally founded by Oracle Corporation Japan. (Currently Oracle Japan owns about 60% of MIRACLE LINUX.) They offer not only "MIRACLE LINUX with Oracle," but also "MIRACLE LINUX for Samba" and "MIRACLE LINUX for PostgreSQL." Japanese distribution From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mird database library (runtime files) Mird is a database library, for operating on simple disk-based databases. This package contains files necessary for runing applications that use Mird database From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Generally speaking, "to mirror" is to maintain an exact copy of something. Probably the most common use of the term on the Internet refers to "mirror sites" which are web sites, or FTP sites that maintain copies of material originated at another location, usually in order to provide more widespread access to the resource. For example, one site might create a library of software, and 5 other sites might maintain mirrors of that library. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Keeps FTP archives up-to-date Mirror uses the FTP protocol to locally duplicate remote host files and directories selected with Perl regular expressions. By default transfers only files missing locally or whose remote sizes or time-stamps have changed. Can reduce directory download using compressed listings in ls-lR.gz files or further using compressed differences of daily listings in ls-lR.patch.gz files. Amongst many flexible options it can gzip and split files. Tracks large distant FTP archives accurately with low download volume. Simpler programs like "mirrordir" use less memory and may copy directory trees faster between local machines. From mirror.tar.gz 2.9 in Perl by Lee McLoughlin. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
duplicate a directory by making a minimal set of changes mirrordir forces the mirror directory to be an exact replica of the control directory tree in every possible detail suitable for purposes of timed backup. Files whose modification times or sizes differ are copied. File permissions, ownerships, modification times, access times, and sticky bits are duplicated. Devices, pipes, and symbolic and hard links are duplicated. Files or directories that exist in the mirror directory that don't exist in the control directory are deleted. It naturally descends into subdirectories to all their depths. mirrordir tries to be as efficient as possible by making the minimal set of changes necessary to mirror the directory. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Easy to use ftp mirroring package - simply usemirrordir ftp://some.where.com/dir /some/local/dir From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Shoot around obstacles to collect energy using your beam. A game like "Deflektor" (C 64) or "Mindbender" (Amiga). The goal is to work out how to get around obstacles to shoot energy containers with your beam, enabling the path to the next level to be opened. Included are many levels known from the games "Deflektor" and "Mindbender". Some features: - stereo sound effects and music - music module support for SDL version (Unix/Win32) - fullscreen support for SDL version (Unix/Win32) - complete source code included under GNU GPL From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Information System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mega Iterations per Second From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Dictionaries and other interesting files. These files are not crucial to system administration or operation, but which have come to be common on various systems over the years. They originated from various sources and are freely redistributable (see the copyright file for more information). These files include those of general interest (English `connectives', Webster's Second International English wordlist, traditional stone and flower for each month, Precedence table for operators in the C language, description of the ISO Latin-1 character set, two-letter codes for languages, from ISO 639, International country telephone codes, geographic coordinates of many major cities, Some common abbreviations used in electronic communication, GNU tasks and mailing lists, country and currency abbreviations, rfc-index, etc.). There also is information specific to the United States (List of three letter codes for some major airports, North American (+1) telephone area codes, postal codes for US and Mexican states and Canadian provinces, the Constitution of the United States of America, the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
obsolete utilities package miscutils is an obsolete package and may be removed safely. miscutils was replaced by the following packages: getty, login, util-linux, update, fdutils, debianutils, passwd. Since fdutils is not required, it must be installed separately. After this version miscutils is installed, it is safe and desirable to purge miscutils. If miscutils is purged while it still has conffiles, then important conffiles may be lost. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mecklenburg Internet Service System (ISP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilevel Information System Security Initiative (org.) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Describes a system that is absolutely necessary. It comes from NASA where mission critical elements were those items that had to work otherwise the billion dollar space mission would blow up. Key point: A big problem with corporations is that they do not spend enough time hardening mission critical applications, or spend too much effort on non-mission critical elements. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metered Services Information eXchange (Internet) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Information Tree From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (org., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The MIT Scheme development environment MIT Scheme is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, providing an interpreter, compiler, source-code debugger, integrated Emacs-like editor, and a large runtime library. MIT Scheme is best suited to programming large applications with a rapid development cycle. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A MIT shared-memory Ximage \ref {X extension}. It provides both shared memory XImages and shared memory pixmaps based on the SYSV shared memory primitives. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A MIX emulator and MIXAL interpreter Mixal is an implementation of the imaginary computer called MIX and its assembly language MIXAL, which were invented by Donald E. Knuth in the 1960's for use in his monumental and yet unfinished book series "The Art of Computer Programming". All actual programs and all programming exercises in the series are written in MIXAL. This package contains a modified version of Darius Bacon's Mixal implementation. It takes a MIXAL source file, translates it to MIX machine code and then executes the resulting program, all in a single run. The result of the assembler step cannot be extracted to a file. Similarly, one cannot take a precompiled MIX program and try to execute it in this emulator - only MIXAL source is accepted. The MIX emulator does not support floating-point operations nor the tape devices described in Knuth's book. This is not fatal, however, and most of the programs and exercise answers in Knuth's book can be run in this MIXAL implementation. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Another mixer application designed for WindowMaker There's nothing in the program that makes it *require* WindowMaker, except maybe the look. Mixer.app is a mixer utility for Linux systems. Requires /dev/mixer to work. Provides three customizable controls on a tiny 64x64 app. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mixer Applet for the GNOME panel. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIZI Linux is a Korean distribution. Version 2.0 was released October 19, 2001. MIZI the company also provides Linu, which can be found in the Embedded section of this list. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular Jack From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
makes a bootdisk From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mkbootdisk program creates a standalone boot floppy disk for booting the running system. The created boot disk will look for the root filesystem on the device mentioned in /etc/fstab and includes an initial ramdisk image which will load any necessary SCSI modules for the system. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mkCDrec makes a bootable disaster recovery image (CDrec.iso), including backups of the Linux system to the same CD-ROM (or CD-RW) if space permits, or to a multi-volume CD-ROM set. Otherwise, the backups can be stored on another local disk, NFS disk or (remote) tape. After a disaster (disk crash or system intrusion) the system can be booted from the CD-ROM and one can restore the complete system as it was (at the time mkCDrec was run). From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create summaries of font metric files in CID font directories From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Make a CramFs (Compressed ROM File System) mkcramfs lets you construct a CramFs (Compressed ROM File System) image from the contents of a given directory. Cram file systems are used for Debian INITRD images. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a directory From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
creates directories with the specified names. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make directories From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Unix command to create a new directory. From KADOWKEV http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
makes a directory hierarchy From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a Linux second extended file system From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
creates FIFOs (also called "named pipes") with the specified filenames. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make a FIFO special file (a named pipe) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make FIFOs (named pipes) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
utility to create PK font description files From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create an index of X font files in a directory From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
build a Linux file system From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a Linux second extended file system From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a Linux second extended file system From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make a Linux MINIX filesystem From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
generate index files for HTML man pages From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
script to process LaTeX index and glossary files From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mkinitrd creates filesystem images for use as initial ramdisk (initrd) images. These ramdisk images are often used to preload the block device modules (SCSI or RAID) needed to access the root filesystem. In other words, generic kernels can be built without drivers for any SCSI adapters which load the SCSI driver as a module. Since the kernel needs to read those modules, but in this case it isn't able to address the SCSI adapter, an initial ramdisk is used. The initial ramdisk is loaded by the operating system loader (normally LILO) and is available to the kernel as soon as the ramdisk is loaded. The ramdisk image loads the proper SCSI adapter and allows the kernel to mount the root filesystem. The mkinitrd program creates such a ramdisk using information found in the /etc/modules.conf file. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Creates an initrd image suitable for booting from a live CD-ROM This is the package used by the Gibraltar project to create the initrd images used for booting from CD-ROM. The bootable CD-ROMs are actual live CD-ROMs. That is, the root file system is the CD-ROM, ramdisks are the only things needed for operation without a harddisk. Although a harddisk can be used for e.g. storing log files permanently or when the machine acts as a proxy server. Given a kernel image and the corresponding modules, it creates a complete boot image that can be written to floppy or be used as El Torito image for a bootable CD-ROM. Upon bootup, the initrd image will try to locate an ATAPI CD-ROM drive. When this does not succeed, it auto-probes for SCSI adapters and tries to locate SCSI drives. It also works when multiple CD-ROM drives are installed in the system by checking if the inserted CD is the correct one for booting. The package can be of use to developers and packagers who want to create their own bootable, live Debian CD-ROM. It will probably not be of any use to others. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images. mkisofs is a pre-mastering program for creating ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images, which can then be written to a CD-ROM using the cdrecord program. mkisofs now includes support for making bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs, as well as CD-ROMs with support for the Macintosh HFS filesystem (as in the old "mkhybrid" package). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mkisofs program is used as a pre-mastering program which generates an ISO9660 filesystem. Mkisofs takes a snapshot of a given directory tree and generates a binary image of the tree which will correspond to an ISO9660 filesystem when written to a block device. Mkisofs is used for writing CD-ROMs and includes support for creating bootable El Torito CD-ROMs. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
This is the mkisofs package. It is used to create ISO 9660 file system images for creating CD-ROMs. Now includes support for making bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MkLinux is an open source operating system which consists of an implementation of the Linux operating system hosted on the Mach microkernel. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux systems are being used in mission-critical applications. Pre-R2 was released August 5, 2002. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Create tagged images for Etherboot or Netboot With mknbi you can create tagged images for Etherboot. Tagged images are data files, which contains the necessary files for booting up (kernel+root for linux, kernel+minifs for dos, ...) bundled together with a special format. These tagged images are downloaded and understood by Etherboot and Netboot during the boot process. This package should be used on the server and not on the client. It doesn't contain code which handle the network card, download the image, etc. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a special or ordinary file From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make block or character special files From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
creates a FIFO (named pipe), character special file, or block special file with the specified name. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
