A hard disk sector that starts
the process of booting a computer system; The MBR includes a partition
table used for the hard disk and an undersized quantity of executable
code, which is known as the Master Boot Code.
Megabyte.
A acronym for MB; 1,048,576
bytes; MBs are often mentioned like if they were 1 million bytes. Also,
an important term to search is gigabyte.
Megachanger.
A DVD or CD component that
stores massive amounts of discs; this term is applied to changers that
hold within more than 50 discs.
MHz.
It can be expressed megahertz or 1 million Hz.
Microwave.
A point to point transmission
signal based on high frequencies.
MPEG-2.
Movie Picture Experts Group. A
video compression standard; it was designed for digital broadcastings,
DVD movies, and DBS. An adaptive technology based on bits and it assigns
a larger amount of said bits to complex parts of a movie that has a lot
of activity and movement on the screen, as in when a subject is part of
a highly active scene in a movie and moves too much around the framed
screen; this technology uses less bits for scenes where there is not
much movement onscreen.
