Terms and Abbreviations: M
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
