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Accelerated death benefit If your life insurance policy has an accelerated death benefit (ADB), you may qualify to use a portion of the death benefit to pay for certain healthcare…
Accelerated Death Benefits Benefits available in some life insurance policies prior to death.
accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (ak-SEH-leh-ray-ted FAYZ KRAH-nik MY-eh-LAH-jeh-nus loo-KEE-mee-uh) A phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia in which the disease is progressing.
Accelerating Universe One where distance increase faster with time, in contradiction to those where the gravitational attraction of ordinary matter slows down the expansion.
Acceleration The right of the lender to demand payment on the outstanding balance of a loan.
Acceleration (peak horizontal) A measure of earthquake acceleration (i.e., shaking) on the ground surface expressed in g, the acceleration due to the Earth's gravity.
acceleration clause A clause that allows a lender to declare the entire outstanding balance of a loan immediately due and payable should a borrower violate specific loan…
accelerator In a user interface, a key or combination of keys that invokes an application-defined function. For example, ALT+F shows the File menu.
Accelerogram The record from an accelerometer showing acceleration as a function of time.
Accent lighting Draws attention to special features or enhances the aesthetic qualities of an indoor or outdoor environment.
Accent normalization Character normalization can preserve both original and normalized forms for accented words (e.g. hÃÂ´tel).
accept In data transmission, the condition assumed by a primary or secondary station upon correct receipt of a frame for processing.
Acceptable daily intake (ADI) Estimate of the largest amount of a chemical to which a person can be exposed on a daily basis that is not anticipated to result in adverse effects…
Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual This manual lists numerous examples of identifications of goods and services that are acceptable to the USPTO for inclusion in trademark applications and…
Acceptance The written approval of the buyer's offer by the seller.
acceptance angle In fiber optics, half the vertex angle of that cone within which optical power may be coupled into bound modes of an optical fiber.
acceptance cone In fiber optics, the cone within which optical power may be coupled into the bound modes of an optical fiber.
acceptance criterion See acceptance test.
acceptance limit (AL) The bound on performance that is allowed at service turnup or interexchange carrier (IC) acceptance of a circuit or connection, or when corrective action…
Acceptance of service Acceptance of service is an agreement by a defendant (or his/her attorney) in a legal action to accept a complaint or other petition (like divorce papers)…
acceptance pattern Of an antenna, for a given plane, a distribution plot of the off-axis power relative to the on-axis power as a function of angle or position.
acceptance test A test of a system or functional unit to ensure that contractual requirements are met.
acceptance testing Operating and testing of a communication system, subsystem, or component, to ensure that the specified performance characteristics have been met.
acceptance trial A trial carried out by nominated representatives of the eventual military users of the weapon or equipment to determine if the specified performance and…
accepted domain Any SMTP namespace for which an Exchange organization sends and receives e-mail.
accepted interference Interference at a higher level than that defined as permissible interference and which has been agreed upon between two or more administrations without…
acceptor control The regulation of the rate of respiration by the availability of ADP as a phosphate acceptor.
acceptor junction site The junction between the 3' end of an intron and the 5' end of an exon. See: donor junction site.
access right, opportunity, or means of finding, using, or retrieving information
access arrangement An arrangement to transport access traffic between an end office and an IC POT (interexchange carrier point of termination) and may be either direct…
access attempt The process by which one or more users interact with a telecommunications system to enable initiation of user information transfer.
Access Authority An entity responsible for monitoring and granting access privileges for other authorized entities.
access barred signal In a communications system, a signal sent in the backward direction to indicate that a call will not be completed because of a call-originator or a…
access category A class to which a user, such as a person, program, process, or equipment, of a system may be assigned, based on the resources each user is authorized to…
access channel A designated part of the information transfer capability having specified characteristics, provided at the user-network interface. [T1.667-1999]
access charge A charge levied on a power supplied, or its customer, for access to a utility's transmission or distribution system.
access code The preliminary digits that a user must dial to be connected to a particular outgoing trunk group or line. 2.
access connection In ISDN technology, a connection (using either the B-Channel or a logical link on the D-Channel) established between the user equipment and a packet-mode…
access contention In ISDN applications, synonym contention.
access control The mechanisms for limiting access to certain information based on a user's identity and membership in various predefined groups.
Access Control Entry (ACE) In Windows-based systems, an entry in an access control list (ACL) containing the security ID (SID) for a user or group and an access mask that specifies…
access control list A list that identifies the users who can access the associated object and that specifies the user's access rights to that object.
access control list (ACL) In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual…
Access Control Lists (ACLs) A register of: 1) users (including groups, machines, processes) who have been given permission to use a particular system resource, and 2) the types of…
access control mechanism In security, a hardware, software, or firmware feature, operating procedure, or management procedure that (a) permits authorized access to a system, such…
access control message A message that is a user request, a resource controller response, or a request/response between resource controllers.
