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Business
- Management informationManagement information systemA management information system provides information needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources: people, technology, and information. Management information systems are distinct from other information systems in that...
, a part of the internal controls of a business - Mortgage insuranceMortgage insuranceMortgage insurance is an insurance policy which compensates lenders or investors for losses due to the default of a mortgage loan. Mortgage insurance can be either public or private depending upon the insurer...
, or mortgage guaranty, an insurance policy which compensates lenders or investors for losses due to the default of a mortgage loan - a stock ticker for M&I Bank
Computers
- Mobile Internet, a browser-based access to the Internet or web applications using a mobile device connected to a wireless network
- Multiple inheritanceMultiple inheritanceMultiple inheritance is a feature of some object-oriented computer programming languages in which a class can inherit behaviors and features from more than one superclass....
, a feature of some object-oriented programming languages in which a class can inherit behaviors and features from more than one superclass
Language, numerals, and names
- Māori languageMaori languageMāori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
ISO 639-1 language code - Mi (kana)Mi (kana)み, in hiragana, or ミ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while the katakana is made in three. Both represent .-Stroke order:...
, the romanization of the Japanese kana み and ミ - Roman numeral for 10011001 (number)1001 is the natural number following 1000 and followed by 1002.- In mathematics :One thousand and one is a sphenic number, a pentagonal number, a pentatope number and the first four-digit palindromic number.- In other fields :...
- Middle Initial
Medicine, biology, and psychology
- MethylisothiazolinoneMethylisothiazolinoneMethylisothiazolinone or MIT, sometimes erroneously called methylisothiazoline, is a powerful biocide and preservative within the group of isothiazolinones, used amongst others in shampoos and body care products.-Applications:...
, or MIT, sometimes erroneously called methylisothiazoline, a biocide and preservative used in cosmetics - Myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
, the technical term for a heart attack - Motivational InterviewingMotivational interviewingMotivational interviewing refers to a counseling approach in part developed by clinical psychologists Professor William R Miller, Ph.D. and Professor Stephen Rollnick, Ph.D. The concept of motivational interviewing evolved from experience in the treatment of problem drinkers, and was first...
, a counseling approach employed in clinical psychology - Multiple Intelligence, the theory that argues that intelligence, particularly as it is traditionally defined, does not sufficiently encompass the wide variety of abilities humans display
- Mechanical Index, an ultrasound metric that is used to estimate the possibility of bioeffects
Military
- Military IntelligenceMilitary intelligenceMilitary intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
, or milint, a military service that uses intelligence gathering disciplines to collect information that informs commanders for decision making processes - MI5MI5The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
, MI6, MI8MI8MI8, or Military Intelligence, Section 8, was the cover designation for the Radio Security Service , a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office...
, or MI9MI9MI9, the British Military Intelligence Section 9, was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office...
, the United Kingdom military intelligence sections - Operation MI, a Japanese military operation of World War II, see Midway order of battleMidway order of battle-Overview:-Japanese Combined Fleet:The Japanese forces actually consisted of two different fleets detailed to two separate operations, namely Operation AL and Operation MI .-First Fleet:*First Fleet Main Force...
Organizations
- Marching IlliniMarching IlliniThe Marching Illini is the marching band of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Marching Illini is a close-knit organization which annually includes approximately 350 students enrolled in the University of Illinois...
, the marching band at the University of Illinois - Mood IndigoMood Indigo (culfest)Mood Indigo, popularly known as MoodI or MI, is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It is a four-day long event held towards the end of December every year. It draws a footfall of about 75,000 students from more than 500 colleges from across the country...
, an annual cultural festival of IIT Bombay - Mumbai IndiansMumbai IndiansMumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...
, an Indian Premier League team - Militia ImmaculataMilitia ImmaculataThe Militia Immaculata, or "Army of the Immaculate," is a worldwide Catholic evangelization movement founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe in 1917 in response to protests against the Pope by Freemasons in Rome...
, a worldwide evangelization movement - Millennia InstituteMillennia InstituteMillennia Institute is the only Centralised Institute in Singapore.MI was established on 3 January 2004, to conglomerate the sparsely organised three-year pre-university institutes into a single entity...
, a pre-university institution in Singapore - Musician's Institute, an institution for higher education in California in the United States
- Mil Moscow Helicopter PlantMil Moscow Helicopter PlantMil Helicopters is the short name of the Soviet Russian helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant , named after the constructor Mikhail Mil. Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with Eurocopter....
