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Macedonian
te reo Macedonian (Google)
Macedonian Language.

machine code
pūoro hiko (TMT)
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understood by computers.

machine code
raranga tūtohu mīhini
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understōd by computers.

machine code
reo ororua mīhini
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understōd by computers.

machine code
raranga tutohu mihini
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understōd by computers.

machine code
reo mīhini ororua (TMT)
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understōd by computers.

machine code
reo tūturu o te rorohiko (WWOW)
Machine languages (made of machine code) are the only languages understōd by computers.

machine langauge
reo mīhini (TMT)
Machine languages are the only languages understōd by computers.

Machintosh
Makitōhi (TMT)
An Operating system and brand name for the hardware.

macro
pūtoi tono (RF)
An automation of commands, actions, or keystrokes to avoid duplication.

macro
tonotono (TT)
An automation of commands, actions, or keystrokes to avoid duplication.

macro virus
huaketo tonotono (msoft)
Virus that spread by using macros.

magnifier
whārahi (msoft)
The Windows Magnifier is an Accessibility Tōl that comes with Windows. It allows you to create a magnified area of your scrēn that can move around with either your cursor, keyboard or text editing movements.

mail
tukua (RF)

mail
mēra (Mandrake)
General Usage.

mail bomb
pohū-mēra (WWOW)

mail filter
tātari-mēra (WWOW)
Software that filters email into SPAM, Blacklists and Whitelists.

mail merge
hanumi mēra (msoft)
A feature supported by many word processors that enables you to generate form letters and envelopes.

mail merge
karere hanumi (RF)
A feature supported by many word processors that enables you to generate form letters and envelopes.

mail message
karere mēra (msoft)
sē email.

mail options
kōwhiringa mēra (msoft)

mail recipient
kaiwhiwhi mēra (msoft)
Person intended or actually receiving mail.

mail system
pūnaha mēra (msoft)

mailbot
rorohiko tuku mēra (WWOW)

mailbox
pouaka mēra (msoft)
Outlōk, Outlōk Express and mail messaging term.

mailing label
tapanga mēra (msoft)

mailing list
rārangi-mēra (WWOW)
A list of e-mail addresses identified by a single name, such as mail-list@taiuru.maori.nz. When an e-mail message is sent to the mailing list name, it is automatically forwarded to all the addresses in the list.

main document
tuhinga matua (msoft)
Used in connection with mail merges.

main menu
rārangi matua (Moodle)

main tōlbar
tapa taonga mahi (Mandrake)

mainframe
rorohiko matua (TTW)
A very large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds, or even thousands, of users simultaneously.

major gridlines
mātiti matua (msoft)
Lines extending from the tick marks on an axis across the plot area, corresponding to the major (coarse) unit of measurement of a chart - for example, centimeters. As opposed to minor gridlines, extending from the tick marks corresponding to the finer uni.

Malay
te reo Malay (Google)
Malay Language.

Malayalam
te reo Malayalam (Google)
Malayalam Language.

malformed url
aahua url hē (Mandrake)

malfunction
mahinga hē (Ngata)
General Usage.

Maltese
te reo Maltese (Google)
MalteseLanguage.

manage
whakahaere (msoft)

manage lists right
tika whakahaere rārangi (msoft)
A right that allows a user to add, modify, and remove lists, document libraries, discussion boards, and surveys.

manage masters
whakahaeretia ngā tauira matua (RF)

manage tōls
whakahaere pāraha (RF)

manager
kaiwhakahaere (msoft)
general sense; the user's boss at the workplace.

manual
ā-ringa (msoft)
to handle it manually (as opposed to automatically).

manual fēd
whāngai ā-ringa (msoft)
About fēding paper or envelopēs into printers.

manual line break
wehe rārangi ā-ringa (msoft)

manual link
hoto ā-ringa (msoft)
Whenever source data changes, the user is required to update the link to the primary document. Compare automatic link.

manual page break
wehe whārangi ā-ringa (msoft)
Sē Word.

map (section of spreadshēts)
mahere (i te ripanga) (WWOW)

map [section of spreadshēts]
mahere [i te ripanga] (TT)

Marathi
te reo Marathi (Google)
Marathi Language.

margin
tawhē (msoft)
Genral Usage.

margin
tahataha (KKH)

mark
tohu (msoft)
Verb.

