MDM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MDMs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of master data management.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mobile device management.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of multiplexer-demultiplexer.
examples: text: Next, a comprehensive list of instructions is provided for determining the extent of medical history obtained, the extent of examination performed, and the complexity of MDM involved in each specific patient encounter.
ref: 2006, Stephen R. Levinson, “Features of the E/M Coding System and the Documentation Guidelines”, in Practical E/M: Documentation and Coding Solutions for Quality Patient Care, American Medical Association, →ISBN, page 40:
qualifier: medical coding
glosses: Initialism of medical decision making.
examples: text: CISA’s Mis-, Dis-, Malinformation (MDM) team is charged with building national resilience to mis-, dis-, and malinformation and foreign influence activities. Through these efforts, CISA helps the American people understand the scope and scale of MDM activities targeting elections and critical infrastructure, and enables them to take actions to mitigate associated risks. The MDM team was formerly known as the Countering Foreign Influence Task Force (CFITF). […] Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation make up what CISA defines as “information activities”.
ref: 2021 May 1, “Mis, Dis, Malinformation”, in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Washington, D.C., archived from the original on 01 May 2021:
text: Many parts of the US government, including the FBI, CIA and the Department of Homeland Security, had direct access to the major social media companies and instructed them on what content was permissible, who could use the networks and how their content was to be published. Initially justified as part of ‘the fight against terror’, this was expanded to include threats caused by MDM (mis-, dis- and malinformation). The mission creep of these agencies and the vagueness of the MDM definitions gave the government control of free speech in direct contradiction to the American First Amendment.
ref: 2024 July 14, Dick Stroud, “Language – from beautiful to brutal”, in Goodbye Trust: Incompetence and Conceit – NOT Woke – Are Destroying Our Institutions, Dick Stroud Ventures, →ISBN:
text: Given the versatility of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to create content, it is unsurprising that imposters and those that would spread mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) are also looking into using ChatGPT and similar AI models to streamline and enhance the effects of their actions. […] One of the areas for MDM to occur is within the political systems, especially in situations like the US presidential elections. MDM can originate from a variety of sources across digital, social, and traditional media, and new MDM topics emerge continuously.
ref: 2024 August 5, Julie E. Mehan, “Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation through the use of generative AI”, in Artificial Intelligence: Ethical, Social, and Security Impacts for the Present and the Future, 2nd edition, Ely, Cambridgeshire: IT Governance Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 13 (Ethical challenges of AI 2024 and beyond: The moral imperative of navigating this new terrain), page 349:
text: When the allegations were proven false, the censorship machine moved on to targeting mis-, dis-, and malinformation. MDM can come from anywhere, any country, and it is seen as a threat to democratic institutions, or “democracy” as it’s so often shortened to.
ref: 2025 April 15, Christine Menedis, “The Blob”, in Why the World Doesn’t Make Sense: Reclaiming the Liberty You Didn’t Know You Lost, Nashville, Tenn.: Forefront Books, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Initialism of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation.