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• Mail transport agents (MTAs): Process and transport electronic mail messages for a network, up to and including the internet.
• Memory addresses: A block of memory for use as a data buffer that's assigned to an I/O device.
• Memory allocation: The process that's used to allocate memory space to a program.
• Memory cache: Application software requiring a large amount of data, such as a graphics editor, will create a cache in RAM to reduce I/O operations and speed up processing.
• Memory leak: This happens when a program fails to release some or all of its allocated memory when it's no longer needed.
• Memory timings: Given as four numerical values that represent the four memory timing measurements: CL, tRCD, tRP, and tRAS.
• Messaging server: Receives, forwards, or holds messages between client applications and services.
• mount: Attaches a filesystem and adds it to the active...