ExpertGlossary terms starting with A

3,515 terms

Authorize Processing The official management decision given by a senior agency official to authorize operation of an information system and to explicitly accept the risk to…
Authorized agent and authorized representative Authorized agent and authorized representative mean an official of the employer who has the legal authority to commit the employer to the statements in…
authorized bandwidth Authorized bandwidth is, for purposes of this Manual, the necessary bandwidth (bandwidth required for transmission and reception of intelligence) and does…
Authorized charge An authorized charge is any charge that you or any authorized user makes on the account, and any fees and interest charges owing on the account.
authorized frequency A frequency that is allocated and assigned by a competent authority to a specific user for a specific purpose. 2.
Authorized IRS e-file Provider A business authorized by the IRS to participate in the IRS e-file Program. The business may be a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a corporation, or an…
Authorized Reclamation project A congressionally approved Bureau of Reclamation project that has been authorized for specific purposes.
Authorized Representative Someone who you choose to act on your behalf with the Marketplace, like a family member or other trusted person.
Authorized Service Provider (ASP) Third-party organization that services NetApp products.
authorized signatory The highest level issuer of authorization certificates in an organization. Note: Authorized signatories are designated in a signatory certificate, which…
Authorized user If you ask us to issue a credit card on this account to another person, he or she is an authorized user.
Authorizing Official Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to agency operations…
Authorizing Official Designated Representative Individual selected by an authorizing official to act on their behalf in coordinating and carrying out the necessary activities required during the…
Authors field A field that lists the names of people who have Author access. This field does not override the access control list.
Auto Attendant A feature that supplies a caller with information and performs an action without the intervention of a human operator.
Auto de detención, Orden de arresto o de captura Una orden judicial a un funcionario del orden público de arrestar/capturar una persona específica para traerla ante el tribunal para el procesamiento…
Auto Replacement Coverage A supplemental auto insurance coverage that guarantees your car will be completely repaired or replaced, even if the costs exceed its depreciated value.
Auto Responder A preconfigured message immediately sent back to anyone you receive an email from.
Auto Scaling A web service designed to launch or terminate instances automatically based on user-defined policies, schedules, and health checks. See Also http://aws.
Auto Scaling group A representation of multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances that share similar characteristics, and that are treated as a logical grouping for the…
auto-immune disease Disorder in which the immune systems of affected individuals produce antibodies against molecules that are normally produced by those individuals (called…
auto-immunity A disorder in the body's defence mechanism in which an immune response is elicited against its own (self) tissues.
auto-reply In e-mail systems, a message sent automatically upon receipt of incoming e-mail.
auto-terminatation A method by which bus termination is detected and implemented internally such that an external terminator is not required.
Autoantibody An antibody that reacts with antigens found on the cells and tissues of an individual's ownbody. Autoantibodies can cause autoimmune diseases.
autoboxing Automatic conversion between reference and primitive types.
autocatalysis Catalysis in which one of the products of the reaction is a catalyst for the reaction.
autocatalytic reaction See: autocatalysis.
Autochthonous Regarding malaria, it refers to local transmissionÂ by mosquitoes.Â This can either be indigenous (a geographic area where malaria occurs regularly) or…
autoclave (AW-toh-KLAYV) A device that uses steam under high pressure to sterilize medical and laboratory supplies and equipment.
autoclave-resistant factor A substance found in soybeans that may slow down or stop the spread of cancer. This substance does not break down in an autoclave (a device that uses…
autoconf GNU Open Source package used to automatically configure the source code package.
AUTODIN Acronym for automatic digital network. See Defense Data Network.
Autodiscover A feature available in Outlook 2007 and some mobile devices that automatically configures the clients for access to Exchange Server 2007.
Autodiscover service A service that returns server configuration information for a mobile device or other client using only the user's SMTP e-mail address and password.
autogeneration A feature of "operator overloading" of objects, whereby the behavior of certain operators can be reasonably deduced using more fundamental operators.
autogenous control The action of a gene product to inhibit (negative autogenous control) or enhance (positive autogenous control) the expression of the gene that codes for…
Autoignition Temperature The lowest temperature at which a flammable gas vapor will ignite spontaneously, without a source of ignition, after several minutes of exposure to…
Autoimmune disease (AW-toh-ih-MYOON...) A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
autoimmune enteropathy (AW-toh-ih-MYOON en-teh-RAH-puh-thee) A rare disease in which certain cells in the intestine are destroyed by a patient's immune system.
autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AW-toh-ih-MYOON hee-moh-LIH-tik uh-NEE-mee-uh) A condition in which the body's immune system stops red blood cells from forming or causes them to clump…
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) A human disease caused by failure of lymphocytes to die once they have finished doing their job.
Autoimmune process A process where the body’s immune system attacks and destroys body tissue that it mistakes for foreign matter.
autoincrement To add one to something automatically, hence the name of the ++ operator. To instead subtract one from something automatically is known as an…
autoload To load on demand. (Also called "lazy" loading.) Specifically, to call an AUTOLOAD subroutine on behalf of an undefined subroutine.
Autoloader a device with (usually only) a single transport that can automatically load and unload the transport with one of the cartridges in its library.
Autologous (aw-TAH-luh-gus) Taken from an individual's own tissues, cells, or DNA.
autologous bone marrow (aw-TAH-luh-gus bone MAYR-oh) In transplantation, refers to a person's own bone marrow.
autologous bone marrow transplantation (aw-TAH-luh-gus bone MAYR-oh tranz-plan-TAY-shun) A procedure in which bone marrow is removed from a person, stored, and then given back to the person…
autologous cells Cells taken from an individual, cultured (or stored), and, possibly, genetically manipulated before being transferred back into the original donor.
autologous expanded mesenchymal stem cells OTI-010 (aw-TAH-luh-gus Ã¢ÂÂ¦ meh-ZEN-kih-mul Ã¢ÂÂ¦) A product that is made of special stem cells taken from a patient's bone marrow and grown in…
autologous lymphocyte (aw-TAH-luh-gus LIM-foh-site) In transplantation, refers to a person's own white blood cells.