frontend to otp2ocp(1) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
front end to mktextfm(1) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Overfeatured front end to crypt(3) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Make a kernel + rootimage bootable from one disk or from DOS mkrboot generates bootdisks that contain both a kernel and a rootimage. This enables debian bootup for installation purposes from one floppy. mkrboot can also use loadlin to make a floppyless installation possible. Boot methods supported: - Loadlin from running DOS/Windows without a floppy - Loadlin from a FreeDOS bootup disk - Lilo from one floppy - Kernel Boot loader from one floppy - Syslinux from one floppy From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make rescue floppy From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mortice Kern Systems (manufacturer) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
formats a /etc/passwd entry for a smbpasswd file From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
set up a Linux swap area From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multifunktionelles KartenTerminal (CT, ICC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make a unique temporary file name From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make temporary filename (unique) From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mktemp utility takes a given file name template and overwrites a portion of it to create a unique file name. This allows shellscripts and other programs to safely create and use /tmp files. Install the mktemp package if you need to use shell scripts or other programs which will create and use unique /tmp files. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create ls-R databases From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a Metafont source file From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a PK file for a font From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
create a TFM file for a font From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mkxauth utility helps create and maintain X authentication databases (.Xauthority files). Mkxauth is used to create an .Xauthority file or to merge keys from another local or remote .Xauthority file. .Xauthority files are used by the xauthuser-oriented access control program, which grants or denies access to X servers based on the contents of the .Xauthorityfile. The mkxauth package should be installed if you're going to use user-oriented access control to provide security for your X Window System (a good idea). From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail List From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Language From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail List Agent From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro Lens Array From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make an MSDOS volume label TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiLevel Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, Intel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiLine Entry field (IBM, OS/2) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a glade to OCaml compiler Mlglade is a tool to translate a glade xml file into a set of modules for OCaml. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Measurement Layer Interface (UMA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Link Interface (ODI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[symposium on] Machine Learning in Information Access (AAAI, AI, conference) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Link Interface Driver (ODI, LAN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mailing List Manager [software] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Level Multi-Access (MAC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
disable paging for some parts of memory From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
lock a mailbox From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mailbox locking program from UW libc-client.so uses this program to lock mailbox files so they don't get corrupted. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meridian Lossless Packaging (DVD, audio) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-channel Linear Recording [technology] (Tandberg, Streamer) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiLevel Secure [operating systems / platforms] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Lower Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MuLTilevel-3 [encoding] (Schneider & Koch, FDDI), "MLT-3" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiLingual TERMinal This is a terminal emulator for X Window System, which supports various encodings including ISO-8859-[1-10,13-16], TCVN5712, VISCII, KOI8-{R,U}, EUC-JP, EUC-JISX0213, ISO-2022-JP{,1,2,3}, Shift_JIS, Shift_JISX0213, ISO-2022-KR, EUC-KR, UHC, JOHAB, EUC-CN (aka GB2312), GBK, ISO-2022-CN, Big5, EUC-TW, HZ, UTF-8, and GB18030. Doublewidth characters for east Asian, combining characters for Thai, Vietnamese, and other diacritics, and BiDi (bi-direction) for Arab and Hebrew, and Arab shaping are supported. Though mlterm supports Indic complex languages such as Hindi, this Debian package is not compiled with Indic support. Since mlterm checks the current locale and selects appropriate encoding, you don't need to configure mlterm to display your language and encoding. mlterm also supports unique features such as scrollbar API, multiple windows, multiple XIM, anti-alias using FreeType and Xft, and so on. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML MLton is a whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML that runs on X86 machines under Linux. MLton generates standalone executables with good runtime performance, is SML 97 compliant, and has a mostly complete basis library. MLton has support for profiling and a fast C FFI. MLton has additional libraries for continuations, interval timers, random numbers, signal handlers, sockets, system logging, threads, and heap save and restore. It also has a fast implementation of IntInf using the GNU multiprecision library. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Military Message (mil.) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microcomputer Managers Association (org., USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIDI Manufacturer Association (org., IMA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Makefile generator for Java programs mmake will generate a master Makefile for your Java programs. This generated Makefile fully understands the subdirectories that are required if your program consists of multiple packages. mmake also automatically generates dependencies, and can use the C preprocessor for Java programs and generate javadoc documentation. mmake defaults to using Sun's javac from the jdk but can easily use guavac or a different GPL alternative as well. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Management Console (MS, Windows NT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIDI Machine Control From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Commands (SAM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMediaCard From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Compact Disk (Sony, Philips, CD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Compact Disk - Erasable (Sony, Philips, CD), "MMCD-E" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Communications Forum (org.) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
make an MSDOS subdirectory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Modulation Direct Overwrite From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-channel, Multi-point Distribution System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Make Money Fast (Usenet, ECP, EMP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Mapped File (Windows 95, Windows NT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimode Fiberoptic cable From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Message Format Standard (MAP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Human Interface Device From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Military Message Handling System (mil., MHS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mixed Mode Interpreter (JIT, IBM, Java) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple master font utilities to create AFM or PFB files. These tools let you use multiple-master fonts with programs that require single-master fonts (afm2tfm, ps2pk, fontinst, etc.). Both programs work fine with fonts that contain intermediate masters (e.g., Adobe Jenson MM and Adobe Kepler MM). Mmafm creates an AFM (Adobe font metric) file corresponding to a single instance of a multiple-master font. It reads (and therefore requires) the AMFM and AFM files distributed with the font. Mmpfb creates a normal, single-master font program that looks like an instance of a multiple-master font. It reads the multiple-master font program in PFA or PFB format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Mapped I/O (I/O) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maker Markup Language (FrameMaker) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Major Mode for Emacs MMM Mode is a minor mode for Emacs that allows Multiple Major Modes (hence the name) to coexist in one buffer. It is particularly well-suited to editing embedded code, such as Mason server-side Perl, or HTML output in CGI scripts. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A two-level morphology tool for natural language processing The MULTEXT morphology tool, mmorph, is a free implementation of the two-level formalism for natural language morphology. If you don't know what that means, you probably don't need this package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mount an MSDOS disk TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilink Multichasis PPP (PPP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Presentation Manager /2 (IBM, OS/2), "MMPM/2" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Modified Read (Fax) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Manufacturing Message Specifications / Standard (MAP, EIA, RS-511, ISO, DIS 9506) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Message Size From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Module Making System (VMS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilevel Mail Server From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Message Service From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mass Memory Unit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Management Unit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mark's MUd CLient Mark's MUd CLient ("muckle") is a mud client using Tcl/Tk. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Move/Copy/Append/Link multiple files mmv is a program to move/copy/append/link multiple files according to a set of wildcard patterns. This multiple action is performed safely, i.e. without any unexpected deletion of files due to collisions of target names with existing filenames or with other target names. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Video File [disk] (NEC, DVD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Window Manager (X-Windows) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia eXtensions (Intel, CPU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MMX Emulation Library This library provides a simple (but slow) way to execute binaries that use MMX instructions, on processors that do not support them. The emulator also contains emulation code for Cyrix and AMD variants of MMX (EMMX and 3DNow!). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple-image Network Graphics [format] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A full-featured web search engine (common files) MnogoSearch consists of two parts. The first part is indexing mechanism (indexer). Indexer walks over html hypertext references and stores found words and new references into database. The second part is web front-end to provide search using data collected by indexer. For more information, look at http://search.mnogo.ru/ This package contains common files for all database types. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A full-featured web search engine (postgresql) MnogoSearch consists of two parts. The first part is indexing mechanism (indexer). Indexer walks over html hypertext references and stores found words and new references into database. The second part is web front-end to provide search using data collected by indexer. For more information, look at http://search.mnogo.ru/ This package contains postgresql specific files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
PHP frontend for mnoGoSearch mnoGoSearch is a website indexer and search engine. This package provides a PHP frontend so you can query the indexed data. You will need PHP4 and either the PostgreSQL or MySql modules for PHP4. There also needs to be the relevant database holding the mnoGoSearch data somewhere. To index your website install the mnoGoSearch package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microcom Networking Protocol From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Object (OSI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A term that describes any software that is mobile, being passed from one system to another. In particular, it is used to describe applets within web browsers based upon Microsoft's ActiveX, Sun's Java, or Netscape's JavaScript technologies. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
specifies enhancements that allow transparent routing of IP datagrams to mobile nodes in the Internet. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Official Curriculum Seminar (MS, ATEC, MCSD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magneto-Optical Disk (OD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MObile DAta COMmunication From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (IBM), "MO:DCA" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a module configuration utility From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Device Driver Configuration Modconf provides a GUI for installing and configuring device driver modules. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
