Terms and Abbreviations: M


# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

M

M/E

mix/effects

M/H

mobile/handheld

MAC

Media Access Control

MADI

Multichannel Audio Digital Interface

MAM

media asset management

MAN

metropolitan area network

MAR

modified aspect ratio

MATV

master antenna television

Mb

megabits

MB

megabytes

MB/s

megabytes per second

Mb/s, Mbps

megabits per second

MBAFF

macroblock-adaptive field/frame coding

MC

master control

MCR

master control room

MDCT

modified discrete cosine transform

MDI

media delivery index

MDI-DF

MDI-delay factor

MDP

Media Dispatch Protocol
note currently being developed by the Pro-MPEG Media Dispatch Group

MER

modulation error ratio

MGT

master guide table

MHEG

Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group

MHEG-5

multimedia hypermedia codec standard

MHP

Multimedia Home Project
note is the collective name for a compatible set of Java-based open middleware specifications developed by the DVB Project

MHz

megahertz

MIB management information base

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIMO

multiple-input multiple-output

MIP

megaframe initialization packet

MIPS

million instructions per second

MIS

management information systems

MLD

Multicast Listener Discovery (protocol)

MLR

media loss rate

MMDS

multichannel multipoint distribution systems

MMS

1) multimedia messaging service
2) mobile satellite service

MMTC

Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel

MNO

mobile network operators

MO&O

Memorandum Opinion and Order

MOS

1) mobile operating system
2) metal-oxide semiconductor
3) mobile operating system
4) mean opinion score

MOSFET

metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor

MP@HL

Main Profile at High Level

MP3

MPEG Audio Layer 3

MPEG

Moving Picture Experts Group

MPEG-2

digital video codec standard

MPEG-4

digital video codec standard

MPEG-4 AVC

digital video codec standard

MPH

Trademark name for a system that delivers video and data to mobile, portable and handheld devices

mph

miles per hour

MPLS

Multi-Protocol Label Switching

Mpps

millions of packets per second

MPTS

multiple-program transport stream

MRM

media resource management

ms

millisecond

MSDC

multistage depressed collector

MSO

multiple systems operator

MSTV

Association for Maximum Service Television

MTBF

mean time between failures

MTF

modulation transfer function

MTTF

mean time to failure

MUSHRA

Multiple Stimuli with Hidden Reference and Anchor

mux

multiplexer

MVPD

multichannel video programming distributor

mW

milliwatt

MW

megawatt

MXF

Material eXchange Format



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