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Maillist
(or Mailing List) |
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. |
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Mashup |
A
web page or site made by automatically combining content
from other sources, usually by using material available
via RSS feeds and /or REST interfaces. |
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MB
-- (Megabyte) |
MB
stands for Megabyte. 10MB is ten megabytes.
Technically speaking, a million bytes. In many cases
the term means 1024 kilobytes (KB), which is a more
than an even million. |
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Meta
Data |
"Metadata"'
is data about the data, such as the name of a database
or table, the data type of a column, or access privileges.
Other terms that sometimes are used for this information
are "data dictionary'' or "system catalog".
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Meta
Search |
The
method of searching for meta data in documents. |
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| Meta
Tag |
A
specific kind of HTML tag that contains information
not normally displayed to the user. Meta tags contain
information about the page itself, hence the name
("meta" means "about this subject")
Typical uses of Meta tags are to include information
for search engines to help them better categorize
a page.
You can see the Meta tags in a page if you view the
pages' source code.
An optional HTML tag that is used to specify information
about a Web document. Some search engines such as
AltaVista use "spiders" to index Web pages.
These spiders read the information contained within
a page's META tag. So in theory, an HTML or Web page
author has the ability to control how there site is
indexed by search engines and how and when it will
"come up" on a user's search.
The META tag can also be used to specify an HTTP or
URL address for the page to "jump" to after
a certain amount of time. This is known as Client-Pull.
What this means, is a Web page author can control
the amount of time a Web page is up on the screen
as well as where the browser will go next. Here's
a look at the syntax for search engine indexing: <HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE> </TITLE> <META
NAME="keywords" CONTENT="web stuff">
</HEAD> </HTML>
Here's a look at the syntax for Client Pull: <HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE> </TITLE> <META
HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="30; URL=meta2.html">
</HEAD> </HTML> This will "refresh"
or change to the URL specified in 30 seconds. |
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MIDI
-- (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
A
standard protocol for communication between computers
and musical instruments. |
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