TOELooking at the car from the front, the amount the tires are turned in or out. If you imagine your feet to be the two front tires of a race car, standing…
ToleranceA condition in which higher doses of a drug are required to produce the same effect achieved during initial use; often associated with physical dependence.
Top-DownPertaining to an approach that starts with the highest-level component of a hierarchy and proceeds through progressively lower levels; for example…
Top-Down DesignThe process of designing a system by identifying its major components, decomposing them into their lower level components, and iterating until the desired…
Top-Down TestingThe process of checking out hierarchically organized programs, progressively, from top to bottom, using simulation of lower level components.
TOPAZA project to demonstrate the transfer of Russian thermionic space nuclear power technology to U.S. BMD applications.
Total Quality Management (TQM)A management philosophy committed to a focus on continuous improvement to product and services with the involvement of the entire workforce.
Traceabilitythe property of a result of a measurement whereby it can be related to appropriate standards, generally international or national standards, through an…
TrackEach of the series of concentric rings contained on a hard drive platter.
Track AssessmentThe Track Assessment looks for anomalies in an objects track data. An anomaly in the track may indicate a hit.
Track CorrelationThe combining of track information for identification purposes, using all available data.
Track ExtensionThis term usually applies to improvements in track estimates by use of new data.
Track FileA targets stated estimate, confidence, covariance matrix, and associated LOS measurements with irradiances with confidence of association; or some subset…
Track File-Track HistoryA set of individual track reports on a particular object, which taken together produce useful approximation of that object's future position in space.
Track FormationThe process of determining the track or tracks of detected objects. It is usually a three-step process of data association, track initialization, and…
Track InitiationThe formation of the first or initial estimate for a sensor system of the state vector of an object.
Track SymbologySymbols used to display tracks on a data console or other display device.
Track TellingThe process of communicating air surveillance and tactical data information between command and control systems or between facilities within the systems.
Track, Birth to DeathThe maintenance of an associated track through all phases of flight (i.e., boost to reentry).
TrackingThe act of generating and maintaining a time history of an object's position and any other features of interest.
Tracking and PointingOnce a target is detected, it must be followed or tracked. When the target is successfully tracked, a weapon is pointed at the target.
Tracking Range (Max)The maximum line of sight distance at which a sensor can maintain track of an object.
TRADEXTarget Resolution and Discrimination Experiment.
TRADOCU.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Ft. Monroe, VA.
Traffic Capability MaximumThe maximum number of objects per unit time which the sensor system can maintain track files.
Traffic DecoyDecoy that matches RV characteristics in the exoatmosphere and high endoatmosphere .
TrainTo lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
TrajectoryThe curve described by an object moving through space.
Trajectory HistoriesTrajectory information on targets recorded over a period of time.
TRAKA data base management system (not an acronym).
Trans-AttackPeriod from first tactical indication of attack until termination started, i.e., postattack . 305
TRANSCOM[U.S.] Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL.
transitionThese are where one type of bottom material or structure changes to another, for instance, a rock pile to solid rock, or sand to gravel.
Transition to ProductionA risk reduction process during which the program shifts (passes) from development to production.
Transmission Security (TRANSEC)That component of security, which results from all measures, designed to protect communications transmissions from interception and traffic analysis.
TransonicOf or pertaining to the speed of a body in a surrounding fluid when the relative speed of the fluid is subsonic in some places and supersonic in others.
TransponderA receiver-transmitter that will generate a reply signal upon proper interrogation.
Trap DoorA hidden software or hardware mechanism that permits system security mechanisms to be circumvented.
Traveling Wave Tube (TWT)An electronic tube in which a stream of electrons interact continuously or repeatedly with a guided electromagnetic wave moving substantially in…
TraverseTo dispute the decision of an Examiner. In proceedings before the USPTO, failing to traverse an Examiner's reliance on alleged "common knowledge" or…
Traverse LevelThat vertical displacement above low-level air defense systems, expressed both as a height and altitude, at which aircraft can cross the area.
TRBTechnical Review Board - an internal OCIO group that reviews IT project development at critical stages for conformance with USPTO standards and guidance.