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Maastricht treaty: Treaty which formed the European Union (EU) in November 1993. It created the three-pillar structure with a new Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It codified the co-operation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) and it expanded the scope of the EEC to include provisions for Economic and Monetary Union, with a single currency from the end of this century.

MAC: Medium Access Control or Multiplexed Analogue Component.

machine code: Code or instructions which are written in a form or language which a processing unit, such as a computer or communications controller, can directly interpret and execute, without the need for a compiler. Also known as machine language. See also High Level Language (HLL).

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