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MAC address - Media Access Control address. Your system's unique hardware number on a network. mAh - Milliampere-hour(s). managed system - A managed system is any system that is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. management station - A system used to remotely manage one or more managed systems from a central location. Mb - Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits. MB - Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes. Mbps - Megabits per second. MBps - Megabytes per second. MBR - Master boot record. memory address - A specific location, usually expressed as a hexadecimal number, in the system's RAM. memory module - A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board. memory - An area in your system that stores basic system data. A system can contain several different forms of memory, such as integrated memory (ROM and RAM) and add-in memory modules (DIMMs). memory key - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. MHz - Megahertz. mirroring - A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives stores data and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the data. Mirroring functionality is provided by software. See also striping and RAID. mm - Millimeter(s). MOF - Managed object format is an ASCII file that contains the CIM schema definition. ms - Millisecond(s). NAS - Network Attached Storage. NAS is one of the concepts used for implementing shared storage on a network. NAS systems have their own operating systems, integrated hardware, and software that are optimized to serve specific storage needs. NIC - Network interface controller. A device that is installed or integrated in a system to allow connection to a network. 5

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MAC address
— Media Access Control address. Your system’s unique hardware
number on a network.
mAh
— Milliampere-hour(s).
managed system
— A managed system is any system that is monitored and managed
using Dell OpenManage
™
Server Administrator.
management station
— A system used to remotely manage one or more managed
systems from a central location.
Mb
— Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits.
MB
— Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity,
the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes.
Mbps
— Megabits per second.
MBps
— Megabytes per second.
MBR
— Master boot record.
memory address
— A specific location, usually expressed as a hexadecimal number, in
the system’s RAM.
memory module
— A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the
system board.
memory
— An area in your system that stores basic system data. A system can contain
several different forms of memory, such as integrated memory (ROM and RAM) and
add-in memory modules (DIMMs).
memory key
— A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB
connector.
MHz
— Megahertz.
mirroring
— A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives stores data
and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the data. Mirroring
functionality is provided by software. See also
striping
and
RAID
.
mm
— Millimeter(s).
MOF
— Managed object format is an ASCII file that contains the CIM schema
definition.
ms
— Millisecond(s).
NAS
— Network Attached Storage. NAS is one of the concepts used for implementing
shared storage on a network. NAS systems have their own operating systems,
integrated hardware, and software that are optimized to serve specific storage needs.
NIC
— Network interface controller. A device that is installed or integrated in a
system to allow connection to a network.