Electronics and Technology Acronyms

    A-C        D-F        G-I        J-L        M-O        P-R        S-U      V-Z   

MAN         - Metropolitan Area Network.

MAR         - Memory Address Register.

MASER    - Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

MBE         - Molecular Beam Epitaxy.

MCM       - Multi-Chip Module.

MCT         - Mercury Cadmium Telluride.

MCU         - Microprocessor Control Unit.

MCVD      - Modified (Metal) Chemical Vapor Deposition.

MD           - Molecular Dynamics.

MDR        - Memory Data Register.

MEMS      - Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems.

MESFET  - Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.

MHT         - Mechanical Handling Test.

MHz          - Megahertz.

MIC          - Microwave (Monolithic) Integrated Circuit.

Micro        - 10E-6.

MIDI         - Musical Instruments Digital Interface.

MIE           - Magnetron Ion Etching.

MIL           - U.S. Military.

MIL-STD  - Military Standard.

Milli           - 10E-3.

MIM         - Metal-Insulator-Metal.

MIME       - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension.

MIPS         - Million Instructions per Second.

MIS           - Metal-Insulator Semiconductor.

MISFET   - Metal-Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.

MIT          - Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MLM        - Multi-level Marketing./ Multi-level Metal.

MMIC      - Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit.

MMW      - MilliMeter Waves.

MNOS      - Metal-Nitride-Oxide Semiconductor.

MOCVD   - Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition.

MODEM  - Modulator/Demodulator.

MODFET - Modulation Doped Field Effect Transistor.

MOS         - Metal Oxide Semiconductor.

MOS-C     - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitor.

MOSFET  - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.

MOV         - Metal Oxide Varistor.

MPEG       - Motion Picture Experts Group.

MPU          - Micro Processor Unit.

MQW        - Multiple Quantum Well.

MRI          - Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

MRS         - Materials Research Society.

MSB         - Most Significant Bit.

MSEE       - Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering.

MSI           - Medium Scale Integration.

MSK         - Minimum Shift Keying.

MTBA      - Mean Time Between Assists.

MTBF       - Mean Time Before Failure.

MTF          - Modulation Transfer Function.

MTS         - Mobile Telephone System./ Material Tracking Standard.

MTTF       - Mean Time to Failure.

MTTR      - Mean Time to Repair.

MUX         - Multiplexer.

MW           - Molecular Weight.

NA            - Numerical Aperture.

NAND      - Not-AND (Logic Gate).

Nano         - 10E-9.

NASA       - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NBS          - National Bureau of Standards.

NCS          - Network Communication Standard.

NEC          - National Electric Code.

NEMA      - National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

NESC        - National Electrical Safety Code.

NEXT       - Near-End Crosstalk.

NiCad       - Nickel-Cadmium (battery).

NIRA        - Near Infrared Reflection Analysis.

NIST         - National Institute of Standards and Technology.

NMOS      - N-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor.

NMR(I)    - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Imaging).

NOR         - Not-OR (Logic Gate).

NRZ          - Non Return to Zero.

NRZI        - Non Return to Zero Inverted.

NSF           - National Science Foundation.

NTC          - Negative Temperature Coefficient.

NTSC        - National Television Systems Committee.

NVRAM   - Non-Volatile Random Access Memory.

OBL          - Object Based Language.

OCR         - Optical Carrier (Character) Recognition.

ODBC       - Open Database Connectivity.

OEIC        - Opto-Electronic Integrated Circuit.

OEM         - Original Equipment Manufacturer.

OES          - Optical Emission Spectroscopy.

OLE          - Object Linking and Embedding.

OLED       - Organic Light Emitting Diode.

OMA        - Object Management Architecture.

OMVPE   - Organo-metallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy.

ONU         - Optical Network Unit.

OOP          - Object Oriented Programming.

Op Amp    - Operational Amplifier.

OQPSK    - Offset Quad Phone Shift Keying.

OS             - Operating System.

OSG          - Organosilicate Glass.

OSI           -  Open System Interconnection.

OTDR       - Optical Time Domain Reflectometer.

OTF           - Optical Transfer Function.