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Mailserver A computer - and the software running on it - that
allows the sending, sorting and retrieval of
email
messages. |
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Megabyte (MB) The unit of measurement for computer files - a
megabyte is a thousand kilobytes or a million bytes. A 1MB file takes
about five minutes to
download from the
Internet using a typical 56k modem.
See also: Gigabyte,
Kilobyte |
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Microfilter A microfilter or filter is a little gadget that
separates low-end frequencies associated with voice calls from the high
end frequencies used by your ADSL or Broadband connection. This allows
you to connect to the Internet and make voice calls at the same time.
Broadband customers should connect a filter between each telephony
device in use (phone, fax, answering machine) and the telephone socket. |
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MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - a format
designed originally to include images, sounds, animations and other
types of documents within Internet mail messages. |
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Mirror site Some websites are so popular that they can become
congested by all the people trying to download files from the site, sort
of like an online traffic jam. To relieve this congestion, the owners of
the site may create several ?mirror? sites around the world. The mirror
site contains all the same files as the original site. If you find a
mirror site that is close to you ? in the same country or continent ?
you will probably be able to download sites more quickly than using the
main site.
See also: Download |
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Modem Short for MODulator/DEModulator, a modem is the device
that connects your PC to the telephone network so that it can
communicate with other computers on the Internet. Modems these days are
often built into your PC, but you can also buy external modems if you
have an older computer that doesn't have one built in.
See also: Baud Rate
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MP3 MP3 files are used to store music or audio information on
the Internet. The full name is actually Motion Picture Expert Group:
Layer 3, but that has thankfully been compressed down to MP3. And, in
the same way, the audio content of an MP3 file is compressed so that it
is smaller and easier to download than the original audio file. |
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Mpeg Motion Picture Expert Group - a video compression format
used for movie or animation clips on the World Wide Web. MP3 is a
spin-off from this standard. The filename extension for Mpeg movies is
.mpg or .mpeg. |
