Quick Reference Guide

Glossary 295
MIDI
Acronym for musical instrument digital interface.
modem
A device that allows your system to communicate with
other systems over telephone lines.
modular system
A system that can include multiple server modules.
Each server module functions as an individual system.
To function as a system, a server module is inserted
into a chassis which includes power supplies, fans, a
system management module, and at least one network
switch module. The power supplies, fans, system
management module, and network switch module are
shared resources of the server modules in the chassis.
See server module.
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 CIM Management
Object File (MOF).
NDIS
Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface
Specification.
NDS
Abbreviation for NetWare
®
Directory Structure.
NIC
Acronym for network interface controller.
NICI
Abbreviation for NetWare International
Cryptographic Infrastructure.
NIF
Acronym for network interface function. This term is
equivalent to NIC.
NLM
Abbreviation for NetWare Loadable Module.
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.