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LPT Port
Line Printer Port. A way of referring to parallel interface ports because historically line printers were the
first and latter the most common device connected to parallel ports.
MAC Address
Media Access Control Address. A unique physical address of a network card. For Ethernet, the first three
bytes are used as the vendor code, controlled and assigned by IEEE. The remaining three bytes are
controlled by each vendor (preventing overlap), therefore, every Ethernet card is given a unique physical
address in the world, being assigned with a different address from other cards. For Ethernet, frames are
sent and received based on this address.
MB
Megabyte. One million bytes.
Megahertz
1,000,000 cycles per second.
Memory
A repository for data and applications which is readily accessible to your LifeBook notebook’s CPU.
MHz
Megahertz.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A standard communication protocol for exchange of information
between computers and sound producers such as synthesizers.
Modem
A contraction for MOdulator-DEModulator. The equipment which connects a computer or other data
terminal to a communication line.
