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memory
A device or storage system capable of storing and retrieving data.
menu
A list of items displayed on a monitor from which a user can make a
selection.
menu bar
The menu bar is located across the top of a monitor window.
Pull-down menus are displayed by clicking on the menu bar option
with the mouse, or by pressing Alt with the underlined letter of the
name for the menu bar option (D).
MIB
See
management information base
.
mirroring
The writing of data to pairs of drives in an array, creating two exact
copies of the drive contents. This procedure provides a backup of
data in case of a failure.
modem
Modem is an abbreviation for modulator/demodulator. A communi-
cation device that converts digital computer data to signals and sig-
nals to computer data. These signals can be received or transmitted
by the modem via a phone line or other method of telecommunica-
tion.
ms
Millisecond.
multimedia
A simultaneous presentation of data in more than one form, such as
by means of both visual and audio.
multimode optical
fiber
A graded-index or step-index optical fiber that allows more than one
mode (light path) to propagate. Contrast with
singlemode optical
fiber
.
multiplexer
A device that allows two or more signals to be transmitted simulta-
neously on a single channel.
multiswitch fabric
Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one director or fab-
ric switching device within a fabric.
N
name server
(1) In TCP/IP, see
domain name server
. (2) In Fibre Channel protocol,
a server that allows node ports (N_Ports) to register information
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