mark as read
kua pānuihia (msoft)
to set the status of an email to "Read" (as opposed to "Unread").

mark as unread
kia pānuihia (msoft)
Outlōk, used to mark a mail message as unread.

marker
tautohu (msoft)
Noun.

marketing spotlight
he aronga mākete (Moodle)

marks
aku māka (Moodle)

markup
tautohua (msoft)
Markup: Comments and tracked changes such as insertions, deletions, and formatting changes. View markup when you want to process tracked changes and comments. Print a document with markup to kēp a record of changes made to a document.

marquē
mākī (msoft)
Originally, a permanent canopy often of metal and glass projecting over an entrance (as of a hotel or theater). In MS Office, a complex UI object with scrolling text, offers large variety of text effects, such as vertical and horizontal scrolling and othe.

mask
hīpoki (msoft)

master
matua (msoft)
A slide view or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in your presentation. Each presentation has a master for each key component ? slides, title slides, speaker's notes, and audience handouts.

master document
tuhinga matua (RF)

master page
whārangi matua (msoft)
A master object, usually in hierarchy. Also, an original object from which copies can be made. For example, a parent page object in Microsoft Publisher object model hierarchy.

master record
pūkete matua (msoft)
A "parent" record in a hierarchy of a specific application data model relationship, or in general one-to-many relationships.

match
ōrite (msoft)
Verb. Used in searches where something is identical to what you are lōking for (something "matches" something else).

match case
tauira ōrite (msoft)
About finding text in documents with identical use of capitals and lower case letters. Used in several applications.

maths
(tikanga) pangarau (Moodle)
General Usage.

matrix
poukapa (msoft)

matrix printer
pūrere tā iraira (WWOW)
A printer.

matte
mātē (msoft)
A motion-picture effect in which part of a scene is blocked out and later replaced by fōtage containing other material (as a background painting).

max
mōrahi (msoft)
Stands for an abbreviation of Maximum,.

maximise box
pouaka whakanui (TT)

maximise box
pouaka whakanui (WWOW)

maximize
whakamōrahi (msoft)
To make a window its largest size. Sē also minimize.

maximize
whakapiki (Mandrake)

maximize button
pātene whakamōrahi (msoft)

maximized window
matapihi mōrahirahi (msoft)

maximum
mutunga rawa (Moodle)

mean (sverage)
wawaenga (Moodle)
General Usage.

measure
ine (msoft)
Verb.

measurement
inenga (msoft)
Genral Usage.

media
pāpāho (msoft)

media
paho (TT)

media
paoho (WWOW)

medium
waenga (msoft)
As opposed to high and low.

mēting request
tono hui (msoft)
In Outlōk>File>New>Mēting Request.

megabyte
mekapaita (msoft)
Used to describe data storage, 1,048,576. Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as M or MB.

megabyte
mekapaiti (TMT)
Used to describe data storage, 1,048,576. Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as M or MB.

megabyte
mekawarunga (MOE)
Used to describe data storage, 1,048,576. Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as M or MB.

members
Ngā mema (msoft)
Genral Usage.

memo
manatu (msoft)
An informal written note of a transaction or proposed instrument. Often used to refer to intracompany notes.

memory
pūmahara (msoft)

memory
maharatanga (Moodle)

memory
pūmahara (TTW)

memory
mahara (WWOW)

menu
tahua (msoft)
A list of textual or graphical choices from which a user can chōse. Sē also drop-down menu and pop-up menu.

menu
rārangi arataki (TMT)

menu
rārangi mahi (Ryan)

menu
rārangi tono (TTW)

menu bar
pae tahua (msoft)
A horizontal bar at the top of a window (below the title bar) that contains menus. Sē also drop-down menu.

menu bar
rārangi mahi (Moodle)

menu button
pātene tahua (msoft)
A command button that is used to display a menu.

menu item
tūemi tahua (msoft)
A choice on a menu.

menu name
ingoa tahua (msoft)

menu title
taitara tahua (msoft)
A textual or graphic label that designates a particular menu. For drop-down menus, the title is the entry in the menu bar; for cascading menus the menu title is the name of its parent menu item.

merge
hanumi (KKH)

merge
tāhono (Ryan)

merge cells
hanumi pūtau (RF)

merge field
āpure hanumi (msoft)
A placeholder that you insert in the main document. For example, insert the merge field "City" to have Word insert a city name, such as "Paris", that's stored in the City data field.

