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Pete's Webmaster World Glossary - M
Glossary of website and webmaster terms and abbreviations
beginning with the letter 'M'.
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Megabyte
Megabyte is a unit used to refer to the storage or digital information. One megabyte is equal to 1 million bytes. Computers are often advertised as having x megabytes of memory. |
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Meta Tag
Meta Tags are used to provide structured data and information about documents such as web pages. Web Designers build Meta Tags into their websites to provide search engines with relevant information about their websites, so that they are advertised properly in the search results. |
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Mirror Site
Mirror site is the term used to describe when two identical sites are created, at two different locations, allowing visitors to access and download information from either site. Mirror sites are often used by file download sites, such as Cnet.com, so that if one site is busy, a visitor can access the same information from the mirror site, instead of having to wait for the first site to become available. |
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