Web Hosting Glossary – M Definitions
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Megabyte (MB)
A unit of measurement that deals with computer data capacity.В A megabyte is equivalent to 1024 kilobytes.В It is commonly accepted to consider each measurement to be equal to 1000 units as opposed to 1024 for easier calculations.В Here is a more complete conversion table:
1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 megabytes (MB)
1 megabyte (MB) = 1,024 kilobytes (KB)
1 kilobyte (KB) = 1, 024 bytes (B)
Mail Exchange Record (MX Record)
As the name suggests, this deals with the way emails are manipulated.В The MX record is part of the domain nameserver zone that directs email to the appropriate mail servers for each specific domains.
Mailing List
A list of email addresses with the purpose to distribute an email to a group of different email addresses.В This is often used by websites that offer subscriptions to newsletters.
MySQL Database
A very popular open source database structure.В Linux and Unix operating systems use mySQL databases extensively for web hosting purposes.В For example,В mySQL databases are used for things like web page indexing and user group memberships.
