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  1. acupressure (AK-yoo-PREH-sher) The application of pressure or localized massage to specific sites on the body to control symptoms such as pain or nausea.
  2. acupuncture (AK-yoo-PUNK-cher) The technique of inserting thin needles through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms.
  3. acupuncture needle (AK-yoo-PUNK-cher NEE-dul) A stainless steel needle that is slightly thicker than a human hair.
  4. acupuncture point (AK-yoo-PUNK-cher poynt) A specific spot on the body where an acupuncture needle may be inserted to control pain and other symptoms. Also called acupoint.
  5. acupuncture point injection (AK-yoo-PUNK-cher poynt in-JEK-shun) A procedure in which drugs, vitamins, herbal extracts, or other fluids are injected into the body at an acupuncture…
  6. acupuncturist (AK-yoo-PUNK-cheh-rist) A person trained in acupuncture (therapy that uses thin needles inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to…
  7. ACUS Army Common User System.
  8. Acusación formal, pliego acusatorio Acusacion formal de un delito presentada por escrito y emitida por voto de un gran jurado.
  9. acustimulation Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
  10. Acute (uh-KYOOT) Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.
  11. Acute Care Providing emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment.
  12. Acute Care Facility One step below a hospital, an acute care facility gives advanced medical and nursing services to bring you back to health.
  13. Acute Complications Transient complications that are temporary and reversible due to blood glucose fluctuations having a short term impact on driving capability, such as…
  14. Acute exposure A single exposure to a toxic substance which results in severe biological harm or death.
  15. acute leukemia (uh-KYOOT loo-KEE-mee-uh) A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white…
  16. acute lymphoblastic leukemia (uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-BLAS-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white…
  17. acute lymphocytic leukemia (uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white…
  18. acute myeloblastic leukemia (uh-KYOOT MY-eh-loh-BLAS-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the…
  19. acute myelogenous leukemia (uh-KYOOT MY-eh-LAH-jeh-nus loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the…
  20. acute myeloid leukemia (uh-KYOOT MY-eh-loyd loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood…
  21. acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (uh-KYOOT non-lim-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in…
  22. acute pain (uh-KYOOT payn) Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.
  23. acute promyelocytic leukemia (uh-KYOOT PRO-MY-eh-loh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature…
  24. Acute toxicity The ability of a substance to cause poisonous effects resulting in severe biological harm or death soon after a single exposure or dose.
  25. acute transfection Short-term transfection.
  26. ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capability
  27. ACW Anti-Carrier Warfare
  28. ACWA Association of California Water Agencies.
  29. ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed.
  30. ACYC Anticyclone - A large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
  31. Acyclic Digraph Directed Acyclic Graph
  32. acyclovir A substance used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex infections that may occur when the body is immunosuppressed.
  33. acyl carrier protein (Abbreviation: ACP). A class of molecules that bind acyl intermediates during the formation of long-chain fatty acids.
  34. AD (1) Air Defense. (2) Active Defense. (3) Aerospace Defense 7
  35. AD 32 A drug used to treat bladder cancer that does not respond to BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin). It is an anthracycline and is a type of antitumor antibiotic.
  36. ad clicks Synonym click-through.
  37. Ad curiam Before the court; to the court.
  38. Ad damnum To the damage.
  39. AD DS The Microsoft Windows based directory service. Active Directory stores information about objects on a network and makes this information available to…
  40. Ad finem To the end; at the end.
  41. AD FS A component that provides Web single-sign-on (SSO) technologies. AD FS provides SSO by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across…
  42. AD FS Web Agent An installable role service of AD FS that is used to create an AD FS-enabled Web server.
  43. AD FS-enabled Web server A Web server that is configured with the appropriate AD FS Web Agent software—either the claims-aware agent or the Windows token–based…
  44. Ad hoc For this purpose or occasion.
  45. Ad infinitum To infinity.
  46. Ad Int Advanced Interceptor (MDA/POC term).
  47. AD LDS A lightweight directory service that is designed specifically for use with directory-enabled applications.
  48. AD LDS instance A single copy of the ADLDS directory service that includes its associated directory store and its application event log.
  49. Ad libitum (Abbr. ad lib) At will.
  50. Ad litem For purpose of the suit or action.
  51. Ad rem To the thing at hand.
  52. AD TOC Air Defense Tactical Operations Center.
  53. Ad valorem To the value.
  54. AD/AM A special directory service that is an add-on to WS03 and that is designed to run as a pure lightweight application protocol (LDAP) directory.
  55. AD/C 3 I Air Defense/Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence.
  56. AD/C3I Air Defense/Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence.
  57. Ada Name of a higher order computer programming code.
  58. Ada® The official, high-level computer language of DOD for embedded-computer, real-time applications as defined in MIL-STD-1815.
