Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

M&A
Measurement and Analysis

M&O
management and organization

M&S
Modeling and Simulation

MAA
Mission Area Assessment

MAC
mandatory access control

MAC
Materiel Acquisition Command

MAC
media access control

MAC
message authentication code

MAC
message authenticity check

MACC
Multi-Agency Coordination Center

MACOM
Major Command

MADE
Manufacturing Automation and Design Engineering

MAFIS
Mobile Automated Field Instrumentation System

MAGTF
Marine Air Ground Task Force

MAIS
Major Automated Information System

MAISRC
Major AIS Review Council

MAM
multi-agent maturation

MAN
Mandatory Modification

MAN
Metropolitan Area Network

MANPER
Manpower/Personnel

MANTECH
manufacturing technology

MAP
manufacturer's application protocol

MAP
Mining Assets for Product Lines

MAP/TOP
Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical and Office Protocol

MAPI
Messaging Application Programming Interface

MAPSE
minimal Ada programming support environment

MAR
minimally attended radar

MARC
Multi-technology Automated Reader Card

MARCORSYSCOM
Marine Corps Systems Command

MARFOR
Marine Force

MAS
Multiple Award Schedule

MASA
Modular Avionics Systems Architecture

MASCOT
Modular Approach to Software Construction, Operation, and Testing

MATE
modular automatic test equipment

MATSYM
Material Symbol

MB
1024 kilobytes

MBC
Mortar Ballistics Computer

MBI
Manpower Buildup Index

MBPS
Megabytes Per Second

MBSE
model-based software engineering

MC&G
Mapping, Charting and Geodesy

MCA
Micro Channel Architecture

MCA
microchannel architecture

MCC
Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corporation

MCCB
Modification/Configuration Control Board

MCCDC
Marine Corps Combat Development Command

MCCR
mission-critical computer resource

MCCS
mission-critical computer system

MCCTA
Marine Corps Computer and Telecommunications Activity

MCDN
Marine Corps Data Network

MCEB
Military Communications & Electronics Board

MCIC
Marine Corps Intelligence Command

MCNC
Microelectronics Center of North Carolina

MCO
Marine Corps Order

MCOTEA
Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity

MCR
Magnetic Cartridge Recorder

MCS
Maneuver Control System

MCS
Master of Computer Science

MCT
methodologies coordinating team

MCTSSA
Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Agency

MDA
Milestone Decision Authority

MDA
Model Driven Architecture

MDAP
Major Defense Acquisition Program

MDC
Manipulation Detection Code

MDL
Merged D-RAM with Logic

MDR
management data report

MDS
mission, design, series

MDWAR
Missile Defense Wargame and Analysis Resource

MEA
maintenance engineering analysis

MEDLOG
Medical Logistics

MedOA
Medical Open Architecture

MEDSUP
Medical Supply

MEECN
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network

MEL
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

MENS
Mission Element Needs Statement

MEP
Management Engineering Plan

MEP
Manufacturing Extension Partnership

MER
Minimum Essential Requirements

MES
manufacturing execution system

MES
Message Handling System

METOC
Meteorology and Oceanography

MF
medium frequency

MFC
Microsoft Foundation Classes

MFM
Modified Frequency Modulation

MFR
Management for Results

MFR
memorandum for the record

MFR
multi-function radar

MFU
most frequently used

MHS
message handling service

MHz
MegaHertz

MI
Mellon Institute

MI
Message Indicator

MIB
Management Information Base

MIC
Management Information Center

MICOM
missile command

MICS
Medical Inventory Control System

MIDAS
maintenance integrated data access system

MIDI
musical instrument digital interface

MIJI
Meaconing, Instruction, Jamming and Interface

MIL
military

MIL
module interconnection language

MIL-HDBK
military handbook

MIL-STD
Department of Defense Military Standard

MIL-STD
military standard

MILNET
military network

MILPDS
Military Personnel Data System

MilPDS
Military Personnel Data System

MilPDS
Military Personnel Data System

MILSATCOM
Military Satellite Communications

MILSPEC
military specification

MIMD
multiple instruction multiple data

MIMD
Multiple Instruction Stream, Multiple Data Stream

MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

MIMS
Mobile Information Management System

MINTERM
Miniature Terminal

MIO
Management Information Office

MIP
machine-independent part

MIPR
military interdepartmental purchase request

MIPS
millions of instructions per second

MIRV
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles

MIS
management information systems

MISD
Multiple Instruction Stream, Single Data Stream

MISRT
Medical Information Security Readiness Team

MISSI
Multi-Level Information Systems Security Initiative

MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MITRE
MIT Research Corporation

