MB
MB (megabyte) - 1,024 KB (kilobytes), same as 1,048,576 bytes.
MBR
MBR (Master Boot Record) -
a sector which contains a partition table and a small program to start up the operating system.
The MBR is always located in a sector 0 of the drive and occupies exactly one sector.
MD RAID
MD RAID (Multiple Disk RAID) -
the set of software to work with a software RAID arrays in Linux.
Memory card
Memory card -
a device to store data.
Unlike hard disks, data is stored using a flash memory chip.
It often is used in digital cameras and mobile phones.
Unlike USB thumbdrives, memory cards do not fit into the standard USB port.
MFT
MFT (Master File Table) -
the main structure of NTFS filesystem.
MFT contains information about all the files on an NTFS volume.
For small files, the file data is also stored in MFT.
Mirroring
Mirroring - a process of writing two copies of the same data on the two array member disks.
Used in RAID1 and RAID10.
MMC
MMC (MultiMedia Card) -
a variety of flash memory card which is used to store data on digital devices such as cameras and mobile phones.
Motherboard
Motherboard -
one of the main computer components, on which various other components (CPU, memory, and add-on cards) are mounted.
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