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LED      Light Emitting Diode                             MP       Multi-Processor
       LES          LAN emulation server                         MPOA    Multiprotocol over ATM
       LF   Line Feed                                            MPP     Massively Parallel Processor
       LNK      Windows Shortcut File                            MPEG    Video File
       LIM   Lotus/Intel/Microsoft's Expanded Memory Manager     MPG      Video File
       (EMS)                                                     MPS     Multi-Processor System
       LLAP   Local Talk Link Access Protocol                    MRR       Monthly Recruiting Review
       LLC      Logical Link Control                             MSCDEX     Microsoft Compact Disc Extension
       LLL   Low Level Language                                  MSB/msb    Most Significant Byte/bit
       LMI     Local Management Interface                        MSDOS      Microsoft's Disk Operating System
       LNNI   LAN Emulation Network-to-Network Interface         MSI      Medium Scale Integration
       LPD      Line Printer Daemon                              MSR       Model Specific Registers
       LPT   Line Printer                                        MTBF     Mean Time Between Failure
       LRU  Least-Recently Used                                  MTRR     Memory Type Range Registers
       LSA      Link-State Advertisement                         MTU      Maximum Transmission Unit
       LSB/lsb    Least Significant Byte/bit                     NaaS      Network as a Service
       LSI   Large Scale Integration                             NAK       Negative Acknowledgment
       LUN  Logical Unit Number                                  NAT        Network Address Translation
       LUNI    LAN Emulation User-to-Network Interface           N/C     No-Connect
       MAC     Media Access Control                              NBS     National Bureau of Standards
       MAN  Metropolitan Area Network                            NBP        Name Binding Protocol
       MBASIC    Microsoft BASIC                                 NEMA    National Electrical Manufacturers Association
       MB   Motherboard                                          NetBEUI       NetBIOS Extended User Interface
       MB/Mb      Mega Bytes/bits                                NetBIOS        Network Basic Input/Output System
       MBPS    Megabytes Per Second                              NFS     Network File System
       Mbps   Megabits Per Second                                NFU    Not-Frequently Used
       MBR  Master Boot Record                                   NHRP    Next Hop Resolution Protocol
       MBS     Maximum Burst Size                                NHS       Next Hop Server
       MCA  Micro Channel (Check) Architecture                   NIC        Network Interface Card
       MCDV     Maximum Cell Delay Variation                     NLSP     NetWare Link Services Protocol
       MCE        Machine Check Exception                        NMI    Non-Maskable Interrupt
       MCGA     Multi-Colour Graphics Array                      NMOS   Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
       MCLR       Maximum Cell Loss Ratio                        NMP      Network Management Processor
       MCM       Multi-Chip Module                               NOP     No OPeration
       MCR         Minimum cell rate                             NRU     Not-Recently Used
       MCTD       Maximum Cell Transfer Delay                    NRZ        Nonreturn to Zero
       MDB        Microsoft Access Database                      NRZI       Nonreturn to Zero Inverted
       MDRAM      Multi-bank RAM                                 NSF      National Science Foundation
       MFLOPS     Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second   NT          Network Termination
       (MegaFlops)                                               NTFS          New Technology File System
       MFM     Modified Frequency Modulated                      NTP       Network Time Protocol
       MHz     MegaHertz                                         NVNe  (SSD Drives)  With fastest Interface
       MIB        Management Information Base                    NVRAM     NonVolatile Random Access Memory
       MICR     Magnetic Ink Character Recognition               OC         Optical Carrier
       MID       MIDI (Music) File                               OCR  Optical Character Recognition
       MIDI     Musical Instrument Data Interface                ODD     Optical Disk Drive
       MII         Media Independent Interface                   ODI   Open Data link Interface
       MIMD    Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data                OEM  Original Equipment Manufacturer
       MIP        Multichannel Interface Processor               OMR  Optical Mark Reader
       MIPS     Millions of Instructions per Second              OOP  Object Oriented Programming
       MISD      Multiple-Instruction Single Data                OS    Operating System
       MLP        Multilink PPP                                  OSD    On Screen Display
       MMP      Multichassis Multilink PPP                       OSF   Open Software Foundation
       MMU     Memory Management Unit                            OSI   Open Systems Interconnect
       MMX     Multi-Media Extensions                            OSPF   Open Shortest Path First
       MNP     Microcom Network Protocol                         OUI      organizationally unique identifier
       MOBO  ‘MotherBoard’                                       P2P   Point to Point Protocol
       MODEM      MOdulator / DEModulator                        PAL/PLA    Programmable Array Logic / Logic Array
       MOPS    Millions of Operations Per Second                 PAE      Physical Address Extension
       MOS     Metal-Oxide Semiconductor                         PAN  Personal Area Network
       MOSPF  Multicast OSPF                                     PAP      Password Authentication Protocol:
       MOV      QuickTime Video File                             PAT      Port Address Translation
       MP3       Audio File                                      PB    Push Button


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