MPPC Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression
MPPE Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
MSDU MAC Service Data Unit - a data packet that ignores fragmentation in
the WLAN.
MSN Multiple subscriber number
MSSID See SSID
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
Multicast A specific form of broadcast in which a message is simultaneously
transmitted to a defined user group.
Multiple subscriber
number
Multiple subscriber number
Multiprotocol gate-
way
A gateway that can route several protocols, e.g. IP, X.25, etc.
Music on hold (MoH) Your PBX has two internal music-on-hold melodies. On delivery, in-
ternal melody 1 is active. You can choose between melody 1 or 2, or
deactivate the music on hold.
Music on hold (MoH) Performance feature of a PBX. During an inquiry or call forwarding,
a melody is played that the waiting subscriber hears. On your PBX,
you can choose between two internal melodies.
MWI Transmission of a voice message from a mailbox e.g. T-NetBox or
MailBox to a terminal. The receipt of the message on the terminal is
signalled e.g. by a LED.
NAT Network Address Translation
NDIS WAN NDIS WAN is a Microsoft enhancement of this standards in relation
to wide area networking (WAN). The NDIS WAN CAPI driver per-
mits the use of the ISDN controller as a WAN card. The NDIS WAN
driver enables the use of a DCN network on Windows. NDIS is the
abbreviation for Network Device Interface Specification and is a
standard for the connection of network cards (hardware) to network
protocols (software).
Net surfing A "journey of discovery" for interesting information in wide-ranging
data networks such as T-Online. Known mainly from the Internet.
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