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Mail Forwarding
When you sign up for an Ameritech hosting plan, you'll receive a domain
email account (you@yourname.com). You might also have an email
address provided by your local ISP. With mail forwarding, all email
addressed to you@yourname.com will be sent to your "real" email
address.
Additional mail forwarding options include the ability to forward
different yourname.com email to specific addresses on the Internet. For
example, email addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could forward
to your "real" email address (provided by your ISP), while
sales@yourname.com could forward to a different email address.
Mailing List
A group discussion conducted through email messages, specific to a
topic or common interest. When a message is sent to a mailing list, each
list subscriber receives a copy.
Megabyte (MB)
A million bytes; a thousand kilobytes.
To be more accurate, one megabyte actually contains 1,048,576 bytes.
Since the prefix "mega" is associated with one million, the term
megabyte is used to define 1,048,576 bytes.
Message Board
A type of bulletin board where users read and respond to other people's
posts.
META tag
Hidden HTML code that contains information about a Web page, such
as who created the page, what the page is about, and which keywords
best describe the page's content. Some search engines use this
information to list Web pages.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface: A computerized music file, often
used on Web pages.
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions: The standard for attaching
non-text files (such as graphics, spreadsheets, word processor
documents, sound files, etc.) to email messages.
Modem
A device that connects your computer to a phone line. It transforms
digital computer data into analog data; the analog data is then sent
through a telephone line to a second computer. A modem on the
receiving end transforms the analog data back into the digital format, so
that the receiving computer can read it.
mSQL
Mini SQL: A lightweight database engine designed to provide fast access to stored data.
See Also: SQL
MX Record
An entry in a domain name system database that directs the routing of mail transfer agents. The MX record is used, for instance, to set which mail server will handle the processing of your e-mail.