Encyclopedia

Miyamoto Musashi Station Miyamoto Musashi Station (宮本武蔵駅) is on the Chizu Express line in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station takes its name from the famous warrior Miyamoto Musashi, who (according to one theory) was born nearby.
Miyamoto Usagi Miyamoto Usagi is the fictional titular character in the comic Usagi Yojimbo; inspired by Miyamoto Musashi, he is an anthropomorphic rabbit (Usagi is Japanese for rabbit) and a ronin now walking the shogyusha, the warrior's journey. He is a highly skilled swordsman and one of the best in the land.
Miyanojo, Kagoshima Miyanojō (宮之城町; -chou) was a town in Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Japan. On March 22, 2005 the town merged with two other towns forming the town of Satsuma and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Miyavi Miyavi (雅-miyavi-), born September 14, 1981 in Nishikujo, Japan, is a Japanese solo Japanese rock artist and former guitarist (under the name ) for the visual kei indies band Dué le quartz, which disbanded in 2002. In the same year, Miyabi announced that he was going solo, changed his name to Miyavi, and released his debut album "【雅楽】-gagaku-" He soon signed a contract with PS Company along with other artists such as Alice Nine, Kagrra,, Gazette, and Kra.
Miyazaki Ocean Dome The Ocean Dome - in Miyazaki, Japan - is known as the world's largest indoor water park measuring 300 metres in length, 100 metres in width and having a retractable roof. The air temperature is always kept around 30 degrees celsius.
Miyazato Ei'ichi For many years the all-Japan Police Judo champion, Miyazato Ei'ichi Sensei trained in Goju Ryu Karate under Miyagi Chojun for the longest of all the seniors, from 1938 until his death 1953. At the request of his peers, the responsibility for teaching Goju Ryu was then passed to Miyazato Ei'ichi.
Miyoshi Chokei Miyoshi Chokei (1523-1564) a famous daimyo and ruler of the Japanese clan of Miyoshi during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Miyoshi clan experienced a great rise within their power through the efforts of Chokei.
Miyoshi Kiyotsura (847-918) Miyoshi Kiyotsura, scholar-statesman who was very inspired by Chinese classical learning, but very antagonistic to Buddhism. Kiyotsura was the author of a certain memorial which called the attention of the emperor to current abuses.
Miyoshi Station is a JR West Geibi, Sankō, and Fukuen Line station located in Minami 1-chōme, Tōkaichi, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Along with Niimi and Tsuyama Stations, Miyoshi is one of the major central region stations in the Chūgoku region of the island of Honshū.
Miyoshi Yoshitsugu Miyoshi Yoshitsugu (三好義継) originally a steward serving under the Japanese clan of Hosokawa following the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Yoshisugu was the son of Miyoshi Kazunari, but would later be adopted by the famous Miyoshi Chokei.
Miyuki (manga) is a 12-volume manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was first published from 1980 to 1984 in Shogakukan’s biweekly manga magazine Shonen Big Comics (precursor to the current Weekly Young Sunday), and subsequently adapted into a movie, an anime series, and a television series.
Miyuki Miyabe Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki, born December 23, 1960) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction. Her most famous translated work is All She Was Worth (火車 Kasha), published in English in 1999.
Miyuki Takamachi is one of the main characters of the Triangle Heart 3 ~Sweet Songs Forever~ ("Toraha") game and OVA, and also appears in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ("Nanoha"). She is voiced by Satomi Kodama in Toraha, Ryoko Shiraishi in Nanoha.
Mizan Mizan (literal meaning balance or scale, Urdu:ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It was published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences.
Mizan Teferi Mizan Tefere (also called simply Mizan) is a town in southern Ethiopia. The largest town in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region about 160 kilometers southwest of Jimma, it has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1451 meters.
Mizan Zainal Abidin Duli Yang Maha Mulia Al Wathiqu Billah, Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj is the 17th sultan of the state of Terengganu, Malaysia, and the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, or King of Malaysia. He is the constitutional head of state of Malaysia.