n. [common] A general state, usually used with an adjective describing the state. Use of the word `mode' rather than `state' implies that the state is extended over time, and probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is being carried out. "No time to hack; I'm in thesis mode." In its jargon sense, `mode' is most often attributed to people, though it is sometimes applied to programs and inanimate objects. In particular, see hack mode, day mode, night mode, demo mode, fireworks mode, and yoyo mode; also talk mode. One also often hears the verbs `enable' and `disable' used in connection with jargon modes. Thus, for example, a sillier way of saying "I'm going to crash" is "I'm going to enable crash mode now". One might also hear a request to "disable flame mode, please". In a usage much closer to techspeak, a mode is a special state that certain user interfaces must pass into in order to perform certain functions. For example, in order to insert characters into a document in the Unix editor vi, one must type the "i" key, which invokes the "Insert" command. The effect of this command is to put vi into "insert mode", in which typing the "i" key has a quite different effect (to wit, it inserts an "i" into the document). One must then hit another special key, "ESC", in order to leave "insert mode". Nowadays, modeful interfaces are generally considered losing but survive in quite a few widely used tools built in less enlightened times. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
n. [common] A flag, usually in hardware, that selects between two (usually quite different) modes of operation. The connotations are different from flag bit in that mode bits are mainly written during a boot or set-up phase, are seldom explicitly read, and seldom change over the lifetime of an ordinary program. The classic example was the EBCDIC-vs.-ASCII bit (#12) of the Program Status Word of the IBM 360. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
calculates modelines for use with SVGAlib and VESA Framebuffer modeline is an utility to calulate modelines for use with SVGAlib and VESA Framebuffer. No invocaction of X11 is necessary. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Acronym for MOulate DEModulate. Hardware that allows computers to interact with each other via telephone lines by converting digital signals to analog for transmission along analog lines. MOdulator/DEModulator, a gizmo which translates the digital information your computer produces into analogue signals that can be sent down the phone lines. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MOdulator DEModulator From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Shorthand for MODulator/DEModulator, a modem allows the transmission of digital information over an analog phone line. A modem dictionary is available that defines all the basic terms. From KADOWKEV http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A device that connects a computer to a phone line. A telephone for a computer. A modem allows a computer to talk to other computers through the phone system. Basically, modems do for computers what a telephone does for humans. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
AO-40 (Phase3D) Soundcard Telemetry Decoder This software allows a standard PC soundcard to be used as Amsat Oscar 40 (Phase 3D) Telemetry Decoder. Unlike previous packet radio telemetry decoders, this new release offers several new benefits: Open Source (Source Code available). Multiplatform builds from a single source code. Can decode from soundcard input or from a wave file. May use MMX or VIS to speed up computation. No tuning required, any center frequency between 1.2kHz and 2kHz detected. Outputs decoded frames over UDP using Phil Karn's STP protocol From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Telnet services for communication programs modemu is a program that lets you telnet to remote sites using any standard communications program such as Minicom or Seyon. It emulates a modem, including options for 8-bit clean mode so one can use Zmodem or Kermit over a telnet connection. It can also be used for other tasks, such as UUCP over telnet. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
display information about a kernel module From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A modular logfile analyzer Modlogan is a modular logfile analyzer which is currently able to parse ftp-, webserver and squid logs. The generated output can be viewed by a web browser (->moglogan, webalizer) or your favorite text editor (->text). The different input and output modes are provided by some surrounding plugins. For example the modlogan output plugin provides three different menu structure for the same colourfull output while the output which is generated by the webalizer output plugin looks similar to the output generated by the original Webalizer known from http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/. The input is handled the same way. One plugin is for the web server logs, the next is for xferlog from FTP-servers like WuFTP and the third input plugin is a NULL plugin which does nothing (but this perfectly :). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
high level handling of loadable modules From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A high-level programming language that extends Pascal so that the language can execute program modules independently. Developed in 1980 by computer wizard and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth, Modula-2 supports the separate compilation of program modules and overcomes many other shortcomings of Pascal. A programer working as part of a team can write and compile the module he or she has been assigned, and then test the module extensively before integrating it with other modules. Although Modula-2 is increasingly popular as a teaching language at colleges and universities, C dominates professional software development. See modular progrmming and structured programming. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A programming style that braks down program functions into modules, each of which accomplishes one function and contains all the source code and variables needed to accomplish that function. Modular programming is a solution to the problem of very large programs that are difficult to debug and maintain. By segmenting the program into modules that perform clearly defined functions, you can determine the source of program erros more easly. Object-orientated programming languages, such as SmallTalk and HyperTalk, incorporate modular programming principles. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent, especially for the purposes of transmitting signals using telephone lines and modems. See demodulation. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A collection of routines that perform a system-level function; may be loaded and unloaded from the running kernel as required. From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A non-linked driver which contain device specific system routines and fills in non-boot gaps in the kernel. Modules can be loaded and removed dynamically and allow for smaller generic kernels. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
In a program, a unit or section that can function on its own. In an integrated program, for instance, you can use the word processing module as though it were a separate, stand-alone program. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
/mod'yu-loh/ prep. Except for. An overgeneralization of mathematical terminology; one can consider saying that 4 equals 22 except for the 9s (4 = 22 mod 9). "Well, LISP seems to work okay now, modulo that GC bug." "I feel fine today modulo a slight headache." From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux module utilities. These utilities are intended to make a Linux modular kernel manageable for all users, administrators and distribution maintainers. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The modutils package includes various programs needed for automatic loading and unloading of modules under 2.2 and later kernels, as well as other module management programs. Device drivers and filesystems are two examples of loaded and unloaded modules. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The modutils packages includes the kerneld program for automaticloading and unloading of modules under 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, as well as other module management programs. Examples of loaded and unloaded modules are device drivers and filesystems, as well as some other things. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Measure of Effectiveness From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Molekulare Optisch-Elektrische Schaltungstraeger From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified - Owner - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (AMD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Managed Object Format (CIM, DMTF) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Object Facility From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Molecule Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft OnLine Institute (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Open Licence Pack (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Orientated Middleware (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
monitor hosts/services/whatever and alert about problems "mon" is a tool for monitoring the availability of services. Services may be network-related, environmental conditions, or anything that can be tested with software. If a service is unavailable mon can tell you with syslog, email, your pager or a script of your choice. You can control who gets each alert based on the time of day or day of week, and you can control how often an existing problem is re-alerted. More information can be found at http://www.kernel.org/software/mon/. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a theorem prover based on automata MONA is a tool that translates formulas in the logics WS1S or WS2S into finite-state automata represented by BDDs. The formulas may express search patterns, temporal properties of reactive systems, parse tree constraints, etc. MONA also analyses the automaton resulting from the compilation, and determines whether the formula is valid and, if the formula is not valid, generates a counter-example. Documentation is available from the MONA website http://www.brics.dk/mona/. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MOdelling NAturaL Images for Synthesis and Animation, "MONA LISA" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
System to backup your filesystem to CDs Mondo uses afio as the backup engine. Mondo creates ISO images of your data to make a full backup of your system. It also makes the CDs to autorun and gives you several options to restore your system. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you may restore some or all of your system from those CDs, even if your hard drives are now blank. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
high data rate MObile interNET (network) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Monkey Linux can be extracted to the DOS filesystem (to the FAT32 too). This is complete small ELF distribution on 5 diskettes. Monkey can run on this minimal HW: 386SX, 4MB RAM, 30MB on IDE HDD. It contains X Windows for any SVGA videocard, support for network, support for 3C5x9, 3c59x, 3c900, NE2000/NE1000, WD80x3 ethernet cards, ATAPI/MITSUMI CD. There are some ready-to-install packages, GCC and kernel source for compiling your own kernel too. Monkey Linux v06 was released May 8, 1997. Documentation is available in English and Czech. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Once known as Hard Hat Linux this embedded distribution from MontaVista, Inc., is more than just another general-purpose Linux distribution. MontaVista provides a cross development platform and a set of tool kits designed specifically for embedded solutions using the x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, XScale, MIPS, SH, ARM and an ever expanding array of other microprocessor architectures. Renamed MontaVista Linux with the release of v2.1 on January 29, 2002. MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.0 was released November 18, 2002. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Acronym for a lot of things, one of which is Multiuser dimension Object Oriented. They are multimedia, interactive environments in virtual space. Formerly in the confines of Telnet, MOOs now have taken advantage of the WWW. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MUD Object Orientated (Internet, OOP, MUD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
One of several kinds of multi-user role-playing environments. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular object oriented dynamic spread-sheet 2D-visualisation for periodically updated data using drag and drop in a spreadsheet-like environment. Extensible via your own Tcl/Tk modules. Intended for use in system administration but should work in a lab just as well... From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Drive some car across the moon Moon-buggy is a simple character graphics game, where you drive some kind of car across the moon's surface. Unfortunately there are dangerous craters there. Fortunately your car can jump over them! From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Drive some car across the moon (version with sound) Moon-buggy is a simple character graphics game, where you drive some kind of car across the moon's surface. Unfortunately there are dangerous craters there. Fortunately your car can jump over them! This version includes experimental support for sound and thus requires a soundcard to run! From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A fun and entertaining game based on the classic moon lander. Moonlander is a fun and enjoyable modern graphical version of the classic moonlander game. WARNING: Contains one mild profanity. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel, remarked in the late 1960s that computing power seemed to double every 12 to 18 months. This prophecy is remarkably accurate. With the rise of the Internet and computing in our lives, this Law has become a basic feature of our society every much so as Newton's Law's. Key point: Every bit of key length doubles the security, making it twice as difficult to crack. However, because of Moore's Law, every year that passes makes all keys twice as easy to crack. Therefore, if it takes 1-week to break a message encrypted with a 40-bit key, it will likewise take 1-week to break a message encrypted with a 128-bit key roughly 100 years from now. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Daemon/client combo to easily queue music files for playing Moosic is a music player that focuses on easy playlist management. It consists of a server process that maintains a queue of music files to play and a client program which sends commands to the server. The server continually runs through its playlist, popping items off the top of the list and playing each with an external program. The client is a simple command-line utility which allows you to perform powerful operations upon the server's queue, including the addition of whole directory trees, automatic shuffling, and item removal according to regular expressions. The server comes configured to play MP3, Ogg, MIDI, MOD, and WAV files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Object Protocol (CLOS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Original Prints From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Maintenance Operations Protocol (MOP) loader daemon. The Maintenance Operations Protocol (MOP) loader daemon services MOP load requests on one or all Ethernet interfaces. Normally, a filename (uppercase and ending in .SYS) is included in the load request. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Million Operations Per Second From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
