Defense terms starting with H

161 terms

  1. HOMS Homing Overlay Mission Simulation.
  2. host In a network, the central computer which controls the remote computers and holds the central databases.
  3. Host Installation A designated DoD facility that provides non peculiar SDS support of SDS elements.
  4. Host Interface The interface between a communications processor and a host computer.
  5. Host Nation Support Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its territory during peacetime, crisis or emergencies, or war based on…
  6. Hostile Environment Those environments that result from a BMD system engagement of an enemy threat or collateral conditions resulting from deliberate hostilities.
  7. Hostile Track The classification assigned to a track that, based upon established criteria, is determined to be an enemy threat.
  8. HP Hit points or Health
  9. HPA Hectopascal- A unit of pressure equal to a millibar (1 hPa = 1 mb).
  10. HPC Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
  11. HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications.
  12. HPG Homopolar Generator.
  13. HPI High Power Illuminator (Hawk).
  14. HPIR High Power Illuminator Radar.
  15. HPL High Power Laser.
  16. HPM High Power Microwave.
  17. HQ Headquarters. 129
  18. HQMC Headquarters, Marine Corps.
  19. HRDS High Resolution Display System.
  20. HREPS Heavy Replicas.
  21. HRR High Range Resolution.
  22. HRSA HICTB Requirements, Support and Analysis.
  23. HSDB High Speed Data Bus ( TelComm /Computer term).
  24. HSFB High Speed Fleet Broadcast (Navy term).
  25. HSI Human Systems Integration.
  26. HSV Huntsville, Alabama.
  27. HTCIA High Technology Crime Investigation Association.
  28. HTI Horizontal Technology Initiative.
  29. HTICIA High Technology Crime Investigation Association.
  30. HTK Hit-to-Kill.
  31. HTMIAC High Temperature Materials Information Analysis Center.
  32. HTML Hypertext Markup Language.
  33. HTPB Hydroxy -Terminated Poly Butadiene.
  34. HTS (1) High Temperature Super-conducting. (2) Hawaii Tracking Station.
  35. HTSA Host Tenant Support Agreement.
  36. HTSS Hardened- sub-miniature Telemetry and Sensor System.
  37. HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
  38. HUD See: Housing and Urban Development.
  39. Human Factors A body of scientific facts about human characteristics. The term covers all biomedical and psychosocial considerations; it includes, but is not limited…
  40. Human Factors Engineering The design of man-made devices, systems, and environments to enhance their use by people. Also called human engineering, human factors, and ergonomics. 130
  41. Human Intelligence (HUMINT) A category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources.
  42. Human Systems Integration The human considerations (human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, training, and safety and health hazards) that are integrated into the design…
  43. Human-in-Control Human-in-Control provides for the positive control of automated system processes.
  44. HUMINT Human Intelligence.
  45. HVAA High Value Airborne Assets.
  46. HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning; a home's heating and cooling system.
  47. HVG Hypervelocity Gun.
  48. HVL Hypervelocity Launcher (Gun).
  49. HVM Hypervelocity Missile.
  50. HVP Hypervelocity Projectile.
  51. HVT Half-Value Thickness.
  52. HW Hardware.
  53. HW/SW Hardware/Software.
  54. HWCI Hardware Configuration Item.
  55. HWIL See Hardware-in-the-Loop.
  56. HWILT Hardware-in-the-loop Test.
  57. HYLYE Hypersonic Low Temperature.
  58. Hypervelocity Gun (HVG) A gun that can accelerate projectiles to 5 km per second or more; for example, an electromagnetic or rail gun.
  59. Hypervelocity Missile (HVM) A missile that can operate at a velocity greater than 4 km per second.
  60. HYWAYS Hybrids with Advanced Yields for Surveillance.
  61. Hz See Hertz