Mizar system The Mizar system consists of a language for writing strictly formalized mathematical definitions and proofs, a computer program which is able to check proofs written in this language, and a library of definitions and proved theorems which can be referred to and used in new articles. Mizar has goals similar to those of the QED project proposed by Bob Boyer around 1993.
Mizen Head Mizen Head (Carn UĂ­ NĂ©id in Irish) formerly known as the Ivagha Peninsula, the south-westernmost point of Ireland, is one of the extreme points of the island of Ireland. It lies in west County Cork, Republic of Ireland, and is a tourist attraction.
Mizik rasin Mizik rasin is a musical movement that began in Haïti in 1987 when musicians began combining elements of traditional Haïtian vodou ceremonical and folkloric music with rock and roll. This style of modern music reaching back to the roots of vodou tradition came to be called mizik rasin ("roots music") in Kreyòl or musique racine in French.
Miziya Peak Miziya Peak (Vrah Miziya 'vr&h 'mi-zi-ya) is the 604m summit of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island. The peak overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the SE, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the NW.
Mizmaze Mizmaze (or Miz-Maze) is the name given to two of England's eight surviving historic turf mazes. One is at Breamore, in Hampshire; the other is on top of St Catherine's Hill, (overlooking the city of Winchester, Hampshire).
Mizo The Mizos are a scheduled tribe in northeastern India, primarily in the state of Mizoram, where they are a majority. The present state of Mizoram (mi = human/people, zo = hill, ram = land; the land of hill people) was called the Lushai Hills and was a district of Assam, before it became a Union Territory and afterwards a full-fledged state.
Mizo language Mizo is the language of the Mizo people, the Mizos are a scheduled tribe in northeastern India, primarily in the state of Mizoram, of which they are in the majority. The script used for Mizo language is the Roman script.
Mizo National Front Mizo National Front, a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged out of the Mizo Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Indian central government towards the famine situation in the Mizo areas of the Assam state in 1959.
Mizobe, Kagoshima Mizobe (溝辺町; -chou) was a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan. On November 7, 2005, the town merged with the city of Kokubu and five other towns from the district forming the city of Kirishima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Mizongyi Mízōngyì (), or simply Mízōng, is a style of Chinese martial art based on deception and mobility. Mizong is also known as Mízōngquán () and My Jhong Law Horn (; Yale Cantonese: mai4 jung1 lo4 hon3; literally "Lost Track Arhat").
Mizoram University Mizoram University was established on 2nd July 2001 by the Mizoram University Act, 2000 as a Central University having His Excellency, the President of India as its Visitor. The objectives of the University, as laid down in the Act are "to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit, to make provisions for integrated courses in humanities, natural and physical sciences, social sciences, forestry and other allied disciplines in the educational programmes of the University; to take appropriate measures for promoting innovations in teaching-disciplinary studies and research; to educate and train man-power in the development of the state of Mizoram; and to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of that State, their intellectual, academic and cultural development".
Mizrah In Judaism, mizrah (Hebrew: מזרח "east") is the direction to be faced during prayer. The word also designates the wall of the synagogue facing this direction, where seats are reserved for the rabbi and other dignitaries, and an ornamental wall plaque used to indicate the direction of prayer in Jewish homes.
Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition The Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition (Hebrew: הקשת הדמוקרטית המזרחית, Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit) is the leading social justice organization among Mizrahi Jews (Jews from Arab and Muslim lands and the East) in Israel.
Mizrahi Hebrew language The Mizrahi Hebrew language or Oriental Hebrew language refers to any one of the pronunciation systems for Biblical Hebrew used liturgically by Mizrahi Jews, that is, Jews living in Arab countries or further east, and typically speaking Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish, or other languages of the Middle East and Asia. As such, Mizrahi Hebrew is actually a blanket term for many dialects.
Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi Jews, or Mizrahim (מזרחי "Easterner", Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ; plural מזרחים "Easterners", Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) sometimes also called Edot HaMizrah (Congregations of the East) are Jews descended from the Jewish communities of the Middle East. Included in the Mizrahi category are Jews from the Arab world, as well as other communities from other Muslim countries, including the Georgian Jews, Persian Jews, Bukharan Jews, Syrian Jews, Mountain Jews, Yemenite Jews, Indian Jews, Berber Jews and Kurdish Jews.
Mizrahi music Mizrahi music usually refers to the new wave of music in Israel which combines Israeli music with the flavor of Arabic and Mediterranean (especially Greek) music. Many Jews from all several Synagogue liturgical backgrounds have given the genre the title of 'Authentic Jewish', since the accent of Hebrew, as well as instruments used within the music, are reminiscent of Ancient Israel.
Mizrakhi (Religious Zionism) The Mizrakhi (acronym for Merkaz Rukhani or "religious centre") is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines. Bnei Akiva, which was founded in 1929, is the youth movement associated with Mizrakhi.
Mizrock Mizrock is Miz's second Japanese album (not counting Dreams, because that one was entirely in English) and contains the a-sides and b-sides to the last three singles before it: In The Sky, Backseat Baby, and Bittersweet. This album revolves more around rock (hence the name Mizrock) and jerkier tunes.
Mizu ni sumu hana Mizu ni Sumu Hana (Romance of Darkness) is a 5 volume shoujo manga series. Rikka is an innocent, every day schoolgirl but her life is thrown into chaos when her bus flips into a lake on a school field trip killing everyone except for her.
Mizu shobai Mizu shōbai (Japanese: 水商売), or the water trade, is the traditional euphemism for the night-time entertainment business in Japan, provided by geisha, hostess or snack bars, bars, and cabarets. Kabukicho in Shinjuku, Tokyo is Japan's most famous area where one can patronize the water trade, as well as its more carnal counterpart — the sex industry composed of soaplands, pink salons, health, and image clubs.
Mizuho Information & Research Institute Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. (みずほ情報総研株式会社) is a Japanese information technology company that provides systems integration supported by outsourcing, and consulting in the field of IT strategy, security, science, environment, and society.
Mizuiro Mizuiro (2001) is a dating simulation made by NekoNeko Soft. It gets compared to the best dating sims and naki games, like the classics Air and Kanon, both for its moving storyline and for the way that, although it is an H game, there are minimal ecchi scenes in the story: one for each character in the story and one for each character in the after story.
Mizuko Ito Mizuko "Mimi" Ito is a cultural anthropologist studying media technology use as a teaching fellow and research scientist at the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. In addition, she is a visiting associate professor at the Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance.
Mizuma, Fukuoka Mizuma (三潴町; -machi) was a town located in Mizuma District, Fukuoka, Japan. On February 5, 2005 the town merged with three other towns into the expanded city of Kurume, Fukuoka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Mizuno Classic The Mizuno Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the United States LPGA Tour, jointly sanctioned the LPGA of Japan Tour. It has taken place every year since 1973 at various locations in Japan.
Mizuno experiment The Mizuno experiment is a simple table-top experiment that appears to generate unexplained excess energy. Unlike other cold fusion experiments, it does not use deuterium (heavy water), has a high degree of reproducibility, and turns on quickly.
Mizuno Tadakuni Mizuno Tadakuni (水野 忠邦; 1794-1851) Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Tadakuni was the chief senior councilor (rōju) in service to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and is remembered for having instituted the Tenpo Reform.
Mizuno Tadashige Mizuno Tadashige; 水野忠重 (1541–August 27, 1600) was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Tokugawa following the later years of the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century. Tadashige was the son of Mizuno Tadamasa and the brother of Mizuno Nobumoto.
Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai —The world reflected in a puddle— is Yui Horie's first solo album with mostly original content but also featuring versions of the Love Hina songs "Yakusoku" and "Happy Happy Rice Shower".
Mizuya A mizuya (水屋, literally "water room") is the preparation area in a Chashitsu (Japanese tea house) or tea room used for tea ceremony. The area used for preparation during outdoor tea ceremonies is also called the mizuya.
