M-commerce stands for mobile commerce. This term refers to the buying and selling of products and services using mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices. For example, a PDA (personal digital assistant) is a portable wireless device. Kevin Duffey coined the term “mobile commerce” in 1997 when he initiated the […]
Online marketing refers to marketing techniques and strategies that use the Internet to target potential customers. It is a set of methods and tools used by marketing managers to promote goods and services over the Internet. It includes much more marketing elements than pre-internet marketing methods. Indeed, there are many […]
Machiavellianism is a political theory or view that advocates the use of any means necessary to maintain political power. Machiavellianism presents a pessimistic view of human nature and encourages unethical and opportunistic ways to manipulate a nation’s population. The theory or philosophy based on the beliefs of Niccolò di Bernardo […]
Machinability is a property of a material, such as a metal, that makes it easy to drill, shape, cut, grind, etc. This term refers to the ease with which we can machine, such as metal. In this context, “to machine” means “to cut, drill, shape, etc.” Materials with good machinability […]
A bureaucracy is a formalized management structure with a high degree of specialization. Top management makes decisions, which lower-level managers and employees make. Bureaucracy is much more common in large, established companies than in startups, startups, or SMEs. The letters PME refer to small and medium-sized businesses. This type of […]
Machine code is a computer programming language consisting of hexadecimal or binary instructions that the computer can respond to directly. Machine code is written in machine language. Thus, a machine, i.e. a computer, can run it without any translation or conversion. We also call it “machine language”. We call instructions […]
The meaning of the word machine can vary depending on its context. It can be a piece of equipment, i.e. a device, that uses electricity to perform a particular type of work. Some machines use gasoline, natural gas, diesel or other fuels. The term can also refer to a large […]
A machine instruction is a program or instruction in machine code. In other words, instructions are written in the machine code of the computer that it can recognize and then execute. Machine code or machine language refers to a computer programming language consisting of a sequence of 1’s and 0’s, […]
In computing and word processing, macros are input instructions that can perform specific tasks. We also create macros to represent equations, characters that our keyboards do not have, or to retrieve documents that we often use. Photography In photography, the term stands for macro lens. We use a macro lens […]
Mad cow disease is the general term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE. The disease affects the nervous system of cattle, as well as their physical condition. When cattle contract BSE, holes form in their brains. Their brains become spongy, hence the term “spongiform”. Their brains are slowly wearing out. […]
