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MEDIUM—(1) A liquid that dilutes a paint without damaging its adhesive;
(2) The mode of expression employed; (3) The actual instrument or material
used by the artist.
MEGABYTE —Abbreviated MB or M, approximately one million bytes of
data.
MEMORY—That portion of computer hardware that retains data for later
retrieval.
MENU—A selection of options displayed on a computer screen.
MICROCOMPUTER —Another name for a personal computer or computer
workstation not attached to a mainframe system.
MILITARY STANDARDS—Also called MIL-STD. A formalized set of
government standards.
MIXED MEDIUM—Also called MIXED MEDIA. A combination of two or
more mediums.
MODEM—An electronic input/output device that connects computer
workstations for communications. An acronym for the word modulator and
demodulator.
MOIRÉ—An wavy or checkered pattern that results when photographing a
halftone through a screen.
MONOCHROMATIC —Shades or tints of one color.
MONTAGE —See COMPOSITE. (1) Arranging a number of pictures or
designs in a combination, often with some overlapping, so that they form a
composite whole; (2) The resultant arrangement or composition.
MONITOR—The viewing screen of a computer system.
MOOD—An outward projection of a feeling or emotion that affects behavior
communicated by action, situations, or symbology in a picture.
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