Mizz Magazine Mizz Magazine is a magazine published in the United Kingdom, and is aimed at teenage and pre-teen girls (usually to those between the ages of 11 and 14). Mizz incorporates pages of fashion; displaying clothing trends, using models ranging from 12 to 16 years old.
Mizzle Radish Motet Xoc and Heavy Friends Volume 1: Mizzle Radish Motet is a concept EP of 6 arrangements centered on processed recordings of several musicians and fans in the amateur video game music arrangement community, including the Minibosses forum at The Shizz and the Metroid Metal forums.
Mizzou Arena Mizzou Arena is an indoor arena on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. The facility, home to the school's men's and women's basketball teams, opened in November 2004 and replaced the Hearnes Center as the school's main indoor sports facility.
Mizzou Botanic Garden The Mizzou Botanic Garden contains thousands of plants within the campus of the University of Missouri–Columbia in Columbia, Missouri, USA. The Garden includes famous icons, such as Thomas Jefferson's original grave marker and the Columns of Academic Hall, and is open year-round, free to the public.
MI10 MI10, or Military Intelligence, section 10, was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was responsible for weapons and technical analysis during World War II.
MI11 MI11, or Military Intelligence, section 11, was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office and acted as Field Intelligence Police. It was responsible for protecting British troops against the enemy agents amongst civilian population during and in the theatre of war.
MI12 MI12, the British Military Intelligence Section 12 (now defunct), was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was set up to handle military censorship and to liase with censorship organizations within the Ministry of Information.
MI14 MI14, or British Military Intelligence, Section 14 was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence. It was an intelligence agency of the War Office, which specialised in intelligence about Germany.
MI2 MI2, the British Military Intelligence Section 2 (now defunct), was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was set up to handle Russian and Scandinavian intelligence.
MI3 MI3, the British Military Intelligence Section 3 (now defunct), was a division of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was responsible for intelligence in Eastern Europe (excluding Scandinavia and Russia).
MI5 The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, section 5), is the United Kingdom's counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of the intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS). All come under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC).
MI7 MI7, the British Military Intelligence Section 7 (now defunct), was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence. Part of the War Office, MI7 was set up to look after propaganda and censorship.
MI9 MI9, the British Military Intelligence Section 9 (now defunct), was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office, during World War II. It was charged with aiding resistance fighters in enemy occupied territory and recovering Allied troops who found themselves behind enemy lines (e.
MIACAH F1 mine The MIACAH F1 (L14A1 in British service) is a French off-route anti-tank landmine. It uses a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead to project a powerful self forging fragment capable of penetrating 70 millimeters of armour at a range of 40 meters.
MIAME Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment (MIAME) describes the Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment that is needed to enable the interpretation of the results of the experiment unambiguously and potentially to reproduce the experiment and is aimed at facilitating the dissemination of data from microarray experiments.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines MIAT Mongolian Airlines is Mongolia's national airline, based in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. It operates a comprehensive domestic route network and international scheduled services from its main base at Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN).
MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties The MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP-Jobbik a Harmadik Út pártszövetség) is a right-wing electoral alliance in Hungary led by István Csurka. In 2005, the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) joined forces with a newer, right-wing political party, namely the Movement for a Better Hungary and the agricultural Independent Smallholders Party.
MIBA Aviation MIBA Aviation is a cargo airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was established and started operations in 1994 and is an ad-hoc and charter cargo operator Flight International 12-18 April 2005.
MIC•DTU MIC•DTU is a research institute of micro- and nanotechnology at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Kongens Lyngby, ten kilometers north of Copenhagen. MIC represents a research environment where micro and nanotechnology are applied to a wide range of scientific disciplines, e.
MICEX 10 The MICEX 10 Index (MICEX 10) is a price non-weighted index, calculated as the arithmetic mean of the change of prices of 10 most liquid stocks admitted to circulation in the Stock Market Section of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange] in [[Moscow.
MICQ mICQ is a free text-based ICQ instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX.