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant A transplant involving the infusion of a patient's own bone marrow or stem cells to produce new, healthy marrow.
autologous stem cell transplantation (aw-TAH-luh-gus ... tranz-plan-TAY-shun) A procedure in which blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) are removed, stored, and…
Autologous transplant Cell, tissue or organ transplants from one individual back to the same individual. Such transplants do not induce an immune response and are not rejected.
autologous tumor cell (aw-TAH-luh-gus TOO-mer sel) A cancer cell from an individual's own tumor.
autolysis The process of self destruction of a cell, cell organelle, or tissue, through the action of lysosomic enzymes.
automake GNU Open Source used to automatically generate Makefile in files.
Automated Bid Management Software Pay per click search engines are growing increasingly complex in their offerings.
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) Department of Defense (DOD) system implemented to improve the U.S. government's ability to track and identify national security threats.
Automated Booking System An Automated Booking System has the capability to electronically capture fingerprint and photographic information regarding an arrestee, and often has the…
Automated Clearing House (ACH) A computerized facility used by member depository institutions to electronically combine, sort, and distribute inter-bank credits and debits.
automated data medium Synonym machine-readable medium.
Automated Event Reporting Gage (see Tipping Bucket Rain Gage); for river stage gages, IFLOWS pressure transducer type gages can be programmed to report if water surface rises or falls…
Automated Fingerprint Identification System An Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a highly specialized biometric system that compares a single fingerprint image with a database of…
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) A system designed to significantly speed and increase the accuracy of the finger printing process.
automated information system (AIS) An assembly of computer hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of these, configured to accomplish specific information-handling operations, such…
automated information systems security Measures and controls that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information processed and stored by automated information systems.
Automated Key Transport The transport of cryptographic keys, usually in encrypted form, using electronic means such as a computer network (e.g.
Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time (ALERT) A local flood warning system where river and rainfall data are collected via radio signals in real-time at an ALERT base station.
Automated Mapping and Facilities Management (AM/FM) The management of mapping and facilities management using integrated computer software.
automated maritime telecommunications system (AMTS) An automatic, integrated and interconnected maritime communications system serving ship stations on specified inland and coastal waters of the United…
Automated mitigation procedure A procedure under which the bids of individual suppliers are capped under certain predetermined conditions.
Automated Password Generator An algorithm which creates random passwords that have no association with a particular user.
automated radio A radio that can be automatically controlled by electronic devices and that requires little or no human intervention.
Automated Report A meteorological report prepared by an automated surface weather observing system for transmission, and with no certified weather observers signed on to…
automated security monitoring Use of automated procedures to ensure security controls are not circumvented or the use of these tools to track actions taken by subjects suspected of…
Automated Submitting Automated Submitting is using automated software such as WebPosition Gold or an Application Service Provider (ASP) such as Microsoft b-central's Submit-It…
Automated Surface Observing System The ASOS program is a joint effort of the National Weather Service (NWS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).
automated tactical command and control system A command and control system, or part thereof, that manipulates the movement of information from source to user without human intervention.
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) A machine, activated by a magnetically encoded card or other medium, that can process a variety of banking transactions.
Automated Tone Dial Telephone Data Collection System (ATDTDCS) Data collection system where cooperative observers collect precipitation, stage, and temperature data then transmit the data to the NWS ATDTDCS computer…
Automated Underwriting An automated process performed by a technology application that streamlines the processing of loan applications and provides a recommendation to the…
Automatic (or Remote) Meter Reading System A system that records the consumption of electricity, gas, water, etc, and sends the data to a central data accumulation device.
automatic answering A service feature in which the called terminal automatically responds to the calling signal and the call may be established whether or not the called…
Automatic Bill Payment A checkless system for paying recurring bills with one authorization statement to a financial institution.
automatic call distributor (ACD) A device that distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals. Note: If the number of active calls is less than the number of terminals, the…
automatic callback A service feature that permits a user, when encountering a busy condition, to instruct the system to retain the called and calling numbers and to…
automatic calling Calling in which the elements of the selection signal are entered into the data network contiguously at the full data signaling rate.
automatic calling unit (ACU) A device that enables equipment, such as computers and card dialers, to originate calls automatically over a telecommunications network.
automatic classification A process using electronic systems to encode rules and apply them to records in order to categorize and sort them
Automatic Code Gap (ACG) ACG is a code control that is implemented automatically in response to a request from a database to limit traffic.
Automatic Congestion Control ACC is a two-part feature. In order for ACC to function properly it must be implemented in the originating and terminating nodes of an interconnected…
Automatic Damper A device that cuts off the flow of hot or cold air to or from a room as controlled by a thermostat.
automatic data handling (ADH) A generalization of automatic data processing to include the aspect of data transfer. [JP1] 2. Combining data processing and data transfer.
automatic data processing (ADP) An interacting assembly of procedures, processes, methods, personnel, and equipment to perform automatically a series of data processing operations on…
automatic data processing (ADP) system >An assembly of computer hardware, firmware, and software configured for the purpose of classifying, sorting, calculating, computing, summarizing…
automatic data processing equipment (ADPE) Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement…
automatic dialing See automatic calling unit.
Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) Formerly, a worldwide data communications network of the Defense Communications System, now replaced by the Defense Switched Network (DSN).