https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/ 2026-07-19T15:19:45-0400 https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/ https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:machinelearn&rev=1626295348&do=diff Machine Learning Return to Glossary Machine Learning is an Artificial intelligence (AI) discipline geared toward the technological development of human knowledge. Machine learning allows computers to handle new situations via analysis, self-training, observation and experience. Machine learning facilitates the continuous advancement of computing through exposure to new scenarios, testing and adaptation, while employing pattern and trend detection for improved decisions in subsequent (though… text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:maintainability&rev=1626295348&do=diff Maintainability Return to Glossary See 2.2.3 Maintainability Maintainability refers to the ease with which maintenance activities can be performed on an asset or equipment. Its purpose is to measure the probability that a piece of equipment in a failed state can be restored to normal operating conditions after undergoing maintenance. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mamdt&rev=1626295348&do=diff Mean Active Maintenance Down Time (MAMDT) Return to Glossary Mean Active Maintenance Down Time (MAMDT) is associated with Planned Maintenance System support philosophy. This is average amount of time while the system is not 100% operational because of diagnostic testing that requires down time. text/html 2021-07-14T16:17:19-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:manaelevel&rev=1626293839&do=diff Management Level Return to Glossary Management Level is fifth and highest level of the Automation Pyramid. It uses the companies integrated management system such as as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Corporate management visualize and control operations. This level allows the businesses monitor all levels (i.e., manufacturing, to sales, to purchasing, to finance and payroll). The integration of an ERP promotes efficiency and transparency within a company by helping to communicate the le… text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:marketresearch&rev=1626295348&do=diff Market Research Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI Market Research is the process of determining the viability of a new service or product through research conducted directly with potential customers. Market research allows a company to discover the target market and get opinions and other feedback from consumers about their interest in the product or service. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:45-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:marshalling&rev=1626295365&do=diff Marshalling Return to Glossary Marshalling or Marshaling is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission,[citation needed] and it is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program or from one program to another. text/html 2021-07-15T12:21:54-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mda&rev=1626366114&do=diff Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI MDA's is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense. Their mission is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. text/html 2021-07-14T16:17:19-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mes&rev=1626293839&do=diff Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Return to Glossary A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a software control system for managing work processes in industrial situations. Businesses can use this software as part of an enterprise resource planning solution for tracking manufacturing data in real time. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:45-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:metadata&rev=1626295365&do=diff Metadata Return to Glossary Metadata is data about data. In other words, it is data that is used to describe another item's content. The term metadata is often used in the context of Web pages, where it describes page content for a search engine. Source: Metadata text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:45-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:microctrl&rev=1626295365&do=diff Microcontroller Return to Glossary A Microcontroller is a computer present in a single integrated circuit which is dedicated to perform one task and execute one specific application. It contains memory, programmable input/output peripherals as well a processor. Microcontrollers are mostly designed for embedded applications and are heavily used in automatically controlled electronic devices such as cellphones, cameras, microwave ovens, washing machines, etc. text/html 2021-07-14T16:16:06-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:microgrid&rev=1626293766&do=diff Microgrid Return to Glossary A Microgrid is a localized group of electricity sources and sinks (loads) that typically operates connected to and synchronous with the traditional centralized grid (macrogrid), but can disconnect and maintain operation autonomously as physical and/or economic conditions dictate. text/html 2021-07-14T16:20:04-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:midware&rev=1626294004&do=diff Middleware Return to Glossary Middleware is a software layer situated between applications and operating systems. Middleware is typically used in distributed systems where it simplifies software development by doing the following: Hides the intricacies of distributed applications text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:45-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:missioncritical&rev=1626295365&do=diff Mission Critical System Return to Glossary A Mission Critical System is a system that is essential to the survival of a business or organization. When a mission critical system fails or is interrupted, business operations are significantly impacted. A mission-critical system is also known as mission essential equipment and mission critical application. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mldt&rev=1626295348&do=diff Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT) Return to Glossary Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT) is the average time required to obtain replacement parts from the manufacturer and transport those parts to the work site. Source: Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT) text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:47-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mod&rev=1626295367&do=diff Ministry of Defence (MoD) - United Kingdom Return to Glossary The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has 8 defence tasks: defence, security and resilience of the UK and its overseas territoriesnuclear deterrence and the defence nuclear enterprisecontribute to improved understanding of the world through strategic intelligence and the global defence network text/html 2021-07-14T16:21:06-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:model_driven_architecture&rev=1626294066&do=diff Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a type of approach to software design, development and implementation. As the name suggests, this approach uses models as a set of guidelines used in structuring design specifications. The reason why models were selected as the central object in this design principle is because it helps designers to reason out the system design by allowing them to ignore extra details and givin… text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:47-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:modularity&rev=1626295367&do=diff Modularity Return to Glossary See 2.2.3.1 Modularity Modularity is the degree to which a system's components may be separated and recombined, often with the benefit of flexibility and variety in use. The concept of modularity is used primarily to reduce complexity by breaking a system into varying degrees of interdependence and independence across and text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:47-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:module&rev=1626295367&do=diff Module Return to Glossary A Module is a separate, interchangeable, self contained component that represents a unit of functionality. It is best to define a Module what it does: It encapsulates code and data into a single unit (usually a file) that implements a specific functionality text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mom&rev=1626295348&do=diff Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) Return to Glossary Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) is software or hardware infrastructure supporting sending and receiving messages between distributed systems. MOM allows application modules to be distributed over heterogeneous platforms and reduces the complexity of developing applications that span multiple operating systems and network protocols. The text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:monitorsw&rev=1626295348&do=diff Monitoring Software Return to Glossary Monitoring Software observes and tracks the operations and activities of users, applications and network services on a computer or enterprise systems. This type of software provides a way to supervise the overall processes that are performed on a computing system, and provides reporting services to the system or network administrator. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:48-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mou&rev=1626295368&do=diff Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Return to Glossary A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU or MoU) is an agreement between two or more parties outlined in a formal document. It is not legally binding but signals the willingness of the parties to move forward with a contract. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:55-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mq&rev=1626295375&do=diff Message Queue (MQ) Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI Message Queue (MQ) is a software engineering component used for communication between processes or between threads within the same process. Message queues provide an asynchronous communication protocol in which the sender and receiver of messages don't need to interact at the same time - messages are held in queue until the recipient retrieves them. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:msgbroker&rev=1626295348&do=diff Message Broker Return to Glossary Message Broker is an intermediary program that translates a system's language from one internationally suitable language to another via a telecommunication medium. In telecommunication networks, programs interact by exchanging messages that are formally defined, i.e., by means of the act of messaging. In these networks, a message broker serves as an intermediary program, which translates a message from the sender's formal messaging text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:28-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mttr&rev=1626295348&do=diff Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) Return to Glossary Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) is a measure of the maintainability of a repairable item, which tells the average time required to repair a specific item or component and return it to working status. It is a basic measure of the maintainability of equipment and parts. This includes the notification time, diagnosis and the time spent on actual repair as well as other activities required before the equipment can be used again. text/html 2021-07-14T16:42:55-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:multicast&rev=1626295375&do=diff Multicast Return to Glossary Multicast is a communication method and data delivery scheme in which a single source sends the same data to multiple receivers simultaneously. It is similar to broadcasting but more secure because it has an added bonus of receiver discretion, where the data is received by specific users or hosts. text/html 2021-07-21T09:23:49-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:start&rev=1626873829&do=diff Glossary M Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'M' here List of Words Return to Top * Machine Learning * Maintainability * Management Level * Manufacturing Execution System (MES) * Market Research * Marshalling * Mean Active Maintenance Down Time (MAMDT) * Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT) * Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) * Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) * Message Broker * Message Queue (MQ) * Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) * Metadata * Micro…