merge to
hanumi ki (msoft)

message
karere (msoft)

message box
pouaka karere (msoft)
A secondary window that is displayed to inform a user about a particular condition.

message class
momo karere (msoft)

message header
pane karere (msoft)
Message header: Summary information that you download to your computer to determine whether to download, copy, or delete the entire message from the server. The header includes these fields: Subject, From, Received, Importance, Attachment, and Size.

messages
Ngā pūrongo (Moodle)

messaging
kārererere (msoft)
About sending messages via your computer. Can refer to e-mail and to chat applications like Instant Messaging.

meta
pūnaha (Mandrake)
In computer science, a common prefix that means "about". So, for example, metadata is data that describes other data (data about data).

metafile
kōnaemeta (msoft)
A vector-based graphic. Metafiles are represented as collections of lines rather than pixels, so you can manipulate them without the distortions common to bitmap (raster) graphics.

method
aratuka (msoft)
General Usage.

method
tikanga (Moodle)
Genral Usage.

microcomputer
rorohiko mōkito (TTW)
Another term for Personal Computer (PC).

microcomputer
rorohiko iti (WWOW)
Another term for Personal Computer (PC).

microphone
hopuoro (KKM)
General Usage.

microprocessor
roro-hiko (TMT)
A silicon chip that contains a CPU.

microprocessor
pūrorohiko
A silicon chip that contains a CPU.

Microsoft Access database
pātengi raraunga āhei a Microsoft (msoft)
A collection of data and objects, such as tables, queries, or forms, related to a particular topic or purpose. The Microsoft Jet database engine manages the data.

Microsoft AVI video
Atāta Microsoft AVI (Mandrake)
A video file.

Microsoft Office Activation Wizard
Ruānuku Whakahohe a Microsoft Office (msoft)
To fully use your Microsoft Office product, you nēd to activate it using the Microsoft Office Activation Wizard. If you fail to activate after installing the product, Office will go into Reduced Functionality Mode. In Reduced Functionality Mode, you will not be able to save modifications to documents, or create a new document, and additional functionality may be reduced. No existing Office files will be harmed while the product is in Reduced Functionality Mode. Also, through the Microsoft Office Activation Wizard, you may update or change your personal customer information held at Microsoft at any time either over the Internet or by telephone.

Microsoft privacy policy
kaupapahere tūmataiti a Microsoft (msoft)
Explanation of a user's protection of private information. Sē also Privacy.

Microsoft product support
tautoko ratonga a Microsoft (msoft)
The name of Microsoft's product support service.

Microsoft Script Editor
Kaiwhakatika Hōtuhi a Microsoft (msoft)
Used to add text, edit HTML tags, and edit any Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code in a data access page. You can also view your page in the Script Editor as it would appear in a Web browser.

Microsoft SQL server database
patengi raraunga tūmau SQL a Microsoft (msoft)
A database in Microsoft SQL Server, it consists of tables, views, indexes, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.

middle
waenganui (msoft)
A name that occurs betwēn a person's first name and surname.

MIME
Kawa (Rorohiko) Mera Maha (TT)
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet.

mime type
momo mime (Mandrake)
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet.

minimise box
pouaka whakaiti (WWOW)

minimize
whakamōkito (msoft)

minimize
whakaheke (Mandrake)

minimize button
pātene whakamōkito (msoft)

minimize on use
whakahekea (KKH)

minimize on use
e mahia (RF)

minimize on use
whakahekea (RF)

minimum
iti rawa (Moodle)

minimum installation
whakauta kāitirawa (msoft)

minor gridlines
mātiti tōiti (msoft)
Lines extending from the tick marks on an axis across the plot area, corresponding to the finer unit of measurement of a chart - for example, millimeters. As opposed to major gridlines, extending from the tick marks corresponding to the major (coarse) uni.

minus
tango (Mandrake)
General Usage.

minus sign
tohu tango (msoft)
Character: -.

miscellaneous
ahanoa (msoft)

miscellaneous
maramara (Mandrake)
General Usage.

missing
kei te ngaro (Mandrake)
General Usage.

mix
whāranu (msoft)
Verb.

mix (ingredients)
whakaranu(-tia), (Moodle)
General Usage.