file perusal filter for crt viewing From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Morphix is a modular distribution, with live-CD support. No configuration is necessary, just burn the CD and boot it. Morphix is partly based on KNOPPIX, the rest comes directly from Debian. The initial version, 0.3-2, was released February 27, 2003. Version 0.3-6 was released May 17, 2003. A CD-based distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Unleashed on the morning of Thursday, November 3, 1988, the Morris Worm essentially crashed the Internet. In true worm fashion, it exploited bugs in several UNIX programs (sendmail, finger) to break into machines. Once in a machine, it would then look for other machines and launch attacks against them. Due to a programming mistake, the Morris Worm would not recognize when it had already broken into a machine. As the worm multiplied, machines would get broken into over and over, eventually overloading the machine and taking it offline. The worm is named after its creator, Robert Tapam Morris. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Simple morse code trainer for the PC speaker Morse code trainer which allows you to play morse at a range of speeds and frequencies through the PC internal speaker. You can specify the text to be played either from the command line, from a file, or the program is capable of generating random character groups. As it sounds each character it lists the character in verbal form (Dit, Dit, Dah etc.) to the screen. Morse has to run from a VC. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Operating System (OS, Varian) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minimum Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, NCR) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Web browser created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and placed in the public domain. Though Mosaic was one of the earliest Web browsers, it has been superseded by Netscape Navigator See World Wide Web. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The first WWW browser that was available for the Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX all with the same interface. Mosaic really started the popularity of the Web. The source-code to Mosaic was licensed by several companies and used to create many other web browsers. Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), at the Univeristy of Urbana-Champange in Illinois, USA. The first version was released in late 1993. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Major Open Systems Environment Standards From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a software package that turns a network of GNU/Linux computers into a computer cluster. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiprocessor ??? Operating System for unIX (Unix, Cluster) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Utilities to administer a mosix cluster node Mosix is an extension to the linux kernel to support scalable and transparent cluster computing. The enhanced kernel allows a cluster of workstations and servers based on the Intel x86 architecture to work cooperatively as if part of a single system. This package provides the utilities to run a mosix cluster. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Online Services Partnership (MSN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multicast [extensions to ] Open Shortest Path First [routing] (IP, OSPF, RFC 1584) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a more/less paging type program Most is a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file on a terminal. It pauses after each windowful and prints on the window status line of the screen the file name, current line number, and the percentage of the file so far displayed. Unlike other paging programs, most is capable of displaying an arbitrary number of windows as long as each window occupies at least two screen lines. Each window may contain the same file or a different file. In addition, each window has its own mode. In addition to displaying ordinary text files, most can also display binary files as well as files with arbitrary ascii characters. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Orientated Systems Transport From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Open Systems Technologies (UK, Uni Lancaster) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Means of Test From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The central circuit board inside a computer, which houses the central processing unit (CPU), the system bus, memory slots, expansion slots, and more. From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A powerful proprietary graphics library for UNIX/Linux, developed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) and used by programmers to create buttons, menus and other graphical objects for the X Window System. (Also, see Gtk/Gtk+.) From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A widely-accepted set of user interface guidelines developed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) around 1989 which specifies how an X Window System application should "look and feel". Motif includes the Motif Toolkit (also called "Xm" or the "Motif widgets"). From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Files needed to run some Motif applications. This package provides the XFree-2.1 configuration files needed to allow Motif applications compiled under XFree-2.1 to run under XFree-3.1. Without these files, some Motif applications compiled on other machines (such as Netscape) may crash when attempting to copy or paste from or to a text field, and may also exhibit other problems. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
V4L Capture Program supporting Movement Detection Motion is a V4L image capture program which supports: - Motion detection - MPEG output - Loopback output (if a module is compiled for your kernel) - webcam output From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message-Orientated Text Interchange System (ISO 10021, JTC1) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
C/C++/Java Integrated Development Environment Motor is a text mode based programming environment for Linux. It consists of a powerful editor with syntax highlight feature, project manager, makefile generator, gcc and gdb front-end, etc. Deep CVS integration is also provided. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
More Of The Sameold Sameold (Usenet) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memorandum Of Understanding (IPOC, TLD, Internet) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Identify a disk drive to the file system before use. From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mount and unmount filesystems. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mount package contains the mount, umount, swapon and swapoff programs. Accessible files on your system are arranged in one big tree or hierarchy. These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command attaches a filesystem on some device to your system's file tree. The umount command detaches a filesystem from the tree. Swapon and swapoff, respectively, specify and disable devices and files for paging and swapping. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
To access a storage device or medium on a directory within a computer file system. From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems. This package provides the mount(8), umount(8), swapon(8), swapoff(8), and losetup(8) commands. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The directory under which a file system is accessible after being mounted. From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mount an smbfs filesystem From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mount an smbfs filesystem From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Tool to (un)mount devices, dockable in Window Maker. This is a Window Maker dock app which allows you to browse all your mount points and to mount/unmount devices in a simple point and click manner. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A pointing device for use with a graphical user interface (GUI). From Redhat-9-Glossary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
allows you to configure your mouse. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mouseconfig is a text-based mouse configuration tool. Mouseconfig setsup the files and links needed for configuring and using a mouse on a Red Hat Linux system. The mouseconfig tool can be used to set the correct mouse type for programs like gpm, and can be used with Xconfigurator to set up the mouse for the X Window System. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Scripts for Mova-format dictionary Scripts that help finding words and viewing articles in dictionaries in mova format. One of them is English/Russian dictionary by by V. K. Mueller. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Overlay Virtual Environment (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[projekt] MObile VIsualisierung (DFG) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MoviX is a CD-ready tiny (~5MB) Slackware-based Linux distribution containing all you need to boot a PC from CD (using syslinux) and automagically play all the avi files you put in the CD root with mplayer through the framebuffer. You can use it to play all your movies, even on a diskless PC. MoviX2 is a related distribution aimed at transforming your PC into a powerful multimedia box. The initial release of MoviX, version 0.2, was announced September 16, 2002. Version 0.8.0rc1 was released June 12, 2003. MoviX2 v0.3.0rc1 was released June 16, 2003. eMoviX is another branch, a micro (7MB) Linux distro meant to be embedded in a CD together with all the video/audio files you want. eMoviX version 0.8.0pre6 was released March 13, 2003. A 'special purpose/mini' distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magneto-Optical Write Once Read Many, "MO-WORM" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Mozart Programming System The Mozart Programming System is an advanced development platform for intelligent, distributed applications. Mozart is based on the Oz language, which supports declarative programming, object-oriented programming, constraint programming, and concurrency as part of a coherent whole. For distribution, Mozart provides a true network transparent implementation with support for network awareness, openness, and fault tolerance. Security is upcoming. Mozart is an ideal platform for both general-purpose distributed applications as well as for hard problems requiring sophisticated optimization and inferencing abilities. For more information, see the Mozart project home page at http://www.mozart-oz.org/. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla was the code-name behind the original version of the Netscape web-browser, which itself was essentially a re-write of the popular Mosaic web-browser. Netscape later created an open-source version of their source base called Mozilla. Netscape version 6 is based upon this newer Mozilla. Point: Both Netscape and Microsoft web-browsers identify themselves as being "Mozilla" in the User-Agent: field. When Netscape officially created the name "Navigator" for their web-browser, the engineers didn't bother changing this field. When Microsoft came out with version 3.0 of their "Internet Explorer", they attempted to emulate all the features of Navigator. In order to take advantage of web-sites that provided richer multimedia content based upon whether Mozilla was running, Microsoft put "Mozilla" as the version of their browser, with additional content identifying itself as "MSIE". From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Web Browser - core and browser Mozilla is a sophisticated graphical World-Wide-Web browser, with a large number of various browser features like support for HTML 4.0, CSS 2, JavaScript and Java. Of course, besides the network option, it can also be used as a standalone HTML viewer. Mozilla is based on part of the code base of the well known "Netscape" ("Communicator" or "Navigator") browser. It was opened up to the free software community by Netscape Communications under a new NPL license. See the website http://www.mozilla.org/ for more information on the development of Mozilla. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Web Browser - irc client This is an irc client written completely in javascript, XUL, and Mozilla's XP framework. Give it a try, you might like it. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A tool for inspecting the DOM of pages in Mozilla. This is a tool that allows you to inspect the DOM for web pages in Mozilla. This is of great use to people who are doing Mozilla chrome development or web page development. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
JavaScript debugger for use with Mozilla JavaScript debugger for use with Mozilla. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail/news client based on the Mozilla web browser. The mail/news client supports IMAP, POP, and NNTP and has an easy to use interface. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Web Browser - mail and news support Mail/news client based on the Mozilla web browser. The mail/news client supports IMAP, POP, and NNTP and has an easy to use interface. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
NSPR provides platform independence for non-GUI operating systemfacilities. These facilities include threads, thread synchronization, normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time, basic memory management (malloc and free) and shared library linking. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3,TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3certificates, and other security standards. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Web Browser - Personal Security Manager (PSM) This is the PSM (Personal Security Manager) for the Mozilla Web Browser With this package, you can access SSL sites (https) and use IMAP/S mail servers. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Web Browser - XML enabled This is a terminal client written for mozilla that has special capabilities. When combined with the xls, and xcat programs, you can get directory listings with thumbnails for images, and you can cat known file types and view them inline. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Processor From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiProtocol From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
