Glossary Term M – Best Affiliate Programs

Maillist - mail list
An automated system that allows people to send email to one address where the message is then copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the maillist. A common maillist is Listserv.

Megabyte
1024 kilobytes or one million bytes equals a megabyte.

Merchant Account
An account set up by a bank which allows a business to accept credit cards and deposits collected funds into the business checking account. Merchant providers assume a risk by allowing other businesses to accept credit cards under their name, and rely on those businesses to deliver the products or services to the customer as agreed.

Meta Tag
A meta tag is an element of HTML that often describes the contents of a Web page, and is placed near the beginning of the page's source code. Search engines use information provided in a meta tags to index pages by subject.

MetaCrawler
An example of a search engine that searches other search engines' databases. The term metacrawler is often used generically--and incorrectly--to name any search engine that operates in this manner.

Mirror Site
Mirror sites are web sites which maintain copies of material originated at another location to provide more widespread access to the resource.

Miva Merchant
Commonly used merchant account software used to allow hosting clients to accept credit cards on their sites. Ecommerce hosts often come with Miva Merchant ready to go.

Modify
Modify is a function where contact information or DNS information can be updated to reflect new changes pertaining to a domain name. Administrative and Technical Contacts have the ability to modify domain name information.

MSN - Microsoft Network
Microsoft Network®, An information service accessed by the general public using a computer and a modem. Like other online services, Microsoft Network offers access to news, e-mail, the Internet and a diverse range of data bases.