ExpertGlossary terms starting with B

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  1. BLV before
  2. BLZD Blizzard- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer: Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35…
  3. BM (1) Battle Management. (2) Ballistic Missile.
  4. BM ATD Battle Management Advanced Technology Demonstration 35
  5. BM/C 3 Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications. See also CC/SOIF.
  6. BM/C 3 I Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
  7. BM/C 3 WG BM/C 3 Working Group.
  8. BM/C 4 I Battle Management/ Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence.
  9. BMAAT Battle Management Architecture Analysis Tool.
  10. BMC Battle Management Center.
  11. BMC3 TEx BMC3 Test Exerciser.
  12. BMD A measure of the amount of minerals (mostly calcium and phosphorous) contained in a certain volume of bone.
  13. BMD Element Program Manager (PM) A highly qualified individual responsible for day-to-day management and execution of a BMD element program consistent with PM authorities and…
  14. BMD Event Assessment An evaluation of information that determines the potential or actual nature and objectives of an attack for the purpose of providing information for…
  15. BMD Event Validation The human evaluation of whether an observed event is real or false. It is a statement of validity of a warning event determined by a human analysis of…
  16. BMD scan An imaging test that measures bone density (the amount of bone mineral contained in a certain volume of bone) by passing x-rays with two different energy…
  17. BMDA Ballistic Missile Defense Act.
  18. BMDAC Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory Committee.
  19. BMDAE Ballistic Missile Defense Acquisition Executive.
  20. BMDARC Ballistic Missile Defense Acquisition Review Council.
  21. BMDATC OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center, Huntsville, AL.
  22. BMDCC Ballistic Missile Defense Command/Control Center.
  23. BMDM Ballistic Missile Defense Monitor.
  24. BMDN Ballistic Missile Defense Network. Encompasses the mission-oriented local area and wide area networks, facilities, hardware, software, network control and…
  25. BMDO OBSOLETE. See Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
  26. BMDOC OBSOLETE. See Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Center.
  27. BMDOICA OBSOLETE. See BMDO Independent Cost Assessment.
  28. BMDP Ballistic Missile Defense Program.
  29. BMDSCOM OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command (now USASSDC).
  30. BMDSSC OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command. Changed to USASSDC and, as of October 1, 1997, changed to USASMDC, Huntsville, AL.
  31. BMEWS See Ballistic Missile Early Warning System.
  32. BMI Body mass index. A measure that relates body weight to height. BMI is sometimes used to measure total body fat and whether a person is a healthy weight.
  33. BMIC Battle Management Integration Center.
  34. BMO OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Office (AF).
  35. BMP A Windows file format for storing bit map images.
  36. BMS-182751 A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate and other types of cancer.
  37. BMS-184476 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.
  38. BMS-188797 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called taxane analogs.
  39. BMS-214662 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called farnesyltransferase inhibitors.
  40. BMS-247550 A drug used to treat metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer that has not improved after treatment with certain other anticancer drugs.
  41. BMS-275291 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPIs).
  42. BMS-354825 A drug used to treat certain types of chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  43. BMS-599626 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
  44. BMT Ballistic Missile Threat.
  45. BN Blowing Sand
  46. BN HQ Battalion Headquarters (USA/USMC term).
  47. BN OC Battalion Operations Center
  48. BNC connector A type of bayonet (twist-lock) coaxial connector commonly used in applications involving small (e.g., RG-59, RG-62) coaxial cables.
  49. BND The file in a coverage or grid which contains the coverage extent.
  50. BNDRY Boundary
  51. BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  52. BO Biological Opinion.
  53. BOA (1) Battlefield Ordnance Awareness. (2) Basic Operating Agreement.
  54. Board All the community cards in a hold'em game - the flop, turn, and river cards together. Example: "There wasn't a single heart on the board."
  55. Board and Care Facility (Long Term) A board and care facility offers no nursing services. It is designed for people who are unable to take care of their day-to-day feeding, hygiene, and/or…
  56. Board feet (BF) Unit of measure for logs and lumber. One board foot is equivalent to a piece of wood 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long.
  57. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences A board of senior examiners that hears appeals of adverse patentability decisions of examiners. MPEP 1202, MPEP 1203.
  58. bobber A float attached to the line under which a hook and sometimes a sinker hang. The bobber holds the bait or lure at a predetermined depth and also signals…
  59. BOC Abbreviation for Bell Operating Company.
  60. BOD Abbreviation for biological oxygen demand.
  61. BOD5 The amount of dissolved oxygen consumed in five days by biological processes breaking down organic matter. See biochemical oxygen demand.