, a Russian design bureau
Places
- Mi, Ling County (糜镇), a town in Ling County, Shandong, China
- Milano, a province (and its capital) of Italy
- MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, a U.S. postal abbreviation - Mission InnMission InnThe Mission Inn, now known as The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, is a historic landmark hotel in downtown Riverside, California. Although a composite of many architectural styles, it is generally considered the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States.-History:The property began as a...
, an historic hotel in Riverside, California, United States
Science and technology
- Malleable IronMalleable ironMalleable iron is cast as White iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. Through an annealing heat treatment the brittle as cast structure is transformed. Carbon agglomerates into small roughly speherical aggregates of graphite leaving a matrix of ferrite or pearlite...
, a type of cast iron - Melt Flow IndexMelt Flow IndexMelt flow index or MFI is a measure of the ease of flow of the melt of a thermoplastic polymer. It is defined as the mass of polymer, in grams, flowing in ten minutes through a capillary of a specific diameter and length by a pressure applied via prescribed alternative gravimetric weights for...
, a characteristic property of a thermoplastic polymer as a means of quality control - Mineral-insulated copper-clad cableMineral-insulated copper-clad cableMineral-insulated copper-clad cable is a variety of electrical cable made from copper conductors inside a copper sheath, insulated by inorganic magnesium oxide powder. The name is often abbreviated to MICC or MI cable, and colloquially known as pyro...
, a type of electrical cable - Moment of inertiaMoment of inertiaIn classical mechanics, moment of inertia, also called mass moment of inertia, rotational inertia, polar moment of inertia of mass, or the angular mass, is a measure of an object's resistance to changes to its rotation. It is the inertia of a rotating body with respect to its rotation...
, a measure of an object's resistance to changes in its rotation rate - Mutual informationMutual informationIn probability theory and information theory, the mutual information of two random variables is a quantity that measures the mutual dependence of the two random variables...
, a measure of mutual dependence of two random variables in probability and information theory - Mebi, the IEEE prefix that represents 220
- MileMileA mile is a unit of length, most commonly 5,280 feet . The mile of 5,280 feet is sometimes called the statute mile or land mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile...
, a measure of distance in the Imperial system, approximately equal to 1.609 km - MI, or Mi, magnitude-intensity relation, or magnitude intensity scale, used to assess the magnitude of historic earthquakes that occurred prior to the development of seismographs in the late 19th century, see Mercalli intensity scaleMercalli intensity scaleThe Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. It measures the effects of an earthquake, and is distinct from the moment magnitude M_w usually reported for an earthquake , which is a measure of the energy released...
Television, film, music, and books
- M.I (Nigerian Rapper) (acronym of Mr. Incredible), a Nigerian rapper and musician
- Maison IkkokuMaison Ikkokuis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
, a Japanese manga written by Rumiko Takahashi - Mobile InfantryMobile Infantry (Starship Troopers)The Mobile Infantry is a fictional military force in Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers and in the movies Starship Troopers, released in 1997, the 2004 sequel, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, the 2008 film Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and the TV series Roughnecks: Starship...
, the Space Marines in the film Starship Troopers - Mission: ImpossibleMission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...
, an American television series - Mission: Impossible (film)Mission: Impossible (film)Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire...
, a movie based on the television series of the same name - Monsters, Inc.Monsters, Inc.Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett...
, a Disney/Pixar film - Mi PasionMi PasionMi Pasion is a worship/gospel album released in 2004, the third album by Christian recording artist Ericson Alexander Molano. The album was produced and distributed by Molano's own production company, Jehova-Nisi Productions. It was recorded in Santa Ana, California, in front of a sold-out audience...
, an album by Gospel Christian singer Ericson Alexander Molano - Sammi ChengSammi ChengSammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva and has been one of the most successful female singer in Hong Kong since the 1990s. Her albums have sold more than 25 million copies through...
, the nickname for Hong Kong Queen of Pop - Mi, the third note of the scale in solfegeSolfegeIn music, solfège is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solfège syllable...
Video games
- Monkey Island seriesMonkey Island seriesMonkey Island is the collective name given to a series of five graphical adventure games produced and published by LucasArts, originally known as LucasFilm Games through the development of the first game in the series; the games have produced a significiant cult following. The fifth installment of...
, a series of computer adventure games by LucasArts