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Microdiagnostic utility
A program that is run by the customer engineer to test the machine.
Microinstruction
A basic or elementary machine instruction.
Microprogram
A group of micro instructions that when run completes a planned function.
The term microprogram represents a dynamic arrangement or selection of one or more groups of
micro instructions for execution to complete a particular function. The term microcode represents
microinstructions that are used in a product as an alternative to hard-wired circuitry to
implement certain functions of a processor or other system component.
MIM Media information message.
mm Millimeter.
Modifier
That which changes the meaning.
Monitor
The Monitor role is an interchangeable term corresponding to the User role. The Monitor role has
viewing privileges to the unit, but is not able to make configuration changes.
Mount a device
To assign an I/O device with a request to the operator.
MP Microprocessor.
Millisecond.
ms
Message.
MSG
Multipath
Pertaining to using more than one path.
N
N/A Not applicable.
Network Address Translation (NAT)
NAT involves rewriting the source or destination addresses of IP packets as they pass through a
router or firewall. Most systems that use NAT do so to enable multiple hosts on a private
network to access the Internet over a single public IP address.
NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Node In a network, a point at which one or more functional units connect channels or data circuits.
NTFS New Technology File System. The primary file system that is used in Windows.
NTP Network Time Protocol. This protocol allows the library to set its internal date and time that is
based on the date and time of a server.
NVS Nonvolatile storage. A storage device whose contents are not lost when power is cut off.
O
OCP Operator Panel (Operator Control Panel).
Oersted
The unit of magnetic field strength in the unrationalized centimeter-gram-second (cgs)
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