DIDO Wiki dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m

Machine to Machine (M2M)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-11T01:59:22-0400

Machine to Machine (M2M) Return to Glossary Machine to Machine (M2M) refers to a wireless or wired network setup that allows devices of the same type and ability to communicate freely. This type of system can be used in a variety of ways and has advanced over the last few decades with the creation of global Internet and IP network systems, facilitating enhanced and efficient communications over long distances and between large numbers of devices.

Media Access Control (MAC)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Media Access Control (MAC) Return to Glossary Media Access Control (MAC) is a sublayer of the Data Link Layer (DLL) in the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model. MAC is responsible for the transmission of data packets to and from the Network Interface Card (NIC), and to and from another remotely shared channel.

Machine Authentication

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-18T11:33:37-0400

Machine Authentication Return to Glossary Machine Authentication is the authorization of an automated human-to-machine or machine-to-machine (M2M) communication through verification of a Digital Certificate or digital credentials. Digital Certificates used in machine authorization are like a form of digital passport providing trusted

Machine Learning (ML)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Machine Learning (ML) Return to Glossary Machine Learning (ML) is the study of computer algorithms that improve automatically through experience and by the use of data. It is seen as a part of

Maintainability

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T20:24:39-0400

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.

Maintainability Measure

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Maintainability Measure Return to Glossary Maintainability represents the degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which a product or system can be modified by the intended maintainers (ISO 25010). Maintainability incorporates such concepts as changeability, modularity, understandability,

Malicious Software (Malware)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Malicious Software (Malware) Return to Glossary Malicious Software (Malware) is any software that brings harm to a computer system. Malware can be in the form of worms, viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, and rootkits, etc., which steal protected data, delete documents or add software not approved by a user.

Mean Active Maintenance Down Time (MAMDT)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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.

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-15T10:39:44-0400

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Return to Glossary A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) is a computer network that is larger than a single building Local Area Network (LAN) but is located in a single geographic area that is smaller than a Wide Area Network (WAN). Generally, it is several LANs interconnected by dedicated backbone connections. It may also refer to public use networking infrastructure in a municipality or region.

Management Level

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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…

Manageability

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Manageability Return to Glossary See: 4.2.7 Manageability Manageability is an indicator of the difficulty or ease of managing a system, a component or a collection of components when changes occur to correct faults, improve performance, or adapt to changes in the computational ecosystem where the system exists. Manageability is also closely tied to the tools used to monitor or maintain the system. The more tools and the better the tools are integrated into a unified user experience, the mor…

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-02T16:18:43-0400

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Return to Glossary The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is the country’s de facto central bank and chief financial regulation-setter and supervisor. The authority was created in 1971 to coordinate the city’s rapidly developing financial sector. In recent years, the MAS’ breadth of regulation has expanded to the cryptocurrency market, as well. It meets only twice a year—in April and October—to set an exchange rate policy, which it uses as a tool of…

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-21T18:19:30-0400

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Return to Glossary Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is a formalized methodology that is used to support the requirements, design, analysis, verification, and validation associated with the development of complex systems. In contrast to document-centric engineering, MBSE puts models at the center of system design. The increased adoption of digital-modeling environments during the past few years has led to increased adoption of MBSE. In January 2020…

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T16:30:58-0400

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Return to Glossary Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) depends upon the maintenance philosophy. MTBF is the predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a mechanical or electronic system, during normal system operation. MTBF can be calculated as the arithmetic mean (average) time between failures of a system.

Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-21T18:53:02-0400

Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Return to Glossary The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is the base architecture for the OMG organization's standards starting in late 2001. Software development in the MDA starts with a Platform Independent Model (PIM) of an application's business functionality and behavior, constructed using a modeling language based on

Meet-in-the-Middle Attack

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Meet-in-the-Middle Attack Return to Glossary Meet-in-the-Middle Attack is a known-plaintext attack that can greatly reduce the number of brute-force permutations required to decrypt text that has been encrypted by more than one key. Such an attack makes it much easier for an intruder to gain access to data.

Meme Coin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-09T18:03:29-0400

Meme Coin Return to Glossary A Meme Coin (also spelled Mmecoin) is a cryptocurrency that originated from an Internet meme or has some other humorous characteristic. It may be used in the broadest sense as a critique of the cryptocurrency market in its entirety, those based on particular memes, such as

Memory Leak

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-26T07:45:18-0400

Memory Leak Return to Glossary A Memory Leak is a process in which a program running in memory or Application persistently retains a computer's Random Access Memory (RAM). It occurs when the resident memory program does not return or release allocated memory space, even after execution, resulting in slower or unresponsive system behavior. Ultimately, unchecked

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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 (ERP) solution for tracking manufacturing data in real time.