pretty-printer for email messages and other text files This package consists of two programs, mp and mptool. The mp program will pretty print various files for you. It can be used in conjunction with a mail reading utility for producing a pretty print of your mail items. It can be used with a news reading tool to pretty print news articles. Digests can also be printed, and this version can pretty print ordinary ASCII files as well. Support for personal organiser printing was added into the last released version. There are numerous configuration options to allow you to adjust the way mp generates it's output. The mptool program is a graphical frontend to mp. It makes it easy to configure the printout of your documents without having to remember lots of complicated command line arguments. It also supports drag and drop of text from other Gtk+ applications. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[PPP] Multilink Protocol (MPPP, RFC 1990) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MPEG audio layer 3 (MPEG, audio, IIS, ISO) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Full-screen console mp3 and ogg vorbis player mp3blaster is an interactive text-based mp3 player with a number of unique features. It supports multiple playlists allowing you to divide tracks into albums allowing great flexibility with the play order. Also included are nmixer, a simple mixer utility based on the same code as the mixer used in mp3blaster and mp3tag, an id3 tag manipulation tool. Starting with version 3.0pre8, mp3blaster supports the playback of Ogg Vorbis encoded audio as well. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
burn audio CDs directly from MP3s or Ogg Vorbis files mp3burn is a Perl script that allows you to burn audio CDs composed of MP3 or Ogg Vorbis tracks without an intermediate file conversion to .cdr or .wav. Actually, the .mp3/.ogg files *are* converted using a decoder, but are written to FIFOs so they don't consume a lot of filesystem space during the burn. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Check mp3 files for consistency Check mp3 files for consistency and print several errors and warnings. List stream attributes (color). Layer 1,2,3, mpeg1.0+2.0 are currently supported. CRC check for layer 3. mp3check is very useful for incomplete mp3 detection as it can be used to scan through your mp3 collection and find all mp3s that aren't perfect. Good for use with Napster and other bulk downloading of mp3s. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor. MP3Info has an interactive mode (using curses) and a command line mode. MP3Info can display ID3 tag information as well as various technical aspects of an MP3 file including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and other attributes in a pre-defined or user-specifiable output format. If you prefer GUI you should use mp3info-gtk package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Organizes your MP3 collection in a MySQL database Mp3Kult is a KDE2 application that helps you organize your MP3 collections in a MySQL database. It can read MP3 tag and song informations (length, bit rate, sample rate etc.), make playlists, play songs with an external player like xmms and gqmpeg, perform basic and advanced searches for songs in the database, and make copies of playlists on your hard disk, in order to play the songs without inserting CD-ROMs. Mp3Kult can scan directories recursively, looking for MP3s and automatically mount, umount and eject CD-ROMs before and after the job. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Rename mp3 files based on id3tags Mp3rename is a small tool to rename all those badly named mp3 files. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macro Processor for HTML Documents Mp4h is a macro processor specifically designed for HTML documents, with powerful programming features. It allows definition and expansion of new tags with a syntax familiar to HTML authors. Mp4h is a core component of the Website Meta Language (WML). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
pack a file in MIME format From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Tools for encoding/decoding MIME messages. Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format mail messages. For compatibility with older forms of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode messages in split-uuencoded format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript printer Mpage reads plain text files or PostScript documents and prints them on a PostScript printer with the text reduced in size so that several pages appear on one sheet of paper. This is useful for viewing large printouts on a small amount of paper. Uses ISO 8859.1 to print 8-bit characters. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
partition an MSDOS hard disk TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A powerful library for debugging memory allocations The mpatrol library is a powerful debugging tool that attempts to diagnose run-time errors that are caused by the wrong use of dynamically allocated memory. Along with providing a comprehensive and configurable log of all dynamic memory operations that occurred during the lifetime of a program, the mpatrol library performs extensive checking to detect any misuse of dynamically allocated memory. All logging and tracing output from the mpatrol library is sent to a separate log file in order to keep its diagnostics separate from any that the program being tested might generate. A wide variety of library settings can also be changed at run-time via an environment variable, thus removing the need to recompile or relink in order to change the library's behaviour. All of this functionality can be integrated into existing code through the inclusion of a single header file at compile-time. http://www.cbmamiga.demon.co.uk/mpatrol From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MPOA Client (MPOA, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia Personal Computer From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Preparation Directory From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiPlatform DiskArray From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Protocol Data Unit (PDU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Programming Executive (OS, HP, HP 3000) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Source for MPE, for other package to build-depend This package includes the source to MPE, so that other package can build MPE Build-depending in this package. MPE is a set of tools to profile MPI programs, and other tools, useful in debugging MPI. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a small editor with syntax highlighting Minimum Profit (mp, mped in Debian Systems) is a programmer's text editor. It features small memory and disk requirements, syntax highlighting, context-sensitive help for the source code being edited, multiple simultaneous file editing, ctags support, word wrapping, and more. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Motion Picture Expert Group [old term] (MPEG) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Moving Picture Expert Group (org., ISO 11172-1, JTC1) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The group that has defined the multimedia compression standard for consumer and professional digital audio and video. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mp3 and mpeg I video/audio library for linux mpeglib is a mp3 and mpeg I video/audio library for linux mpeg I audio player (layer I,II,III (mp3)) mpeg I video player mpeg I system layer player wav player From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
??? (HP), "MPE/XL" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mpg123 is a fast, free and portable MPEG audio player for Unix. It supports MPEG 1.0/2.0 layers 1, 2 and 3 ("mp3" files). For full CD quality playback (44 kHz, 16 bit, stereo) a fast CPU is required. Mono and/or reduced quality playback (22 kHz or11 kHz) is possible on slow CPUs (like Intel 486). For information on the MP3 License, please visit:http://www.mpeg.org/ From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Free command-line mp3 player, compatible with mpg123 mpg321 is a clone of the popular mpg123 command-line mp3 player. It should function as a drop-in replacement for mpg123 in many cases. While some of the functionality of mpg123 is not yet implemented, mpg321 should function properly in most cases for most people, such as for frontends such as gqmpeg. mpg321 is based on the mad MPEG audio decoding library. It therefore is highly accurate, and also uses only fixed-point calculation, making it more efficient on machines without a floating-point unit. While mpg321 is not as fast as the non-free mpg123 on systems which have a floating point unit, it comes under a fully Free license, which allows greater freedom to its users. For most people who want mpg123, mpg321 is a better alternative. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Toolbox to manipulate MPEG files (video, system, and audio) mpgtx is a tool to manipulate MPEG files. Its features include the following: * mpgtx can currently split and join MPEG 1 video files and most MPEG audio files. * mpgtx can fetch detailed information from MPEG 1 and MPEG 2. * mpgtx can demultiplex MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files (System layer, Program layer and Transport Layer). * mpgtx can add, remove and edit ID3 tags from mp3 files and rename mp3 files according to their ID3 tags. It reads and writes ID3v1, but only reads ID3v2. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Passing Interface (SMP, Cluster) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Parallel computing system MPICH is a robust and flexible implementation of the MPI (Message Passing Interface). MPI is often used with parallel or distributed computing projects. MPICH is a multi-platform, configurable system (development, execution, libraries, etc) for MPI. It can achieve parallelism using networked machines or using multitasking on a single machine. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Passing Interface Forum (manufacturer) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mozilla Public License (Netscape) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A movie and animation player that supports a wide range or codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4, DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MMX/SSE(2)/3DNow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim's and RealPlayer's binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-baased subtitle formats too. For video output, nealy every exising interface is supported. It's also able to convert raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices. From MPlayer http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (RFC 3031) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metra Potential Method From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-user ??? Program for Microcomputers (CP/M, OS, DR), "MP/M" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiMedia Presentation Manager/2 (OS/2, IBM), "MPM/2" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Main Profile @@ Main Level (MPEG), "MP@@ML" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-user ??? Program / NETwork (MP/M, CP/NET, OS), "MP/NET" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-user ??? Program / ??? (MP/NET, CP/NOS, OS), "MP/NOS" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Protocol Over ATM (ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MetaPost, a system for drawing pictures From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Massive Parallel Processor / Processing (MPP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Posting Protocol (RFC 1204) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Processing Program From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MS, RFC 2118) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Purpose Peripheral Device From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MS, cryptography) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP, RFC 1990, MP, Ascend) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Massively Parallel Quantum Chemistry Program MPQC computes the properties of molecules through ab-initio methods. It can compute closed shell and general restricted open shell Hartree-Fock energies and gradients, density functional theory energies and gradients, second order open shell perturbation theory (OPT2[2]) and Z-averaged perturbation theory (ZAPT2) energies, and second order closed shell Moeller-Plesset perturbation theory energies and gradients. It also includes an internal coordinate geometry optimizer. MPQC is build upon the Scientific Computing Toolkit (SC). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
[National Board for Metrology and Testing] (org., Sweden) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Megabytes Per Second From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MPOA Server (MPOA, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mtop and mps for the Mosix multicomputer mps and mtop are used to display processes on a Mosix multicomputer. mtop provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time. It displays a listing of the most CPU-intensive tasks on the system, and can provide an interactive interface for manipulating processes. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiPage Signal (Fax) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiProzessor Spezifikation (SMP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mathematical Programming System eXtended (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Ministery of Post and Telecommunications (org., Japan) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiPort Transceiver From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
??? From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Protocol Transport Architecture (IBM, SNA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Protocol Transport Networking (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
extract labels in MetaPost pictures for typesetting From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Protocol Transport Services (IBM, MPTN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Protocol Transport Services / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "MPTN/2" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroProcessor Unit (SIA, RL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIDI Processing Unit 401 (Roland, MIDI), "MPU 401" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh Programmers Workshop (Apple) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiProgramming eXecutive (IBM, OS, IBM 1800) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiProgramming eXecutive (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a mp3/ogg audio player written in Qt. mq3 is an advanced unix audio player, written in C++ using the Qt toolkit. It supports both the MP3 and Ogg Vorbis audio formats, and has an intuitive organizer to keep your music and playlists in order. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Queueing Interface (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Million QUality Improvements Per Second From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magneto - Resistive (HDD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MODEM Ready (MODEM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modified Read (Fax) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Resolutions Analysis From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (IC, RAM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Method Request Broker (OMG) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Resolution Bitmap Compiler (MS, Windows) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Realtime Compression Format (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Rate Circuit Switching From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