Access control point A location staffed to restrict entry of unauthorized personnel into a risk area during emergency and/or disaster events.
access control policy 1. A set of rules, part of a security policy, by which human users, or their representatives, are authenticated and by which access by these users to…
Access Control Server A component of Cisco Identity Based Networking Services (IBNS) architecture that improves network access security for Cisco network devices.
access copy See use copy.
access coupler Deprecated term. See directional coupler.
access denial Access failure caused by the issuing of a system blocking signal by a communications system that does not have a call-originator camp-on feature. 2.
access digit In automatic direct outward telephone dialing, a digit, often a 1, or a 9, that (a) enables access to an outside facility, e.g.
ACCESS directory The system directory that LIBRARIAN uses to store the files that manage access to the library.
access failure In a communications system, an unsuccessful access that results in termination of an access attempt in any manner other than initiation of user…
Access Fee An ”access fee” is a specific amount that a person covered under the policy must pay each time certain services are used or received.
access function A set of processes in a network that provides for interaction between the user and a network. [T1.667-1999]
Access Gateway The Access Gateway provides an access interface between multiple types of line side services and devices and the packet network.
access group A group of one or more stations having identical rights to use the available resources on a PBX, network or host computer.
access identifiers See credentials.
access key rotation A method to increase security by changing the AWS access key ID. This method enables you to retire an old key at your discretion.
access level In security, the level of authority required from an entity to access a protected resource.
access line A transmission path between end user terminal equipment and a switching center. 2. A channel between an end user's network interface and local end office.
access list In information systems (IS), a compilation of users, programs, or processes and the access levels and types to which each is authorized. [INFOSEC-99] 2.
access loop See attendant access loop.
access mask In Windows-based systems, a value that specifies the rights that are allowed or denied in an access control entry (ACE) of an access control list (ACL).
access node In switching systems, the point where user traffic enters and exits a communications network.
access originator The functional entity responsible for initiating a particular access attempt. Note: An access attempt can be initiated by a source user, a destination…
access path The steps required to obtain the use of a system or device. Note: Examples of access paths are (a) the operations required of a database management system…
access period In security, a segment of time, generally expressed in days or weeks, during which specified access rights prevail. [INFOSEC-99]
access permission All of a subject's access rights with respect to some object. [2382-pt.8]
access phase In an information-transfer transaction, the phase during which an access attempt is made.
access point A point where connections may be made for testing or using particular communications circuits. 2.
access policy language A language for writing documents (that is, policies) that specify who can access a particular AWS resource and under what conditions.
access profile In security, a profile that associates each user with a list of protected objects that the user may access. 2.
access provider An organization that provides users with access to a computer network. [2385-35] 2.
access request A control message issued by an access originator for the purpose of initiating an access attempt. 2.
access restriction An identified restriction that controls how access can be provided to documentary material and information about the documentary material, and how the…
access review The process of reviewing documentary material to determine what material or parts of material must be withheld from a requestor because of access…
access right 1. Permission for a subject to access a particular object for a specific type of operation.
access rights The privileges accorded a user for reading, writing, deleting, updating and executing files on a disk.
Access roads Gravel or dirt roads (rarely paved) that provide overland access to transmission line and pipeline rights-of-way (ROWs) and facilities for construction…
access service area A geographic area established for the provisioning and administration of telecommunications service.
Access Service Request (ASR) The ordering form used to request Access Services, both Special and Switched.
Access shaft Concrete portion of an outlet works between the shaft house and the gate chamber. The access shaft provides vertical access to the gates.
Access storage Storage conditions at or near room ambient conditions that allow tape collections to be readily accessed for immediate playback.
access system In communications, computer, and data processing systems, a program that (a) allows an operator to call up different parts of the program package and (b)…
access tandem A telephone company or centralized equal access provider switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating or…
access time In a telecommunication system, the elapsed time between the start of an access attempt and successful access.
access token A data structure that contains authorization information for a user or group. A system uses an access token to control access to securable objects and to…
access type In computer security, a type of operation specified by an access right. Note: Examples of access type are "read," "write," "execute," "append," "modify,"…
access unit See medium access unit (MAU).
access unit interface Synonym attachment unit interface.
access, to provide To make available (in accordance with all applicable access restrictions) documentary material, copies of documentary material or information about…
access-controlled section A defined area on a form that allows only certain users to edit the fields in the section.
access-denial time The time between the start of an access attempt and access failure caused by access denial, i.e., system blocking.
accessibility An aggregate measure of how reachable locations are from a given location. The ACCESSIBILITY command computes values for accessibility as a function of…
accession process of transferring physical custody of documentary materials to an archival institution Note: May also include transfer of legal custody.
accessions (1) The act and procedures involved in the taking of records or papers into the physical custody of an archival agency or a records center.
accessor method A method specifically designed to provide access to a private attribute of a class.