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  1. adjunct service point (ASP) An intelligent-network feature that resides at the intelligent peripheral equipment and responds to service logic interpreter requests for service…
  2. adjunct therapy (A-junkt THAYR-uh-pee) Another treatment used together with the primary treatment. Its purpose is to assist the primary treatment.
  3. adjunctive therapy (A-junk-tiv THAYR-uh-pee) Another treatment used together with the primary treatment. Its purpose is to assist the primary treatment.
  4. Adjust Status 1) to change from a nonimmigrant visa status or other status; or, 2) to adjust the status of a permanent resident (green card holder).
  5. Adjustable mortgage loan A mortgage instrument that allows maximum flexibility in selecting the terms under which interest rates and payments may be adjusted over the maturity of…
  6. Adjustable Rate Loans (also known as variable-rate loans), usually offer a lower initial interest rate than fixed-rate loans.
  7. Adjustable Speed Drive An electronic device that controls the rotational speed of motor-driven equipment such as fans, pumps, and compressors.
  8. Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) A mortgage that does not have a fixed interest rate. The rate changes during the life of the loan based on movements in an index rate, such as the rate…
  9. Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS) Also known as variable-rate mortgages. The initial interest rate is usually below that of conventional fixed-rate loans.
  10. Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARMS,ARM) Also known as variable-rate mortgages. The initial interest rate is usually below that of conventional fixed-rate loans.
  11. Adjusted community rating A way of pricing insurance where premiums are not based upon a policyholder's health status, but may be based upon other factors, such as age and…
  12. Adjusted gross income (AGI) Your AGI is your gross, or total, income from taxable sources minus certain deductions.
  13. Adjusted offense level In guidelines sentencing, the base offense level assigned by the sentencing guidelines to a particular offense is expressed as a number.
  14. Adjuster A person who investigates and settles losses for an insurance carrier.
  15. Adjustment In guidelines sentencing, a defendant's base offense level may be adjusted upward or downward.
  16. Adjustment Date The actual date that the interest rate is changed for an ARM.
  17. adjustment disorder (uh-JUST-ment dis-OR-der) A condition in which a person responds to a stressful event (such as an illness, job loss, or divorce) with extreme emotions and…
  18. Adjustment Index The published market index used to calculate the interest rate of an ARM at the time of origination or adjustment.
  19. Adjustment Interval The time between the interest rate change and the monthly payment for an ARM. The interval is usually every one, three or five years depending on the…
  20. Adjustment of Status An alien in the United States with a non-immigrant visa may adjust status to become a Legal Permanent Resident by filing a Form I-864.
  21. Adjuvant (ad'-joo vunt) therapy is cancer treatment given after the primary tumor has been removed by some other method.
  22. adjuvant therapy (A-joo-vant THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment given after the primary treatment to increase the chances of a cure.
  23. ADL Activities of daily living. The tasks of everyday life. Basic ADLs include eating, dressing, getting into or out of a bed or chair, taking a bath or…
  24. ADLT Advanced Discriminating LADAR Technology.
  25. ADMD (administrative management domain) Part of a management domain that is a set of messaging systems managed by an organization that contains at least one message transfer agent (MTA).
  26. Admin Approval Mode A security feature of Windows that allows administrators to perform normal day-to-day tasks while running with a standard user token.
  27. administration (ad-MIH-nih-STRAY-shun) In medicine, the act of giving a treatment, such as a drug, to a patient.
  28. Administration group A collection of servers running Exchange 2000 that can be administered as a single unit.
  29. administration host A client computer that is used to manage a filer through a Telnet or Remote Shell connection.
  30. administration port The Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual server and port used for SharePoint Central Administration.
  31. Administration Process A server task (Adminp) that automates many administrative tasks. You initiate the tasks, and the Administration Process completes them for you.
  32. administration server The server that you assign to apply Administration Process updates to a primary replica.
  33. Administrative (or Laboratory Director) Case File Review a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on…
  34. Administrative agencies Agencies created by the legislative branch of government to administer laws pertaining to specific areas such as social security, taxes, transportation…
  35. Administrative Agency A federal, state or local government body responsible for applying or enforcing a particular type of law.
  36. Administrative and Other Boundaries Manmade legal boundary descriptions for the purpose of governance and management.
  37. administrative claim Claims for reasonable and necessary expenses and fees incurred in the administration of an estate.
  38. Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) The government contracting officer located at a contract administrative office that is assigned the responsibility for administration of Government…
  39. Administrative documentation records such as case related conversations, evidence receipts, description of evidence packaging and seals, and other pertinent information.
  40. Administrative Instructions set out the provisions and requirements in relation to the filing and processing of the international (patent) application under the PCT and are…
  41. Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) means an official appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105.
  42. administrative management complex (AMC) In network management, a complex that is controlled by a network provider, and is responsible for and performs network management functions such as…
  43. Administrative Numbers: Administrative numbers are numbers used by telecommunications carriers to perform internal administrative or operational functions necessary to maintain…
  44. Administrative Operating Company Number A four character numeric or alphanumeric that identifies the administrator of one (or more) data record contained in BIRRDS.
  45. Administrative or Fiscal Agent Entity that functions to assist the grantee, consortium, or other planning body in carrying out administrative activities (e.g.