Metadata

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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

Method Overloading

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-11-05T01:25:16-0400

Method Overloading Return to Glossary Method Overloading is a feature that allows a class to have more than one method having the same name, if their argument lists are different. Source:

Multifactor Authentication (MFA)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Return to Glossary Multifactor Authentication (MFA) is a security technology that requires multiple methods of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify a user's identity for a login or other transaction. Multifactor authentication combines two or more independent credentials: what the user knows, such as a

Microcontroller

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T22:07:35-0400

Microcontroller Return to Glossary A Microcontroller is a small computer on a single metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form of ferroelectric RAM, NOR flash or OTP ROM is also often included on chip, as well as a small amount of RAM. Microcontrollers are designed for embedded applications, in contrast to the microprocessor…

Micropayment Channel

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T20:44:13-0400

Micropayment Channel Return to Glossary See Payment Channel

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-15T14:05:22-0400

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Return to Glossary Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a technical protocol that governs the interaction of digital instruments with computers and with each other. Instead of a direct musical sound representation, MIDI provides the information on how a musical sound is made with the help of

Middleware

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-21T17:56:43-0400

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

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-02T15:52:27-0400

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Return to Glossary The EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is a European regulation that increases the transparency across the European Union's financial markets and standardizes the regulatory disclosures required for firms operating in the European Union.

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-02T15:51:27-0400

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Return to Glossary The EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is a 2018 update to the original Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and is a legislative framework instituted by the European Union (EU) to regulate financial markets in the bloc and improve protections for investors. Its aim is to standardize practices across the EU and restore confidence in the industry, especially after the 2008 fina…

Miner Node

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Miner Node Return to Glossary A Miner Node on creates blocks in the blockchain which the nodes keep. Basically, the miner works on transactions by coming up with the best combination (hash) to store that information. In Bitcoin, Miners spend about 10 minutes working on a problem, but nodes keep that result forever after in the database and verify it with others. Miners don't need to know about prior blocks (except for the prior one) with very few exceptions.

Mining

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Mining Return to Glossary Mining is the process by which transactions are verified and added to a blockchain. This process of solving cryptographic problems using computing hardware also triggers the release of cryptocurrencies. Source:

Mission Assurance (MA)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Mission Assurance (MA) Return to Glossary Mission Assurance (MA) is the ability of operators to achieve their mission, continue critical processes, and protect people and assets in the face of internal and external attack (both physical and cyber), unforeseen environmental or operational changes, and system malfunctions.

Mission Critical System

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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

Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) Attack

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-18T11:40:54-0400

Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) Attack Return to Glossary A Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) Attack is one in which the attacker secretly intercepts and relays messages between two parties who believe they are communicating directly with each other. The attack is a type of eavesdropping in which the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker. Sometimes referred to as a session hijacking attack, MiTM has a strong chance of success when the attacker can impersonate each party to the satisfaction of th…

Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (MCLA)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-31T17:26:58-0400

Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (MCLA) Return to Glossary The Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (MCLA) (Public Law 99-570) is a United States Act of Congress that made money laundering, a federal crime. It was passed in 1986. It consists of two sections, 18 U.S.C. § 1956 and 18 U.S.C. § 1957. Furthermore, it for the first time in the United States criminalized money laundering. Section 1956 prohibits individuals from engaging in a financial transaction with proceeds that were generat…

Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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)

Main Memory Encryption (MME)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-08T18:09:54-0400

Main Memory Encryption (MME) Return to Glossary Main Memory Encryption (MME) can be utilized to protect a system against a variety of attacks. While data is typically encrypted today when stored on disk, it is stored in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) in the clear. This can leave the data vulnerable to snooping by unauthorized administrators or software or by hardware probing. New [dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:n:nvs]]

Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-16T13:41:05-0400

Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA) Return to Glossary A Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. The MOA can also be a legal document that is binding and hold the parties responsible to their commitment, or just a partnership agreement.

Mobile Device

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-06T16:20:12-0400

Mobile Device Return to Glossary A Mobile Device is essentially a handheld computer. Although the category of mobile device might seem to include any electronic device small enough to be carried around, the term implies wireless communications and the capacity for general computing.

Mobile Payment

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-14T17:06:27-0400

Mobile Payment Return to Glossary Mobile Payment is a money payment made for a product or service through a portable electronic device such as a tablet or cell phone. Mobile Payment technology can also be used to send money to friends or family members, such as with the applications PayPal and Venmo.

Modem

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Modem Return to Glossary A Modem Modems (modulators-demodulators) are used to transmit digital signals over analog telephone lines. Thus, digital signals are converted by the modem into analog signals of different frequencies and transmitted to a modem at the receiving location. The receiving modem performs the reverse transformation and provides a digital output to a device connected to a modem, usually a computer. The digital data is usually transferred to or from the modem over a serial l…

Modifiability

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Modifiability Return to Glossary See 4.2.3.4 Modifiability Modifiability is the degree to which a product or system can be effectively and efficiently modified without introducing defects or degrading existing product quality. Source:

Modularity

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T18:49:36-0400

Modularity Return to Glossary See 4.2.3.1 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

Module

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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

Measures of Effectiveness (MoE)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-11T17:02:31-0400

