What is an MDF

[bigcrit]

And an IDF

We had a meeting and I had know idea what they meant...

Thanks in advance

[Lowland]

Can you give some idea of context?

MDF here can mean Multi Density Fibreboard !

[MacGyver]

Best bet is to go to <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com" target="_blank">www.acronymfinder.com</a> - great for all those industry abbreviations for which don't have the faintest clue as to what they stand for.

[gpint]

Where I work MDF stands for Main Distribution Frame.

[Matridom]

In networking terminology MDF stand for Main Distrubition Facility and IDF stands of Intermediat Distrubution Facility.

Internet access comes in to the building at the POP (Point of Presences) the POP feeds into the MDF (Think of the MDF has the main wire closet for the building). The MDF feeds the IDF's(Closet for each area/floor). The IDF then feeds the workstations/servers

[LagMonster]

Where I work its Microsoft Database Format.

[ChipCreep]

In MS SQL Server, MDF is a database file. LDF is a transaction log file. If you saw ldf, lowercase, in written notes only, not spoken, maybe it was actually LDF?

[Matridom]

I went looking for the proper definition.. Seeing has this is a networking forum, i went to Cisco


[quote] MDF

Main distribution facility. Primary communications room for a building. Central point of a star networking topology where patch panels, hub, and router are located. See also IDF
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[quote] IDF

Intermediate distribution facility. Secondary communications room for a building using a star networking topology. The IDF is dependent on the MDF. See also MDF
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Sorry I can't post links, it's behind a few passwords...

[korpse]

yep the MDF is where most of the network equipment is located (ie. the core switches and routers)

[EvilCabbage]

To me, MDF is a thing we use in car stereo installations