  59. ADAM See definition for: Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
  60. ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) A stand-alone directory service that is designed specifically for use with directory-enabled applications.
  61. ADAM instance See definition for: Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) instance
  62. AdaMAT Ada Automated, static code, analysis tool.
  63. ADAMSync An ADAM administration tool that synchronizes objects from Active Directory to an Active Directory Application Mode instance.
  64. ADAPT Advanced DEW Active Precision Tracker.
  65. Adaptation Adjustment of a population to changes in environment over generations, associated (at least in part) with genetic changes resulting from selection imposed…
  66. ADAPTATION (ADAPTABLE) PARAMETER Generally, data related to a specific WSR-88D unit. These data may consist of meteorological or hydrological parameters or of geographic boundaries…
  67. adapter An expansion card.
  68. Adaptive Algorithm An algorithm that can "learn" and change its behavior by comparing the results of its actions with the goals that it is designed to achieve.
  69. adaptive channel allocation In communications system traffic flow control, channel allocation in which information-handling capacities of channels are not predetermined but are…
  70. adaptive communications Any communications system, or portion thereof, that automatically uses feedback information obtained from the system itself or from the signals carried by…
  71. adaptive compression In computer science, a software-oriented compression process based on continuous analysis of the data stream, and depending on the type and content of the…
  72. Adaptive Defense (Also Adaptive Preferential Defense) Adaptive defense is defense that is responsive to an actual attack in that it takes advantage of the structure or…
  73. adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) Differential pulse-code modulation in which the prediction algorithm is adjusted in accordance with specific characteristics of the input signal.
  74. Adaptive Enterprise A marketing term used extensively by HP. An adaptive enterprise matches supply and demand of IT resources in real time, so the business can quickly manage…
  75. adaptive equalization Equalization (a) that is automatically accomplished while traffic is being transmitted and (b) in which signal characteristics are dynamically adjusted to…
  76. Adaptive Flexible Defense (AFD) The ability to select and prioritize in near-real time what critical civilian and military assets and functions to defend and to efficiently employ…
  77. Adaptive management A continuing process of action-based planning, monitoring, researching, evaluating, and adjusting with the objective of improving implementation and…
  78. Adaptive Management Area (AMA) Landscape units designated for development and testing of technical and social approaches to achieving desired ecological, economic, and other social…
  79. Adaptive Optics (ADOPT) Optical systems, which can be modified (e.g., by controlling the shape of a mirror) to compensate for distortions.
  80. adaptive prediction In ADPCM coding, a time-varying process that computes an estimate of the input signal from the quantized difference signal. [T1.310-1991]
  81. adaptive predictive coding (APC) Narrowband analog-to-digital conversion that uses a one-level or multilevel sampling system in which the value of the signal at each sampling instant is…
  82. Adaptive Preferential Defense Adaptive Defense.
  83. adaptive quantization In ADPCM (adaptive differential pulse code modulation) coding, a process in which the quantizer step size varies as a function of the quantized input…
  84. Adaptive radiation The evolution of new species or sub- species to fill unoccupied ecological niches.
  85. adaptive radio A radio that (a) monitors its own performance, (b) monitors the path quality through sounding or polling, (c) varies operating characteristics, such as…
  86. adaptive routing Routing that is automatically adjusted to compensate for network changes such as traffic patterns, channel availability, or equipment failures.
  87. adaptive system A system that has a means of monitoring its own performance, a means of varying its own parameters, and uses closed-loop action to improve its performance…
  88. ADAS Automated Data Acquisition System
  89. ADATOC Air Defense Artillery Tactical Operations Center (US Army brigade).
  90. ADC Analog to Digital converter. Converts analog data to a digital format.
  91. ADC (Active Directory Connector) The service that replicates information between the Exchange Server 5.5 directory and Active Directory.
  92. ADCATT Air Defense CATT (US Army term).
  93. ADCC Air Defense Control Center.
  94. ADCCP Abbreviation for Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures.
  95. AdCenter Microsoft's cost per click ad network. While it has a few cool features (including dayparting and demographic based bidding) it is still quite nascent in…
  96. ADCOM OBSOLETE. (U.S.) Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson AFB, CO.
  97. ADCP (1) Air Defense Communications Platform. (2) Air Defense Command Post.
  98. Add An extra monster has joined an existing battle.
  99. add mode In addition and subtraction operations, a mode in which the decimal marker is placed at a predetermined location with respect to the last digit entered.
  100. add-on conference A service feature that allows an additional party to be added to an established call without attendant assistance.