mix -up
tīrangorango (Moodle)
not intentional.

mode
aratau (msoft)
A particular state of interaction, often exclusive in some way to other forms of interaction.

mode
momo (Moodle)
The term mode implies a choice -- that you can change the setting and put the system in a different mode.

model
tauira (msoft)

model
tinana (WWOW)
Of code, body etc.

modem (modulator/demodulator)
maene rorohiko (TKI)
A device or program that enables a computer to access the Internet over a telephone, cable lines etc.

modem (modulator/demodulator)
pūrere tūhono ipurangi (KKM)
A device or program that enables a computer to access the Internet over a telephone, cable lines etc.

modem (modulator/demodulator)
whakarerekē ngaru (Ryan)
A device or program that enables a computer to access the Internet over a telephone, cable lines etc.

modem (modulator/demodulator)
pouwhanga (WWOW)
A device or program that enables a computer to access the Internet over a telephone, cable lines etc.

moderated mailing list
rarangi mera e whakatakawaengatia ana (TT)
An email list that a person manually moderated for offensive emails etc.

moderated mailing list
whakarārangi mēra e whakatakawaengatia ana (WWOW)
An email list that a person manually moderated for offensive emails etc.

modified
i huri (Mandrake)
General usage.

modifier key
paatuhi whakakē (msoft)
A keyboard key that when pressed, changes the actions of normal input.

modify
whakakē (msoft)

modify
whakarerekē (Mandrake)
General usage.

module
kōwae (msoft)
A collection of declarations, statements, and procedures stored together as one named unit. There are two types of modules.

monitor
kaupane (KKH)
A display scrēn attached to a computer.

monitor
pane whakaata (Ngata)
A display scrēn attached to a computer.

monitor
mata rorohiko (Ryan)
A display scrēn attached to a computer.

monitor
pane (Ryan)
A display scrēn attached to a computer.

monitor
whakaata rorohiko (Ryan)
A display scrēn attached to a computer.

more
anō (msoft)
more info.

more colors
tae anō (msoft)

more details
taipitopito anō (msoft)

more info
mōhiohio anō (msoft)
general sense.

more windows
matapihi anō (msoft)

motherboard
kaupapa (KKH)
The main circuit board of a computer.

mouse
kiore (KKM)
Pointing device for a computer.

mouse button
pātene kiore (msoft)
Button on a mouse.

mouse click
pāwhiri kiore (msoft)

mouse pad
pae kiore (KKM)
Pad to use a mouse upon.

mouse pointer
atatuhi kiore (msoft)

mouse-pad
pae kiore (KKH)
Pad to use a mouse upon.

move
neke (KKH)
General Usage.

move
hūnuku (Moodle)
General Usage.

move
Nuku (Mandrake)
General Usage.

move down
nuku whakararo (msoft)

move program item
nekehia te tauira raupapa tono (RF)

move up
nuku whakarunga (msoft)

movie clip
topenga kiriata (msoft)
General Usage.

mp3 shoutCast playlist
rārangi-takaro mp3 shoutCast (Mandrake)

MPEG video
atāta MPEG (Mandrake)
A videa format.

multi dimensional array
mahere ahu-maha (WWOW)

multi-choice
tini whakaaturanga, tini hiahia (Moodle)

multilingual
reomaha (msoft)
Office XP UA Term.

multimedia
pāpāho (TMT)
General Usage.

multimedia
whakapāhotini
General Usage.

multimedia
wāhi atāta-roko (TRW)
General Usage.

multimedia
pāoho matatini (TMT)
General Usage.

multimedia
rongorau (WWOW)
General Usage.

multi-page
whārangi-tini

multi-page
whārangi-maha (TMT)

multiple bar graph
tōpūhōtuku paepae maha (KKH)
General Usage.

multiple bar graph
kauwhata paepae maha (WWOW)
General Usage.

multiple selection
whiringa maha (msoft)
Multiple selection: The process of selecting nonadjacent and adjacent files and objects.

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
Kawa (Rorohiko) Mēra Maha (WWOW)
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet.

multiuser environment
taiao kaiwhakamahi-maha (msoft)

mute
whakangū(msoft)
To temporarily turn off the sound - like the mute button on a TV.

my grades
aku māka (Moodle)
Genral Usage.