remove an MSDOS subdirectory TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
rename an existing MSDOS file TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A tool for easy and automatic renaming of many files Mass Rename is a simple pair of shell scripts which make it easier to move, rename, or copy multiple files at once. It is intended mainly as an automatic and simple way to rename multiple files with a customizable prefix and a progressive number. It is also possible to modify the rename format simply by editing one of the scripts. It is easy, complete, and efficient, and was written only in sh code. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Repeater Hub (Intel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh / MacOS Runtime for Java (Java, Apple) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh Runtime for Java Software Developer Kit (Apple, Java), "MRJ SDK" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Resolution Meshes (Intel, 3D) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Minnesota Regional NETwork (network, USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mandatory Router Option [flag] (CATNIP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multicommand Required Operational Capability From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
??? Read Only Memory (ROM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Material / Manufacturing Resource Planning From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Material Requirement Planning (PPS, CIM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Project Management Application for GNOME Mr Project is a project management program that can help build project plans, and track the progress of a project. The development of MrProject is led by CodeFactory as a free software project, and all code is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Homepage: http://mrproject.codefactory.se/ From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MrProject is a visual project management application which allows users to manage several aspects of a project, including schedule tracking usingGantt charts. You should install MrProject if you wish to manage schedules, allocate resources, and track the progress of your projects. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Recognition System (DAT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Retrieval Service Element From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-threaded Routing Toolkit (BGP4+/BGP/RIPng/RIP2) MRT is a set of Routing and Network Performance measurement tools, with BGP4+/BGP/RIPng/RIP2 routing software (now includes DVMRP and PIM-DM) MRT uses novel approaches to routing architecture design, and incorporates features such as parallel lightweight processes, multiple processor support, and shared memory. The object-oriented, modular design of the software encourages the rapid addition and prototyping of experimental routing protocol and inter-domain policy algorithms. You can use MRT applications and libraries to: * Serve as the backbone routing software for your IPv6 or IPv4 network connection. * Simultaneously handle tasks such as routing policy communication, routing policy calculation, and maintenance of a RIB, and distribute these tasks over multiple processors or multiple machines * Generate and analyze route flap statistics * Generate real-time graphical maps of Internet routing * Capture a BGP peering session and monitor it in real time * Record and replay sequences of events, such as routing failures From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Router Traffic Grapher From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Router Traffic Grapher The Multi Router Traffic Grapher is a tool primarily used to monitor the traffic load on network links (typically by using SNMP). MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic. MRTG typically produces daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs. In addition to monitoring via SNMP, MRTG can also generate graphs based on the output of any application, allowing one to generate graphs of anything that needs monitoring (for example, CPU and memory usage, email volumes, web hits, etc). For faster data collection, MRTG can also interface to RRDtool. For more information, see http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/. The mrtg-contrib package contains the contributed scripts and configuration files that used to form part of the mrtg package. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Router Traffic Grapher (contributed files) A collection of sample scripts and configuration files for the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG). This package contains the contributed files that ship with MRTG. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Utilities to generate statistics for mrtg A collection of simple utilities to generate output useful for mrtg. Many of the existing mrtg setups use shell or perl scripts to gather output. On busy systems, these scripts can generate a lot of extra load. These (small) C programs can return the given statistics more efficiently. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Receive Unit [size] (SLIP, PPP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most Recently Used From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MagnetoResistive eXtended [technology] (HDD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Store From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta Signaling (ATM, ???) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft (manufacturer, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Station (GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Service Architecture From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mini Slotted Alternating Priorities (MAC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most Significant Bit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Generates simple ASCII message sequence charts This tool generates simple ASCII message sequence charts from a textual description. Note, that this description is tool specific and not compatible with the MSC standard Z.120 by the ITU-T. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft C From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile services Switching Center (PLMN, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MSC.Software makes this distribution, designed for high-performance, high-availability, cluster computing. Itanium 2-based MSC.Linux V2002 is available, as is MSC.Linux IA-64 2002 (July) for the HP zx1 chipset. A 'special purpose/mini' distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Compact Disk EXtensions (CD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS), "MS-CHAP" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Slots on Continuation Mechanism (DQDB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor This package contains two programs: msexpand, which decompresses files compressed by the Microsoft compress.exe utility (e.g. Win 3.x installation files) mscompress, which compresses files using the LZ77 compression algorithm. Files can be decompressed using Microsoft expand.exe or msexpand(1). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mass Storage Control Protocol From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Cluster Server [Wolfpack] (MS, Cluster) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most Significant Digit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Data Engine (MS, DB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MS, SQL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Download Library (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Macintosh Software Distribution Network (FidoNet, Apple) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Developer Network (Internet, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Developer Network (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Disk Operating System (MS, OS, PC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Exchange server (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Mandrake-Security package is designed to provide generic secure level to the Mandrake Linux users...It will permit you to choose between level 0 to 5 for a less -> more secured distribution. This packages includes several program that will be run periodically in order to test the security of your system and alert you if needed. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Status Event Notification From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
local centralised multiuser music server Mserv is a music server designed to do a number of things better than most systems designed to play mp3s: - Supports any type of client using standard TCP protocol - Stores information on mp3 (bitrate, duration, name, author, genre, date produced, last play date) in on-disk database. - Stores rating information supplied by the user (awful, bad, neutral, good, superb). - Has a comprehensive queuing system (track, album, random album, etc) - Random play chooses the songs that people currently on-line want to hear using their ratings of the songs. - Search facilities, status information, statistics, etc. - User management facilities, four levels of users, encrypted passwords. - Talker style communication (say, emote etc.) - Play, next, pause, stop, repeat, volume, bass, treble settings. - On-line and off-line track information editing. - Advanced filter facilities (e.g. 'john=superb', '!good', 'year>1990', 'duration<180', 'genre=pop', 'john=good|fred=unheard' etc.) - Built-in telnet client (see manual). - Library interface, no need to write TCP code. - Comes with command line shell program for interfacing and web client to this shell program for web-based control. - Uses an external player to output, and is known to support mpg321, mpg123 and freeamp - this could be used to broadcast the output or support other players. - Comes with a setuid wrapper for mpg123-compatible players that can increase the nice level for low-capability processors. For more info see http://www.mserv.org From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Network Modem Server The mserver program is a network modem server which allows modems to be exported to any number of hosts on the (local) internet. Access control for each individually exported modem is performed on a per-host basis. Windows 95 shareware client available. Work on a Mac version in progress. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Fax Information Service (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management Service Focal Point (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
compare two message catalogs From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
search catalogs for common messages From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
compile message catalogs From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
merge two message catalogs From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
decompile message catalogs From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
shows FAT clusters allocated to file TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Medium Scale Integration From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Micro-Star International (manufacturer, Taiwan) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Internet Explorer (MS, WWW, MSIE) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Station ISDN Number (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems), "MS-ISDN" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metered Services Information eXchange [protocol] (Internet, ISP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Segment Lifetime (TCP/IP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Software Library (Internet, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mirrored Server Link From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Support Module (ODI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Metal Semiconductor Metal (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Message Queue [server] (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Support Network (Internet, MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Monitoring cell Sequence Number (UNI, ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Subscriber Number (Euro-, ISDN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Systems Networking Facility (IBM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mass storage Operating System (OS, CDC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Media Signal Processor (Samsung, MMX, ARM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Security Protocol From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Send Protocol (RFC 1159) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multitasking System Program (OS, Hemenway) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modular System Program /7 (OS, IBM), "MSP/7" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
M&T Software Partner International [gmbh] From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Machine Specific Register (IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mess-, Steuer- und Regelungssysteme From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Support Router (MHP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Model Specific Register (Intel, Pentium, IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Station Roaming Number (MM, HLR, MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Remote Procedure Call (MS, DCOM), "MS-RPC" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Segment Size (TCP, ADSL) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIMOLA Software System (MIMOLA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Submission Service Element From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mountain Standard Time [-0700] (TZ, MDT, USA) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including: Andale Mono Arial Black Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Comic Sans MS (Bold) Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Impact Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Webdings You will need an Internet connection to download these modules from Microsoft's Web site. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel (ATM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MicroSoft Visual C++ (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Machine Status Word From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
control magnetic tape drive operation From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Machine [assisted] Translation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mannesmann Tally [gmbh] (manufacturer) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Transfer / Type From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mobile Termination (GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Moluccas Time [+0830] (TZ) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
