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Jargon Buster & dedicated Buying Guide will aid you in understanding the world of technology and consumer electronics. Select from the alphabetical order below.

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Macro mode (Photography)
A feature often identified by a flower icon on cameras. Macro mode helps when taking highly detailed close-ups.

MB (Photography)
Megabyte refers to memory and is used to denote the size of a flash memory card and how much can be stored on it.

MegaPixel (Photography)
The resolution of an image – the more megapixels, the more detailed the picture. Cameras are usually classed according to the number of megapixels they offer. Most compact cameras offer a resolution of around 5 megapixels. This is fine for emailing or printing up to A4 size. Many cameras have different quality settings so you can shoot at lower resolutions. This is because 10-megapixel shots take up more memory than 5-megapixel shots.

Memory cards
Removable date storage for images and data, typically found in cameras and mobile phones.

MHz FSB (Computing)
Megahertz front side bus. This is the speed at which the processor can talk to the memory of the computer.

Micro hi-fi systems (Audio)
Micro systems are compact and are ideal for places where space is at a premium.

Modem (Computing)
This allows you to transmit data over telephone lines, used for hooking up to the internet.

Movie mode (Photography)
Some cameras allow you to take short movies with sound in AVI, MOV or MPEG format.

MP3 (Audio)
A files format for compressing and storing songs. This is the most common type of file format and is compatible on most MP3 players.

MP4 (Audio)
A file format for compressing and storing video files.

MP3 player (Mobile phone)
A device for listening to MP3 music files.

MPEG (Audio)
Moving Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a file format for digital video and audio files.

Multimedia player (Audio)
A device that supports and plays back multiple media types, such as MP3 and MP4 files.

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