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Terms start with m
m-tx
m2c
m4
m68k-vme-tftplilo
MAC (Message Authentication Code)
MAC address
Machine language
macro
Macro
macro- pref.
macutils
madbomber
Madeinlinux
madoka
madplay
Maelstrom
mag
magic number
magic2mime
magicdev
magicfilter
MagicPoint
magnus
magpie
mah-jong
Mail
mail
mail client
mail transport agent (MTA)
mail user agent (MTA)
mail-audit-tools
mail-files
mailagent
Mailbox
mailcap
mailcheck
mailcrypt
maildir-bulletin
maildist
maildrop
mailfilter
mailhelp
mailing list
Mailing Lists
mailleds
maillist
Maillist (or Mailing List)
mailman
mailpatch
mailq
mailreader
mailscanner
mailshar
mailstat
mailsync
mailto
mailtools
mailutils
mailutils-imap4d
mailutils-pop3d
mailx
Mainframe
mainframe
maint-guide
Maintenance programming
Maintenance release
make
makedb
makedepend
makedev
MAKEDEV
makedic
makefile
MAKEFLOPPIES
makeg
makeindex
makeinfo
makejvf
makempx
makepasswd
makepatch
makepsres
makestrs
MakeTeXPK
makexvpics
make_smbcodepage
make_unicodemap
malaga-bin
malsync
malware
man
Man
man page
man-db
man-in-the-middle attack
man-pages
man2html
mandb
Mandrake Linux
mandrake-galaxy
mandrake-mime
mandrake-release
mandrake_desk
manedit
mangoquest
manpages
manpath
mantis
manued-el
maradns
marbles
marlais
mason
masqmail
masquerade
mass storage device
master
master boot record (MBR)
master drive
Mastodon
matchbox
mathwar
matrem
mattrib
matwrap
mawk
maxima
mayavi
Mb
MB
mbadblocks
MBONE (Multicast Backbone)
mboxgrep
Mbps
mbr
MBR (Master Boot Record)
mbxcopy
mbxcreat
mbxcvt
mbxmove
mc
mc-common
mc-foo
mcat
MCC Interim Linux
mcd
mcl
mconfig
mcookie
mcopy
mcrypt
mctools-lite
MD4 (Message Digest #4)
MD5
MD5 (Message Digest #5, 1.2.840.113549.2.5, RFC 1321)
md5sum
md5sum.textutils
mdadm
mdel
mdeltree
mdetect
mdidentd
mdir
mdk
mdk-menu-messages
mdkkdm
mdklaunchhelp
mdkonline
mdu
meat-grinder
med-bio
med-dent
medusa
megabit (Mb)
Megabyte
megabyte (MB)
megahal
Melon
melon
members
memoization
memopanel
memory
memprof
memstat
memtest86
mencal
mentor
menu
menudrake
mercury
merge
mergelib
mergelog
merlin-clock
merlin-cpufire
Mesa
mesademos
mesag3
mesag3+ggi
mesag3-glide2
meschach
mesg
message
meta
meta bit
metacam
metacharacter
metacharacter (shell metacharacters)
metacity
Metafont
metamail
Metcalfe's Law
mew
mew-bin
mf
mformat
mfpic
mft
mfw
mgapdesk
mgdiff
mgetty
mgm
mgp
mgt
mh-book
mh-e
mhc
mhonarc
mico
micq
microcode.ctl
microkernel
midentd
Midori
mifluz
mig-i386-gnu
migemo
migemo-perl
migrationtools
mii-diag
mii-tool
mikmod
Miller, Cliff
Miller, David
MIME
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
MIME encapsulation
mime-codecs
mime-construct
mime-support
mimedecode
mimefilter
mindi
Mindi Linux
mindterm
mindy
minfo
mingetty
mingw32
mingw32-runtime
minicom
minilinux
minimalist
mini_commander_applet
minpack1
Miracle Linux
mird1
Mirror
mirror
mirrordir
mirrormagic
miscfiles
miscutils
mission critical
mit-scheme
MIT-SHM
mixal
mixer.app
mixer_applet
MIZI Linux
mkboot
mkbootdisk
MkCDrec
mkcfm
mkcramfs
Mkdir
mkdir
mkdirhier
mke2fs
mkfifo
mkfontdesc
mkfontdir
mkfs
mkfs.ext2
mkfs.ext3
mkfs.minix
mkhtmlindex
mkindex
mkinitrd
mkinitrd-cd
mkisofs
MkLinux
mklost+found
mkmanifest
mknbi
mknod
mkocp
mkofm
mkpasswd
mkrboot
mkrescue
mksmbpasswd
mkswap
mktemp
mktexlsr
mktexmf
mktexpk
mktextfm
mkxauth
mlabel
mlglade
mlock
mlterm
mlton
mmake
mmd
mminstance
mmm-mode
mmorph
mmount
mmove
mmucl
mmv
mmx-emu
mnogosearch-common
mnogosearch-pgsql
mnogosearch-php
mobile code
Mobile IP
modconf
mode
mode bit
modeline
MODEM
Modem
Modem (MOdulator, DEModulator)
modemp3d
modemu
modinfo
modlogan
modprobe
Modula-2
Modular programming
Modulation
Module
module
modulo
modutils
mon
mona
mondo
Monkey Linux
MontaVista Linux
MOO
MOO (Mud, Object Oriented)
moodss
moon-buggy
moon-buggy-esd
moon-lander
Moore's Law
moosic
mopd
more
Morphix
Morris Worm
morse
Mosaic
Mosix
mosix
most
motherboard
Motif
motifnls
motion
motor
Mount
mount
mount point
mount.smb
mount.smbfs
mountapp
mouse
mouse-properties-capplet
mouseconfig
mova
MoviX
mozart
mozilla
mozilla-browser
mozilla-chatzilla
mozilla-dom-inspector
mozilla-js-debugger
mozilla-mail
mozilla-mailnews
mozilla-nspr
mozilla-nss
mozilla-psm
mozilla-xmlterm
mp
mp3blaster
mp3burn
mp3check
mp3info
mp3kult
mp3rename
mp4h
mpack
mpage
mpartition
mpatrol
mpe-source
mped
MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
mpeglib
mpg123
mpg321
mpgtx
mpich
MPlayer
mpost
mpqc
mps
mpto
mq3
mrd
mren
mrename
mrproject
mrt
mrtg
mrtg-contrib
mrtgutils
msc
MSC.Linux
mscompress
msec
mserv
mserver
msgcmp
msgcomm
msgfmt
msgmerge
msgunfmt
mshowfat
msttcorefonts
mt
mt-gnu
mt-st
MTA
MTBF (Mean time between failures)
mtd-tools
mtime
mtools
mtoolsfm
mtoolstest
mtr
mtrack
MTU
mtx
mtype
mu-cite
MUD
MUD (Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension)
muddleftpd
mueller7-dict
mueller7-mova
mueller7accent-dict
mueller7accent-mova
muh
mule-ucs
Mulimidix
muLinux
multex-base
multex-bin
multi-gnome-terminal
multi-homed
Multi-Point Control Unit (MCU)
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
Multi-tasking
multicast
multicd
multimail
Multimedia
multimix
multimon
Multitasking
multitasking
multitee
Multithreading
multithreading
multiticker
munchlist
munpack
murasaki
MURIX Linux
muse
MUSE (Multi-User Simulated Environment)
music123
musixlyr
mutella
mutt
mutt-utf8
muttbug
muttprint
mutt_dotlock
mv
mwavem
MX
myhungarian
myspell-en_GB
myspell-en_US
myspell-hyph-en
mysql
mzip

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