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A method is a function which is a property of an object.
microtime() — Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds.
Middleware is a (loosely defined) term for any software or service that enables the parts of a system to communicate and manage data.
A MIME type (now properly called "media type", but also sometimes "content type") is a string sent along with a file indicating the type of the file (describing the content format, for example, a sound file might be labeled audio/ogg, or an image file…
Minification is the process of removing unnecessary or redundant data without affecting how a resource is processed by the browser.
A minimal reproducible example isolates the smallest code and data needed to demonstrate a problem.
A manipulator in the middle attack (MitM) intercepts a communication between two systems.
A mixin is a class (interface, in WebAPI spec terms) in which some or all of its methods and/or properties are unimplemented, requiring that another class or interface provide the missing implementations.
mkdir() — Makes directory.
mktime() — Get Unix timestamp for a date.
Mobile first, a form of progressive enhancement, is a web-development and web-design approach that focuses on prioritizing design and development for mobile screen sizes over design and development for desktop screen sizes.
A modem ("modulator-demodulator") is a device that converts digital information to analog signals and vice versa, for sending data through networks.
A session guarantee that successive reads do not return older versions than the client has already seen.
A consistency guarantee that preserves the order of writes performed by the same participant.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which the user has to present more than one type of evidence to a system in order to be authenticated.
A mutable value is one that can be changed without creating an entirely new value, in comparison with immutable values.
The DOM MutationObserver() constructor — part of the MutationObserver interface — creates and returns a new observer which invokes a specified callback when DOM events occur.
The MutationObserver method disconnect() tells the observer to stop watching for mutations.
The MutationObserver method observe() configures the MutationObserver callback to begin receiving notifications of changes to the DOM that match the given options.
The MutationObserver method takeRecords() returns a list of all matching DOM changes that have been detected but not yet processed by the observer's callback function, leaving the mutation queue empty.
MVC (Model-View-Controller) is a pattern in software design commonly used to implement user interfaces, data, and controlling logic.
mysql2date(): Converts given MySQL date string into a different format. $format should be a PHP date format string. 'U' and 'G' formats will return an integer sum of timestamp with timezone offset. $date is expected to be local time in MySQL format (Y-m-d H:i:s).
mysql_to_rfc3339(): Parses and formats a MySQL datetime (Y-m-d H:i:s) for ISO8601 (Y-m-dTH:i:s).