MIDI composition MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) composition takes advantage of the MIDI interface to allow musical data files to be shared among various electronic instruments by using a standard list of commands and parameters known as General MIDI (GM). Because the music is simply data and not actually recorded wave forms, (the data is essentially a series of "on" and "off" commands, along with numerical information) it is therefore maintained in a small file format.
MIDI keyboard A MIDI keyboard is a piano-style digital keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard. MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (protocol).
MIDI Manufacturers Association The MIDI Manufacturers Association, also known as MMA is an organization where companies work together to create the standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products. Since 1985 the MMA has produced 11 new specifications and adopted 38 sets of enhancements to MIDI.
MIDI Maze MIDI Maze was an early first person shooter video game for the Atari ST developed by Xanth Software F/X, published by Hybrid Arts, and released around 1987. The original MIDI Maze team consisted of James Yee as the business manager, Michael Park as the graphics and distributed processing guru, and George Miller writing the AI/drone logic.
MIDI Show Control MIDI Show Control, or MSC, is a significant Real Time System Exclusive extension of the international Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard. MSC enables all types of entertainment equipment to easily communicate with each other through the process of show control.
MIDI timecode MIDI time code (MTC) embeds the same timing information as standard SMPTE time code as a series of small 'quarter-frame' MIDI messages. There is no provision for the user bits in the standard MIDI time code messages, and SysEx messages are used to carry this information instead.
MIDI Tuning Standard In music, the MIDI Tuning Standard, or MTS, is a specification of musical pitch agreed to by the MIDI Manufacturers Association. It allows for both a bulk tuning dump message, giving a tuning for each of 128 notes, and an individual tuning message.
MIDI-THRU A MIDI-THRU (output) is an auxiliary output for MIDI signals, mostly found on musical instruments such as synthesizers. It started to be added soon after the introduction of MIDI into the market, in order to improve performance.
MIDIbox The MIDIbox project is an open source hardware and software MIDI platform built around the PIC family of PIC microcontrollers (eg PIC18F452, PIC16F88 and PIC18F4620) The MIDIbox Hardware Platform (MBHP) consists of a Core Module with midi interface that can be extended by a vast variety of I/O modules — and a MIDIbox operating system (MIOS) that can be customized by anyone able to read the documentation. MIOS supports programs written in C and/or Assembler.
MIDR Cymru Myfyrwyr a Ieuenctid y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru (MIDR Cymru), also known as LDYS Wales, is the youth wing of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. Its membership is open to any member of the Liberal Democrats living in Wales who is under 26 or in full time education.
MIEV MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle (MIEV) or MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) is a propulsion technology developed by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors."Mitsubishi Motors builds new research EV, "i MiEV" for joint research with power companies", Mitsubishi Motors press release, October 11 2006 First seen in the Mitsubishi Colt EV, a concept car introduced at 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, it uses a series of lithium-ion batteries to power electric motors located in the wheels.
MIFARE MIFARE is reputedly the most widely installed contactless smartcard technology in the world with 500 million smart card chips and 5 million reader modules sold. The technology is patented by NXP Semiconductors.
MIFF, MUSA and MUSPA mines The MIFF, MUSA and MUSPA mines are German air-scatterable mines designed for use with the MW-1 runway denial weapon system. The mines are parachute dropped, upon reaching the ground the mines self-rights and arms.
MII (videocassette format) MII is a professional videocassette format developed by Panasonic in 1986 as their answer and competitive product to Sony's Betacam SP format. It was technically similar to Betacam SP, using metal-formulated tape loaded in the cassette, and utilizing component video recording.
MIIPS MIIPS (Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference Phase Scan) is a method used in ultrashort laser technology that simultaneously measures (phase characterization), and compensates (phase correction) femtosecond laser pulses using an adaptive pulse shaper.
MIL-STD-105 MIL-STD-105 is a United States defense standard that provides procedures and tables for sampling by attributes based on Schuchard, Harry Romig, and Harold Dodge sampling inspection theories and mathematical formulas. Widely adopted outside of military procurement applications.