  62. Bodily injury (BI) Physical injury to a person.
  63. Bodily Injury Liability If you injure someone in a car accident, this coverage pays his/her medical and rehabilitation expenses and any damages for which you are found liable.
  64. Bodily Injury Liability Coverage Pays for another person's bodily injury or death in an accident that you may be found legally liable to pay.
  65. Body The main part of an email message containing the actual, arbitrary data such as text or images.
  66. Body copy the 'meaty' textual content of a web page. Body copy refers to text visible to users, doesn't include graphical content, navigation, or information hidden…
  67. body image (BAH-dee IH-mij) The way a person thinks about his or her body and how it looks to others.
  68. body mass index A measure that relates body weight to height. BMI is sometimes used to measure total body fat and whether a person is a healthy weight.
  69. Bodywork The fabricated sheet metal that encloses the chassis.
  70. BOE Basis of Estimate.
  71. Boiler A vessel or tank where heat produced from the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal is used to generate hot water or steam for…
  72. Boiler Feedwater The water that is forced into a boiler to take the place of that which is evaporated in the generation of steam.
  73. Boiler Horsepower A unit of rate of water evaporation equal to the evaporation per hour of 34.5 pounds of water at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit into steam at 212…
  74. Boiler Pressure The pressure of the steam or water in a boiler as measured; usually expressed in pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
  75. Boiler Rating The heating capacity of a steam boiler; expressed in Btu per hour (Btu/h), or horsepower, or pounds of steam per hour.
  76. Boiler room A boiler room is a location used by con artists to contact potential victims out-of-the-blue - an approach known as cold calling - in an attempt to sell…
  77. boilerplate Common text or graphics elements used consistently from one document to another Also referred to as template.
  78. BOIP Basis of Issue Plans.
  79. Bold A way to make words appear in a bolder font. Words that appear in a bolder font are more likely to be read by humans that are scanning a page.
  80. Bolide Informally defined as an exploding meteor that resembles a bright fireball.
  81. Bolson (floor) A term applied to an internally drained (closed) intermontane basin in arid regions where drainages from adjacent mountains converge toward a central…
  82. Boltzmann's constant (k) The number that relates the average energy of a molecule to its absolute temperature. Note: Boltzmann's constant is approximately 1.
  83. bolus A single dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time. Also called bolus infusion.
  84. bolus infusion (BOH-lus in-FYOO-zhun) A single dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time. Also called bolus.
  85. BOM U.S. Bureau of Mines.
  86. Bomb Popular expression of a rapid intensification of a cyclone (low pressure) with surface pressure expected to fall by at least 24 millibars in 24 hour.
  87. Bomber Long "A" A brand name of crankbait.
  88. BON The necrosis (death) of bone tissue caused by treatment with a bisphosphonate (a drug or substance used to treat osteoporosis, bone pain caused by some…
  89. Bona fide In good faith, without fraud.
  90. Bond A long-term debt instrument with the promise to pay a specified amount of interest and to return the principal amount on a specified maturity date.
  91. Bond fund A mutual fund whose portfolio consists primarily of bonds.
  92. Bond rating Independent agencies, such as Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moody's Investors Service, assess the likelihood that bond issuers are likely to default on…
  93. Bond swap In a bond swap, you buy one bond and sell another at the same time. For example, you might sell one bond at a loss at year's end to get a tax write-off…
  94. Bond, U.S. Savings Savings bonds are issued in face value denominations by the U.S. Government in denominations ranging from $50 to $10,000.
  95. bonding In electrical engineering, the process of connecting together metal parts so that they make low resistance electrical contact for direct current and lower…
  96. Bonds (Corporate) Corporate debt owed by an issuer to a bondholder usually a promise to pay a specified rate of interest over a fixed rate of time.
  97. Bone (Oven) Dry In reference to solid biomass fuels, such as wood, having zero moisture content.
  98. bone cancer (... KAN-ser) Primary bone cancer is cancer that forms in cells of the bone. Some types of primary bone cancer are osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, malignant…
  99. bone density (...DEN-sih-tee) A measure of the amount of minerals (mostly calcium and phosphorous) contained in a certain volume of bone.
  100. Bone dry Having zero percent moisture content. Wood heated in an oven at a constant temperature of 212 degrees F or above until its weight stabilizes is considered…