ML
maturity level

MLS
multi-level security

MM
Maintenance Manual

MM
man month

MMAR
Directorate of Materiel Management, Engineering and Reliability Branch

MMC
Martin Marietta Corporation

MMC
modular mission computer

MMEDT
Directorate of Materiel Management, Engineering Division, and Support Branch, Technical Order Section

MMG
Multibus Manufactures Group

MMI
Man-Machine Interface

MMS
Modem Management System

MMS
Module Management System

MMU
mass memory unit

MMU
memory management unit

MMW
millimeter wave

MMX
Multi-Media Extension

MNA
Mission Needs Analysis

MNS
Mission Needs Statement

MO (M-O)
Magneto-Optical

MOA
memorandum of agreement

MoD
Ministry of Defence

MODEM
Modulator Demodulator

MOE
Measure of Effectiveness

MOM
Message-Oriented Middleware

MOMA
Message-Oriented Middleware Association

MOP
measure of performance

MOP
memorandum of procedures

MOR
memorandum of record

MORE
Multimedia-Oriented Repository Environment

MOS
metal-oxide semiconductor

MOSFET
metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor

MOSPF
Multicast Extensions to Open Shortest Path First

MOTS
military off the shelf

MOU
memorandum of understanding

MP
Materiel Professional

MP
Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol

MPE
Missing Planning Element

MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group

MPOA
Multiprotocol Over ATM

MPRNT
Material Process Review Team

MPST
Message Processing Subscriber Terminal

MQ
maturity questionnaire

MR
management reserve

MRA
Milestone Review and Approval

MRB
Material Review Board

MRI
management reporting indicators

MRK
Manual Remote Keying

MRLs
Materials Research Laboratories

MRMS
Maintenance Resource Management System

MRP
Material Requirements Planning

MRP II
Manufacturing Resource Planning

MRP II
Manufacturing Resource Planning

MRT
Miniature Receiver Terminal

MS
message store

MSB
most significant bit

MSC
Major Subordinate Command

MSC
Measurement Steering Committee

MSCPI
Management Steering Committee for Process Improvement

MSCS
Master of Science in Computer Science

MSD
modem-sharing device

MSE
Master of Software Engineering

MSE
Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MSF
Microsoft Solutions Framework

MSG
Management Steering Group

MSI
medium-scale integration

MSIX
Metered Services Information Exchange

MSRC
Major Shared Resource Center

MSSE
Master of Science in Software Engineering

MSSP
managed security service provider

MST
management steering team

MSTM
Multi Source Track Management

MSTO
Maritime Systems Technology Office

MT
module test

MTA
Message Transfer Agents

MTACCS
Marine Tactical Air Command & Control System

MTBCF
mean time between critical failure

MTBF
mean time between failures

MTBOMF
mean time between operational mission failure

MTC
managing technological change

MTC
Manufacturing Technology Centers

MTF
Message Text Format editor

MTO
Microelectronics Technology Office

MTS
member(s) of technical staff

MTS
Message Transfer System

MTST
Maneuvering Target Statistical Tracker

MTTD
mean time to defect

MTTF
mean time to failure

MTTR
mean time to repair and to restore

MTU
mobile training unit

MTV
message translation and validation

MUF
MASCOT User's Forum

MULTICS
Multiplexed Information and Computer Service

MVS
Multiple Virtual Storage

MVS/XA
Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended Architecture

MVT
Multi programming with a Variable number of Tasks

MWC
Multi Warfare Control

MWM
Motif window manager

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