control magnetic tape drive operation From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka. mt) Mt-st contains a version of "mt" that is aware of Linux's SCSI tape driver. Mt-st is able to set some esoteric control flags like tape partitions. Mt-st diverts (replaces) the GNU version of mt, in the cpio package. It also comes with stinit, a program to be run at boot time to set up tape defaults. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The mt-st package contains the mt and stinit tape drive management programs. Mt (for magnetic tape drives) can control rewinding, ejecting, skipping files and blocks, and more. The stinit program isused to initialize SCSI magnetic tape drives at system startup. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Alongside the web, mail is the top reason for the popularity of the Internet. E-mail is an inexpensive and fast method of time-shifted messaging which, much like the Web, is actually based around sending and receiving plain text files. The protocol used is called the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The server prorgams that implement SMTP to move mail from one server to another are called Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs). Once upon a time users would have to Telnet into an SMTP server and use a command line mail program like 'mutt' or 'pine' to check their mail. Now, GUI based e-mail clients like Mozilla, Kmail and Outlook allow users to check their email off of a local SMTP sever. Additional protocols like POP3 and IMAP4 are used between the SMTP server and desktop mail client to allow clients to manipulate files on, and download from, their local mail server. The programs that implement POP3 and IMAP4 are called Mail Delivery Agents (MDAs). They are generally seperate from MTAs. From Advanced Linux Pocketbook http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail Transport Agent (SMTP) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Transfer Agent (MTS, OSI, X.400) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time Between Failure From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The statistical average operating time beween the start of a component's lie and the time of its first electronic or mechinical failure. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean-Time-Between-Parts-Replacement From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIDI Time Code (MIDI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Technology Driver (IBM, PC-DOS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Technology Device Tools Tools for manipulating memory technology devices, such as flash memory, Disk-On-Chip, or ROM. Includes mkfs.jffs, a tool to create JFFS (journaling flash file system) filesystems. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time Data Availability From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MuTating Engine (Viren), "MtE" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Motorola Training and Education Center (org., Chicago) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Text Formats From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Tape Format (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Modulation Transfer Function From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Translator Hub (Intel) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MIPS Technologies Inc. (manufacturer, SGI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Unix jargon for "the time a file's data was last 'changed'". (cf. atime, ctime). From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MRAM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
mtools configuration files TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Tools for manipulating MSDOS files Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them. It supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks, ZIP/JAZ disks and 2m disks (store up to 1992kB on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Also included in this package are commands to eject and manipulate the write/password protection control of Zip disks. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
utilities to access DOS disks in Unix. TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
graphical user interface to the mtools diskette package MToolsFM (formerly known as mfm) is a gtk-based graphical user interface for the mtools package for reading and writing DOS-format diskettes on UNIX systems. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
tests and displays the configuration TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Transfer Part (ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool. As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host. After it determines the address of each network hop between the machines, it sends a sequence ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the quality of the link to each machine. As it does this, it prints running statistics about each machine. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute into one program. Mtr provides two interfaces: an ncurses interface, useful for using Mtr from a telnet session; and a GTK+ interface for X (provided in the mtr-gtk package). From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Graphical satellite tracker for X11 mtrack is a satellite tracking program for X11. The current position of the satellite is shown on a world map, and pass times for the next day or more can be generated and shown in a tabular form. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Memory Type Range Register (CPU, Pentium Pro, IC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnetic Tape System (OS, HP, HP 2100) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Transfer System (MHS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Michigan Terminal System (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Microsoft Transaction Server (MS, DB, WSH, COM) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MailTrusT (cryptography) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time To Failure From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time To First Failure From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time to Recovery / Repair / React From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mean Time Trouble Repair From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Transmission Unit (SLIP, PPP, IP, PPPoE) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Maximum Transmission Unit - the largest packet size for a network. In RedHat the MTU is set for pppd in "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp". From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Transfer Unit From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
controls tape autochangers MTX can be used to manipulate tape auto-changers, also known as "jukeboxes", such that backup software can make use of the multiple tape capabilities of the auto-changer. In particular, this is necessary glue for using a backup system like Amanda with a DDS auto-changer like the HP Surestore 12000e. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
display contents of an MSDOS file TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Message Utilities for emacsen. MU stands for "Message Utilities". It consists of following modules: mu-cite: a citation utility mu-cite.el --- main module of mu-cite mu-bbdb.el --- mu-cite submodule for BBDB mu-register.el --- mu-cite submodule for registration latex-math-symbol.el --- translate mathematical symbols of LaTeX into MULE characters From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail User Agent From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MUltimediales BueroInformationsSystem (OA, BIS, TU Braunschweig), "MuBIS"c From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-User Chat Kingdom (MUD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Acronym for Multi-User Dungeon, a type of text based adventure game accessed with telnet or a specialized client program, such as tintin, tinyfugue, or tinytalk. There are many types of MUD including Diku, MOO, and MUSE. On example is ChicagoMUSE. From KADOWKEV http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A (usually text-based) multi-user simulation environment. Some are purely for fun and flirting, others are used for serious software development, or education purposes and all thatlies in between. A significant feature of most MUDs is that users can create things that stay after they leave and which other users can interact within their absence, thus allowing a world to be built gradually and collectively. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A flexible and efficient FTP daemon MuddleFTPd has been designed from the ground up to be efficient, configurable and to be tolerant of being run in root or non-root mode. This server enables users to set up a variety of configurations, from a traditional FTP server using the password file for everything, to using the password file for nothing running entirely as a single user. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
English/Russian dictionary in dict format Electronic version of seventh edition of English/Russian dictionary by V. K. Mueller. This package contains dictionary in dict format. You'll need dictd server and dict client to use it. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
English/Russian dictionary in mova format Electronic version of seventh edition of English/Russian dictionary by V. K. Mueller. This package contains dictionary in mova format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
English/Russian dictionary with accents in dict format Electronic version of seventh edition of English/Russian dictionary with accents by V. K. Mueller. This package contains dictionary in dict format. You'll need dictd server and dict client to use it. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
English/Russian dictionary with accents in mova format Electronic version of seventh edition of English/Russian dictionary with accents by V. K. Mueller. This package contains dictionary in mova format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MUMPS User Group Deutschland (MUMPS, user group), "MUG-D" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Full-featured IRC bouncing tool. muh is a smart irc-bouncing-tool that remains on IRC all the time. You can take control over your nick by connecting to muh with an IRC client that is able to supply a password for the server connection. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management User Interface (OMF, UI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia User Interface (SGI, UI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU EMACS (EMACS, GNU) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
character code translator system on Emacs MULE-UCS is a coding system and character code translator system. This has an universal ability to translate from any character sets to any, and construct new coding systems easily. And MULE-UCS have a package to translate between MULE INTERNAL CODE and ISO-10646, So you can handle ISO-10646 based coding systems on Emacs/Mule(But can't work on 20.2, this version have no extended CCL), Mule 3.0 and Meadow. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mulimidix is a mini Linux distribution for building a PC-based set-top box and multimedia player system with digital TV, MP3, DivX, etc. support, using VDR, Freevo and other tools. It is currently optimized for i686. Initial version 0.1 was released April 4, 2003. Version 0.1.9pre was released May 17, 2003. A 'special purpose/mini' distribution. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
muLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
basic MulTeX library files. MulTeX is a TeX for Multilingual langauges included Chinese, Japanese and Korean. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multilingual TeX MulTeX is TeX for Multilingual text based on the original Knuth's TeX. Include: multex, jmulatex, amsmultex (amsmultex depends on tetex-extra package). From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Enhanced the GNOME Terminal Multi Gnome Terminal is an enhanced version of gnome-terminal which has the following features added: - Many terminals in each window - Switch between terminals using shortcuts - Execution of user defined commands in new terminals - Notification of terminal states (changed, changing, unchanged) using different tabs colors - Reorderable tabs All this extensions are inspired by screen and konsole (the KDE2 terminal) From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A computer may have multiple adapters and multiple IP addresses. We called these multi-homed hosts. The existence of such machines makes some security processes difficult. UDP based transactions (like DNS) sometimes show anomalies because the responses come back from IP addresses different than the one the request was sent to. Sun workstations demonstrate and even more difficult problem: if multiple adapters are installed within the workstation, they are all assigned the same MAC address. Sometimes people hook both adapters to the same ethernet network. This means that every incoming packet is received by both adapters, so every request is seen multiple times, and responded to multiple times. The symptoms are that on UDP based protocols, every request sent to the multi-homed Sun computer gets multiple responses back. Key point: Misconfigured multi-homed hosts are common enough that it makes distinguishing their anomalies vs. hacker anomalies difficult. From Hacking-Lexicon http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Computerized switching system which allows point-to-multipoint videoconferencing. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
An Internet standard that specifies how tools, such as electronic mail programs and Web browsers, can transfer multimedia files (including sounds, graphics, and video) via the Internet. Prior to the development of MIME, all data transferred via the Internet had to be coded in ASCII texts See uuencode/uudecode. Multiscan monitor See multiscanning monitor. From QUECID http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-tasking describes a computer's ability to do more than one task at one particular time. An example may be word processing at the same time the computer is plotting a complex graph in the background. From Faculty-of-Education http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a type of communication between hosts (or computers) on a network where one computer can communicate with a select group of others. See broadcast and unicast. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Backup your data to CD-R/CD-RW multiCD provides an easy way to backup a large number of files to multiple CDs. Give multiCD the files/directories you want backed up and it will create as many CDs as it needs to, prompting the user to put in a new disc whenever needed. It can be configured to run in a multi-threading mode, where it will burn one image to a disc while it is copying files to another image. This feature can be disabled for slower machines. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Offline reader for Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems. It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP formats. It has a full screen, color user interface, built with the curses library. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Any document which uses multiple forms of communication, such as text, audio, and/or video. From Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