Measures of Effectiveness (MoE) Return to Glossary Measures of Effectiveness (MoE) are measures designed to correspond to the accomplishment of mission objectives and the achievement of desired results. They quantify the results to be obtained by a system and may be expressed as probabilities that the system will perform as required. The Capability Based Assessment (CBA) defines the MOE’s and articulates them in the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and Capabilities Development Document (C…

MetaObject Facility Specification (MOF)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-21T18:51:07-0400

MetaObject Facility Specification (MOF) Return to Glossary The MetaObject Facility Specification (MOF) is the foundation of OMG's industry-standard environment where models can be exported from one application, imported into another, transported across a network, stored in a repository, and then retrieved, rendered into different formats (including XMI™,

Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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

Money Laundering

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-31T18:50:15-0400

Money Laundering Return to Glossary Money Laundering is the illegal process of making large amounts of money generated by a criminal activity, such as drug trafficking or terrorist funding, appear to have come from a legitimate source. The money from the criminal activity is considered dirty, and the process “launders” it to make it look clean.

Monitoring Software

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T08:55:49-0400

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.

Motherboard

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Motherboard Return to Glossary Motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, system board, baseboard, planar board, logic board, or mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It holds and allows communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system, such as the

Modified Off-The-Shelf (MOTS)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T11:55:27-0400

Modified Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) Return to Glossary Modified Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) is a type of software solution that can be modified and customized after being purchased from the software vendor. MOTS is a software delivery concept that enables source code or programmatic customization of a standard prepackaged, market-available software.

Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-16T13:40:44-0400

Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Return to Glossary A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing a bilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action, rather than a legal commitment. It is a more formal alternative to a gentlemen’s agreement, but generally lacks the bind power of a contract.

Multi-Party Computation (MPC)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-21T07:52:05-0400

Multi-Party Computation (MPC) Return to Glossary Multi-Party Computation (MPC), also known as Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC), is a cryptographic protocol that distributes a computation across multiple parties where no individual party can see the other parties’ data.$100, it is possible to generate a valid encryption of $

Massively Parallel Processing (MPP)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) Return to Glossary Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) is the coordinated processing of a program by multiple processors that work on different parts of the program, with each processor using its own operating system and memory . Typically, MPP processors communicate using some messaging

Message Queue(MQ)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Message Queue(MQ) Return to Glossary Message Queue(MQ) is a software engineering component used for communication between processes or between threads within the same process. ... Message queues are used within operating systems or applications as a way for programs to communicate with one another. Source:

Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-11T01:17:36-0400

Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) Return to Glossary Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a lightweight, Publish-Subscribe network Protocol that transports messages between devices. The protocol usually runs over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP), however, any network protocol that provides ordered, lossless, bi-directional connections can support MQTT. It is designed for connections with remote locations where resource constraints exist, or the net…

Message Broker

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-11T00:54:54-0400

Message Broker Return to Glossary A Message Broker is an architectural pattern for message validation, transformation, and routing. It mediates communication among applications, minimizing the mutual awareness that applications should have of each other in order to be able to exchange messages, effectively implementing decoupling.

Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) Return to Glossary Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) is the length of time a device or other product is expected to last in operation. MTTF is one of many ways to evaluate the reliability of pieces of hardware or other technology. Source: Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)

Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

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.

Multi-Signature (multisig)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Multi-Signature (multisig) Return to Glossary Multi-Signature (multisig) is a wallet configuration that requires at least two keys to authorize a transaction. Commonly used by cryptocurrency exchanges to ensure funds can’t be moved by a rogue employee, multisig also has applications for end-users. If you’re seeking to enhance the security of your noncustodial

Multi-core Processor

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-03T19:41:23-0400

Multi-core Processor Return to Glossary A Multi-core Processor is an integrated circuit (IC) to which two or more processors have been attached for enhanced performance, reduced power consumption, and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks (see parallel processing). A dual core set-up is somewhat comparable to having multiple, separate processors installed in the same computer, but because the two processors are actually plugged into the same socket, the connection between …

Must (Requirement)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T11:54:57-0400

Must (Requirement) Return to Glossary Must is not per se the specification of a requirement, in fact Must should not be use because no one has defined how must is different from shall. Also, shall has held up in court, must has not. Granted, must does sounds stronger, right? I mean, if your boss tells you that you “must” do something, well you are going to do it. But, when writing

MUTual EXclusion (mutex)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-11-01T21:08:42-0400

MUTual EXclusion (mutex) Return to Glossary A MUTual EXclusion (mutex) is a program object that prevents simultaneous access to a shared resource. This concept is used in concurrent programming with a critical section, a piece of code in which processes or threads access a shared resource. Only one thread owns the mutex at a time, thus a mutex with a unique name is created when a program starts. When a thread holds a resource, it has to lock the mutex from other threads to prevent concurrent…

Glossary M Terms

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:40:12-0400

Glossary M Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'M' here List of Words Return to Top * Machine Authentication * Machine Learning (ML) * Machine to Machine (M2M) * Main Memory Encryption (MME) * Maintainability * Maintainability Measure * Malicious Software (Malware) * Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) Attack * Manageability * Management Level * Manufacturing Execution System (MES) * Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) * Markets in Financia…