MIL-STD-1234 MIL-STD-1234 (Military-Standard-1234) is a United States military standard that describes the general methods of sampling, inspection, and testing pyrotechnics for conformance with the material requirements of various pyrotechnic specifications.
MIL-STD-1553 MIL-STD-1553 is military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical and functional characteristics of a serial data bus. It was originally designed for use with military avionics, but has also become commonly used in spacecraft on-board data handling (OBDH) subsystems, both military and civil.
MIL-STD-1750A MIL-STD-1750A or 1750A is the formal definition of a 16-bit computer Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), including both required and optional components, as described by the military standard document MIL-STD-1750A (1980). In addition to the core ISA, the definition defines optional instructions, such as a FPU & MMU.
MIL-STD-1760 The MIL-STD-1760 communications bus is derived from the earlier MIL-STD-1553 and provides additional safety features such as message integrity validation using CRCs. 1760 is primarily used for "stores management" - this is for communicating with weapons carried by the aircraft.
MIL-STD-810 The MIL-STD-810 series of standards are issued by the United States Army's Developmental Test Command, to specify various environmental tests to prove that equipment qualified to the standard will survive in the field. The current revision, as of
MILF Hunter MILF Hunter is a popular internet subscription website that provides a series of pornographic films, primarily in the form of downloadable video files. Founded in 2002, the name is derived from the acronym of 'Mother I'd Like to Fuck', and correspondingly, the female characters in the films are usually listed as being aged between 30-50.
MILO (boot loader) MILO, or the Alpha Linux Mini Loader, is a firmware replacement for early Alpha AXP hardware that allows the system to boot the Alpha version of the Linux operating system. It is capable of running Linux device drivers and reads available filesystems rather than looking for boot blocks.
MILO (game) MILO is a first-person adventure-puzzle computer game that challenges the player to solve 14 puzzles based in the world of MILO, an artificially intelligent computer. The game was developed by Crystalvision Software and released in 1996.
MILSET MILSET is the French acronym for “International Movement for Leisure in Science and Technology” (Mouvement International pour le Loisir Scientifique et Technique). It is a non-governmental, non-profit and politically independent youth organisation, which aims at developing scientific culture among young people through the organisation of science-and-technology programmes, including Expo-Sciences and experimental activities of high quality.
MIMAL MIMAL, sometimes Mr. Mimal, "Mimal the Dwarf", "Mimal the Chef", or "Lord Mimal" is a geographical acronym referring to five states in the United States: Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
MIMARO MIMARO, also known as Region IV-B, is a region of the Philippines located in Luzon. The name is an acronym that stands for its provinces, which are: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon.
MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data (MIMD) is a type of parallel computing architecture where many functional units perform different operations on different data. Examples would be a multiprocessor or transputer computer, or a network of workstations.
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet Standard that extends the format of e-mail to support text in character sets other than US-ASCII, non-text attachments, multi-part message bodies, and header information in non-ASCII character sets. Virtually all human-written Internet e-mail and a fairly large proportion of automated e-mail is transmitted via SMTP in MIME format.
MIME Object Security Services MIME Object Security Services (MOSS) is a protocol that uses the multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted framework to apply digital signature and encryption services to MIME objects. The services are offered through the use of end-to-end cryptography between an originator and a recipient at the application layer.
MIMOSA MIMOSA (Micromeasurements of Satellite Acceleration) is a Czech scientific microsatellite. The satellite is nearly spherical with 28 sides and carries a microaccelerometer to monitor the atmospheric density profile by sensing the atmospheric drag on the approximated sphere.
MINDO MINDO, or Modified Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap is a semi-empirical method for the quantum calculation of molecular electronic structure in computational chemistry. It is based on the Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap (INDO) method of John Pople.
MINDS Initiated as EU-funded project in 2004, MINDS (Mobile Information and News Data Services) represents a Pan-European initiative of national news agencies in the mobile and digital business. MINDS is aiming to present innovative information services for mobile phones, to define technical standards and to simplify business processes.

Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.