  46. Administrative processing Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a consular officer.
  47. administrative record A record that is related to budget, personnel, supply, and similar administrative or facilitative operations common to all organizations See also…
  48. administrative retention criteria standards or rules concerned with the availability of records for long-term administrative consistency and continuity, as well as for day-to-day…
  49. administrative role A classification of a user that determines the functions that the user can do in the enterprise search administration console.
  50. Administrative Safeguards Administrative actions, policies, and procedures to manage the selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of security measures to protect…
  51. administrative suspension Auto Scaling might suspend processes for Auto Scaling group that repeatedly fail to launch instances.
  52. administrative task An operation that can only be performed by an administrator, not a standard user.
  53. Administrative templates A collection of ADMX files that provide Group Policy setting information for the items that appear under the Administrative Templates folder in the…
  54. administrative value The usefulness of a record in the conduct of an organization's business The value of a record for the purpose for which it was created See also evidential…
  55. Administrator Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, and such authorized representatives as may be designated to…
  56. Administrator account On Windows-based computers, a user account that is a member of the computer’s local Administrators group or a member of a group that is a member of…
  57. Administrator program A graphical user interface that enables administrators to manage and configure Exchange objects, such as organizations, sites, and servers. [Exchange 5.5]
  58. administrator role In Exchange 2007, an administrator role is a predefined security group that provides specific permissions to allow role members to manage Exchange…
  59. administrator role separation The ability to delegate local administrative permissions for a read-only domain controller (RODC) to any domain user without granting that user any user…
  60. Administrator site group Has full control of the Web site. A default site group in Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server.
  61. Admiralty law Also, maritime law. That body of law relating to ships, shipping, marine commerce and navigation; the transportation of persons or property by sea, etc.
  62. Admissible Evidence that is relevant to the case, and is material, will be usually be permitted to be presented to the jury in most instances.
  63. Admissible evidence Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
  64. Admission Entry into the United States is authorized by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
  65. Admissions by Applicant A statement by an applicant for patent that can or is used to deny the patentability of an invention, in some cases regardless of whether the statement is…
  66. Admonish To advise or caution. For example, the court may admonish counsel for improper actions.
  67. Admortization Amortization.
  68. ADMS Accessibility Data Management System.
  69. ADMX files One .admx and .adml file, joined by a common name, that are used to describe Group Policy settings in Group Policy management tools.
  70. adnexal mass (ad-NEK-sul…) A lump in tissue near the uterus, usually in the ovary or fallopian tube.
  71. ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) A programming layer built on top of OLE DB that allows high-level programming languages such as Visual Basic and VBScript to access an underlying data…
  72. Adobe A building material made from clay, straw, and water, formed into blocks, and dried; used traditionally in the southwestern U.S.
  73. Adobe Acrobat The leading program for creating and viewing PDF files. Acrobat is available in several versions, including Acrobat, a free viewer and Acrobat…
  74. ADOC Aerospace Defense Operations Center.
  75. ADOCC Air Defense Operations Control Center.
  76. ADOP Advanced Distributed Onboard Processor.
  77. ADOPT See Adaptive Optics.
  78. Adopted Child An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting parent(s)…
  79. adoptive immunization The transfer of an immune state from one animal to another by means of lymphocyte transfusions.
  80. ADP Abbreviation for adenosine diphosphate.
  81. ADP system Synonym computer system.
  82. ADPC Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
  83. ADPCM Abbreviation for adaptive differential pulse-code modulation.
  84. ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment.
  85. ADR alternative dispute resolution.
  86. Adrenal androgrens ((uh-dree'-nul an'-dro-junz) steroids synthesized by the adrenal cortex that promote masculinization.
  87. adrenal cancer (uh-DREE-nul KAN-ser) Cancer that forms in the tissues of the adrenal glands (two glands located just above the kidneys).
  88. adrenal cortex (uh-DREE-nul KOR-tex) The outer part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney).
  89. adrenal gland (uh-DREE-nul...) A small gland that makes steroid hormones, adrenaline, and noradrenaline.
  90. adrenal medulla (uh-DREE-nul meh-DOO-luh) The inner part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney).
  91. adrenalectomy (uh-DREE-nul-EK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove one or both adrenal glands (a small organ on top of each kidney).
  92. adrenaline A hormone and neurotransmitter. Also called epinephrine.
  93. adrenocortical (uh-DREE-noh-KOR-tih-kol) Having to do with or made by the outer layer of the adrenal gland, which produces steroid hormones.
  94. adrenocortical cancer (uh-DREE-noh-KOR-tih-kol KAN-ser) A rare cancer that forms in the outer layer of tissue of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney that…
  95. adrenocortical carcinoma (uh-DREE-noh-KOR-tih-kol KAR-sih-NOH-muh) A rare cancer that forms in the outer layer of tissue of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney…
  96. adrenocorticotropic hormone (uh-DREE-noh-KOR-tih-koh-TROH-pik HOR-mone) A hormone made in the pituitary gland.
  97. Adrenotrend System See Hot and Cold System.
  98. ADRG ARC Digital Raster Graphics.
  99. Adriamycin PFS (AY-dree-uh-MY-sin …) A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
  100. Adriamycin RDF (AY-dree-uh-MY-sin …) A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.