M MMX A technology used on recent Intel computer chips to enhance multimedia processing. Both the sending and receiving computer must be equipped with a modem. A game or simulation in which multiple participants can engage simultaneously through their connections to the same Internet server. Multimedia A term that refers to computer systems and applications that involve a combination of text, graphics, audio, and video data. Newsgroup A service that works like an electronic newspaper, carrying articles posted by subscribers and responses to them.
Instruction is carried out over the network.
Optical Disk A disk read by reflecting pulses of laser beams. A single dot on a display screen. Plugin A program that enhaces another program with features the latter doesn't have. This is nonvolatile memory. It comes preprogrammed with the computer.