automatic classification or clustering multimix fits a mixture of multivariate distributions to a set of observations by maximum likelihood using the EM algorithm. The emphasis is less on parameter estimation than on the use of the estimated component distributions to cluster the data. The program is designed to cluster multivariate data with categorical and continuous variables. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Linux Radio Transmission Decoder The multimon software can decode a variety of digital transmission modes commonly found on UHF radio. A standard PC soundcard is used to acquire the signal from a transceiver. The decoding is done completely in software. Currently, the following modes are supported: AX.25 1200 Baud AFSK 2400 Baud AFSK (2 variants) 4800 Baud HAPN 9600 Baud FSK (G3RUH) POCSAG 512 Baud 1200 Baud 2400 Baud Miscellaneous DTMF ZVEI An arbitrary set of the above modes may run concurrently on the same input signal (provided the CPU power is sufficient), so you do not have to know in advance which mode is used. Note however that some modes might require modifications to the radio (especially the 9600 baud FSK and the POCSAG modes) to work properly. POCSAG (Post Office Code Standards Advisory Group) is a common paging transmission format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The ability of an operating system to run more than one program, or task, at a time. A cooperative multitasking OS, like Windows 95/98, requires one application to voluntarily free up resources upon request so another application can use it. A preemptive multitasking OS, such as UNIX/Linux, Windows NT/2000 or OS/2, frees up resources when ordered to by the operating system, on a time-slice basis, or a priority basis, so that one application is unable to hog resources when they are needed by another program. (Also, see Multithreading and Time-sharing.) From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
the execution of two or more processes at the same time. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
send multiple inputs to multiple outputs multitee sends all input on file descriptor fdin to each descriptor fdout. This is an improved version written by Dan Bernstein of the multitee program for BSD systems. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
native kernel support for multiple independent threads of control within a single process memory space. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The ability of an operating system to concurrently run programs that have been divided into subcomponents, or threads. Multithreading, when done correctly, offers better utilization of processors and other system resources. Multithreaded programming requires a multitasking/multithreading operating system, such as UNIX/Linux, Windows NT/2000 or OS/2, capable of running many programs concurrently. A word processor can make good use of multithreading, because it can spell check in the foreground while saving to disk and sending output to the system print spooler in the background. (Also, see Thread.) From I-gloss http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
GNOME applet to provide scrolling RDF/RSS news tickers A simple GNOME applet that pulls down news items from sites in RDF/RSS format, parses, then displays them in a scrolling ticker. * Multiple sites are supported * News items are links to web pages launching your GNOME web browser * Colours can be associated with different sites * Several tickers can be displayed at once * Support for web proxies is included From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MULtimedia Office Server (OA, BIS, ESPRIT) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Massachusetts general hospital Multi-Programming System From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-User Multi-Programming System ??? (OS, DEC) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Interactive spelling checking From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
unpack messages in MIME or split-uuencode format From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Processing Algebra Data [tool] (Uni Paderborn, Germany, CAS), "MuPAD" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
another HotPlug Agent Murasaki automatically loads and unloads modules for USB, Cardbus, network, etc using Linux 2.4's new "HotPlug" feature. Now kernel supports USB, Cardbus, Network and IEEE1394. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MURIX is a distribution based on LinuxFromScratch for building bootable CD-ROMs. Since you build it from source, MURIX should function on almost any hardware. Version 20020205, the initial release, became available on February 24, 2002. Version 1.1 was released November 24, 2002. Version 2003-04-22 was released April 22, 2003. From LWN Distribution List http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A Qt-based midi/audio sequencer MusE is a MIDI/audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities. Some Highlights: - standard midifile (smf) import-/export - organizes songs in tracks and parts which you can arrange with the part editor - midi editors: pianoroll, drum, list, controller - score editor with high quality postscript printer output - realtime: editing while playing - unlimited number of open editors - unlimited undo/redo - realtime and step-recording - multiple midi devices - unlimited number of tracks - Sync to external devices: MTC/MMC, Midi Clock, Master/Slave (currently only partially implemented) - audio tracks, LADSPA host for master effects - multithreaded - uses raw midi devices (ALSA, OSS & serial ports) - XML project file - project file contains complete app state (session data) - Application spanning Cut/Paste Drag/Drop From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence. From Matisse http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-User Shared Hallucination (MUD) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
A command-line shell for sound-file players A command-line shell for programs like mpg123 and ogg123, music123 plays a variety of sound files using a mpg123/ogg123-like interface. With all the Recommends installed, music123 plays wav, mp3 and ogg files. By simply changing the config file, music123 can play any sound file you have a player for. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Masking-pattern adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding And Multiplexing (MPEG, Digital audio) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
a MusiXTeX extension for handling lyrics musixlyr is a set of TeX macros to be used with Taupin MusiXTeX (version T.52 or later) for typesetting vocal music. Its purpose is to compensate two drawbacks of MusiXTeX's lyrics handling: * Typesetting lyrics with the "native" musixtex commands \zcharnote, \zsong etc. tends to be quite inefficient, particularly if the lyrics have to be changed or corrected. The idea underlying musixlyr is to separate lyrics coding from music coding and let TeX weave them together with as little manual interference as possible. As a result you can enter and edit lyrics (nearly) as easily as normal text. * musixtex has no built-in mechanism for centering hyphens between syllables and for handling hyphenation at long melismas. This is implemented in musixlyr following the example of engraved music. Author: Rainer Dunker <rainer.dunker@ebe-online.de> Primary-site: ftp://ftp.gmd.de/music/musixtex/add-ons/musixlyr.zip From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Master Upper Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
command line based Gnutella client Mutella supports all the functionality required to participate as a full-featured node in the Gnutella network. "Full-featured" implies support for file search, download and sharing. It is optimized for a high-bandwidth connection, were it sets standards for the server performance and stability, but it can also run on a modest-speed line. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MultiUser-/multitasking Operating System (GDR, OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent. Mutt supports color, threading, arbitrary key remapping, and a lot of customization. You should install mutt if you have used it in the past and you prefer it, or if you are new to mail programs and have not decided which one you are going to use. From Redhat 8.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. Mutt is a sophisticated text-based Mail User Agent. Some highlights: o MIME support (including RFC1522 encoding/decoding of 8-bit message headers). o PGP/MIME support (RFC 2015). o Advanced IMAP client supporting Kerberos authentication (and in some situations SSL encryption). o POP3 support. o Mailbox threading (both strict and non-strict). o Default keybindings are much like ELM. o Keybindings are configurable; Mush and PINE-like ones are provided as examples. o Handles MMDF, MH and Maildir in addition to regular mbox format. o Messages may be (indefinitely) postponed. o Colour support. o Highly configurable through easy but powerful rc file. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This is a version of mutt linked with slang-utf8. It may be buggy. Mutt is a sophisticated text-based Mail User Agent. Some highlights: o MIME support (including RFC1522 encoding/decoding of 8-bit message headers). o PGP/MIME support (RFC 2015). o Advanced IMAP client supporting Kerberos authentication (and in some situations SSL encryption). o POP3 support. o Mailbox threading (both strict and non-strict). o Default keybindings are much like ELM. o Keybindings are configurable; Mush and PINE-like ones are provided as examples. o Handles MMDF, MH and Maildir in addition to regular mbox format. o Messages may be (indefinitely) postponed. o Colour support. o Highly configurable through easy but powerful rc file. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Pretty printing of mails with Mutt Muttprint formats the printing of Mutt and other mail clients like XFMail or PINE to be as pretty as the printing of Netscape Messenger or Kmail. It can print a little penguin (or the Debian logo) on the first page and a headline on every page. Furthermore, it only prints the most important headers, but not the whole plethora of them. Finally, it can even print two pages on one page in landscape format. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Lock mail spool files. From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MUltipleXer From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
move (rename) files From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
moves or renames files or directories. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi Vendor Architecture From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multidomain Vertical Alignment [technology] (LCD, Fujitsu) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Model View Controller (Smalltalk, GUI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Motion Video Instructions (DEC, CPU, Alpha) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum (org., IN) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Most Valuable Professional [bonus program] (MS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm (PPP, RFC 1975) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM, OS, OS/MVS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual System (OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture (IBM), "MVS/ESA" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture System Product (IBM), "MVS/ESA SP" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage/System Product, "MVS/SP" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage/Time Sharing Option (IBM), "MVS/TSO" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended Architecture, "MVS/XA" From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (IBM, OS/MVT, OS) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mwave/ACP modem support The mwavem program implements a Hayes-compatible V.90 modem in the 3780i Mwave/ACP DSP chip which is built in to certain IBM ThinkPad laptop computers, including the ThinkPad 600, 600E and 770 models. A driver for the mwave device is required. Source code for the driver, built as a module called 'mwave.o', is included in the latest 2.4 kernel sources. To build the module, set "ACP/Mwave Modem support" under "Character devices" to "m" at kernel configuration time. Source code is available from IBM which can be used to build a module compatible with earlier kernels. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Management WorkStation From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Matsushita White Skipping (Fax) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail eXchange (Unix) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mail eXchange: a DNS record used to define the host(s) willing to accept mail for a given machine. From Linux Guide @FirstLinux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia eXension Board (SNI) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multimedia eXtension Connector From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
The Hungarian dictionary for OpenOffice. This is the Hungarian dictionary made by NEMETH Laszlo <nemethl@gyorsposta.hu> home: http://www.szofi.hu/gnu/magyarispell From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
myspell-en_GB contains spell checking data in English (United Kingdom) to be used by OpenOffice.org or MySpell-capable applications like Mozilla. With this extension, you can compose a document in English and check for the typos easily. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
myspell-en_US contains spell checking data in English (US) to be used by OpenOffice.org or MySpell-capable applications like Mozilla. With this extension, you can compose a document in English and check for the typos easily. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
myspell-hyph-en contains hyphenation data for English to be used by OpenOffice.org or MySpell-capable applications like Mozilla. From Mandrake 9.0 RPM http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. SQL is the most popular database query language in the world. This package includes files needed by all versions of the client library. From Debian 3.0r0 APT http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Mark Zbikowski (MS-DOS, MCB) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol (RFC 2776, Multicast) From VERA http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz drive TQ From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html