Maximise To increase the size of a window so that it fill the entiire screen. The maximise button is at the top right jand corner of your screen, in the set of three. Once used this button becomes a Restore button. Click on it to restore the windo to ist original size.

Megabyte(MB) A unit of memory capacity. A single megabyte is 1000 kilobytes.

Memory A computer's capacity for storing information. See also RAM and ROM 

Menu bar The line of menu options that runs along the top of a window. When a menu is selected, you can access its entire list of options through  a drop - down menu 

MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A universal standard language by which specially adapted musical instruments communicate with computers,MIDI cable leads are required to connect the instrument to the computer. 

Minimise To reduce a window to a button on the Toolbar. The Minimise button is the left button in the set of three in the top right hand corner of a window. To restore the window to the screen, click on its button on the Taskbar.

Modem A device that converts electronic signals from a computer into sound signals that can be trnsmitted by phone then recoverd by another modem into the original electronic data. An 'ADSL' modem is misnamed: it really works as a router. See Router

Monitor The viewing screen on which you see your Computer's files. Images are made up of thousands of tiny red,green and blue dots called pixels that combine to form colours. 

Motherboard The circuit board which houses a PC's central processing unit (see CPU), some memory and slots into which expansion cards can be fitted. See Chip,Expansion Card and Memory 

Mouse Pointer A small arrow on screen that moves, when the mouse is moved. Other representations of the pointer, depending on the  program being used and tyhe type of action being carried out, includ a pointing hand, a pen, a cross and a double headed arrow. When you click in a text document, the curser will appear. See Curser

Multi-functional Device(MFD) A single hardware device which does the job of a photocopier,scanner, printer and fax machine.

My Computer A folder icon found in the Start Menu. Each user has a My Documents folder for his or her files. See Icon 

My Music The default folder for storing music files in Windows XP 

My Pictures The default folder for storing images and/or Photographs in Windows XP