MariaDB

A community-developed, commercially supported fork of the MySQL relational database management system, intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License.

Mas OS (macOS)

Stands for Macintosh Operating Systems. It is the primary operating systems for Apple Inc.’s Mac family of computers.

Message Queue (MQ)

A form of asynchronous service-to-service communication. It is a linked list of messages stored and held in the queue until the recipient retrieves them.

MFT Agents

Lightweight applications that work to automate your file transfers and workflows on systems (both remote and on-premises) throughout your enterprise. The agents are managed in a way that allows you to configure and schedule agent file transfers and business processes from an intuitive, browser-based interface.

MFTaaS

MFTaaS stands for “Managed File Transfer as a Service.” MFTaaS is a hosted managed file transfer solution using the vendor’s infrastructure.

MIC

Short for Message Integrity Check. The MIC is a comparison of checksum values. A checksum is calculated when you send a message and your trading partner creates a checksum after they receive the message. The checksum is returned in the message receipt. If the values match, the message they received is the exact message you sent.

Microsoft Azure

A cloud computing service for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-based data centers.

Microsoft Hyper-V

A server hypervisor that enables consolidation of a single physical server into many virtual servers, all sharing the hardware resources of the host server and powered by Hyper-V.

MIME

Short for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets other than ASCII and non-text attachments such as audio, video, images, application programs, and etc.

MIMEsweeper

MIMEsweeper for SMTP is a content and trusted email security solution that will keep communications flowing freely throughout your company

MOM

Stands for Message Oriented Middleware. It is a type of software product that enables message distribution over complex IT systems.  

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFT)

An authentication method that requires two or more pieces of evidence to verify a user's identity for login purposes or other transactions.

MySQL

An open-source relational database management system.

NAT

Stands for Network Address Translation. It allows a single device, such as a router, to act as an agent between the Internet (or public network) and a local (or private) network. This means that only a single, unique IP address is required to represent an entire group of computers.

Network Sharing

Enables information by more than one person through more than one device at the same time or at different times. 

NIST

Short for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It is a physical sciences laboratory, and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. The NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness in the fields of technology, engineering, IT, and more. 

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53

It provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for all U.S. federal information systems, except those related to national security.

OAGIS

Short for Open Application Group Integration Specification. OAGIS is a widely accepted standard that defines a standard way of passing data between businesses and business applications using an XML format.

OCR

Short for Optimal Character Recognition. OCR is the use of technology to distinguish handwritten text characters within digital images of physical documents, such as a scanned document.

On-Premises

On-premises is a traditional method of deploying software. With on-premises, software is installed and runs on the computers on the local premises of the person or organization using the software, rather via a remote location like the cloud.

Open PGP

Also known as GPG, is a popular encryption standard that protects the privacy and integrity of sensitive files.

Open PGP Studio

A free PGP encryption tool that GoAnywhere offers. It makes it easy to protect your sensitive files while complying with the Open PGP standard. 

Open Source

Software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.

Open Standard

A standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it and may also have various properties of how it was designed.  

Operating System (OS)

The software that manages all of the computer’s processes and allows programs and applications to run. 

OSI Model

Short for the Open Systems Interconnection Model. The OSI Model is a conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the communication functions of a computing or telecommunication system without regard to its underlying internal structure and technology. It is made up of 7 layers: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, & Application.

PaaS

Short for “Platform as a Service.” PaaS is a form of cloud computing in which a provider delivers hardware and software tools on its own infrastructure to users over the internet.

PCI DSS

Short for the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard. It was created by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to increase controls over sensitive cardholder data and reduce fraud. It applies to any organization that processes credit or debit cards.

PeSIT

An open file transfer protocol which allows the writing and reading of files between one computer and another; using a connection established over a telecommunications link (specialized connection, public network, local area network).

PGP

Short for Pretty Good Privacy. PGP is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. 

PHI

Short for Protected Health Information. Under U.S. law, this is any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that is created or collected and can be associated with a specific individual. 

PII

Short for Personally Identifiable Information. Any information relating to identifying a person. Also known as Sensitive Personal Information (SPI).

PIPEDA

PIPEDA, short for the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, is a privacy law that applies to private-sector organizations and businesses throughout Canada.

PKI

Short for Public Key Infrastructure. It is a set of roles, policies, hardware, software and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption.

Plaintext

Text that is not computationally tagged, specially formatted, or written in code. 

POP3

Stands for Post Office Protocol. It is a protocol for receiving email by downloading it to your computer from a mailbox on the server of an Internet service provider.