User's Manual

224 Glossary
MIF
Acronym for management information format. A MIF
file contains information, status, and links to
component instrumentation. MIF files are installed
into the MIF database by the DMI service layer. The
content of a MIF is defined by a DTMF working
committee and is published in the form of a MIF
definition document. This document identifies the
groups and attributes that are relevant to
DMI-manageable components.
mm
Abbreviation for millimeter(s).
modem
A device that allows your computer to communicate
with other computers over telephone lines.
MOF
Acronym for managed object format, which is an ASCII
file that contains the formal definition of a CIM schema.
mouse
A pointing device that controls the movement of the
cursor on a screen. Mouse-aware software allows you to
activate commands by clicking a mouse button while
pointing at objects displayed on the screen.
MPEG
Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is
a digital video file format.
ms
Abbreviation for millisecond(s).
MTBF
Abbreviation for mean time between failures.
multifrequency monitor
A monitor that supports several video standards.
A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency
range of the signal from a variety of video adapters.
mV
Abbreviation for millivolt(s).
name
The name of an object or variable is the exact string
that identifies it in an SNMP Management
Information Base (MIB) file, or in a DMI Management
Information Format (MIF) file, or in a CIM
Management Object File (MOF).
NDIS
Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification.
NIC
Acronym for network interface controller.
NIF
Acronym for network interface function. This term is
equivalent to NIC.
NMI
Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A device
sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about
hardware errors, such as a parity error.
noninterlaced
A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially
refreshing each horizontal line on the screen.
ns
Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one billionth of
a second.
NTFS
Abbreviation for the NT File System option in the
Windows NT operating system and later Windows
operating systems.
NuBus
Proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh
personal computers.