Web design terminology beginning with the letter M

Mailing list

Users can subscribe to any number of online mailing lists, on a number of web sites. Usually they are for interested parties to receive information about the web site, or relevant news and updates. Design Talkboard has a mailing list as part of its discussion forums, which anyone can subscribe to if they want to keep up to date with the latest design and graphics news.

Mirror site

A duplicate of a web or FTP site, used the balance the load of a very busy site. Often used by web sites that provide software downloads, due to the amount of bandwidth that can be used at any one time.

Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

Sometimes also refered to as Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEGs are video graphics file formats. They offer compression so that video graphics and audio sound can be distributed over the internet at a smaller file size and so take up far less bandwidth than full motion video would.

There are numerous variations of MPEG, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4. Not all are supported by every video editing package or video playing software.