ExpertGlossary terms starting with B

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BSE Abbreviation for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. See protein aceous infectious particle.
BSH A substance used in a type of radiation therapy called boron neutron capture therapy. BSH is injected into a vein and becomes concentrated in tumor cells.
BSI Abbreviation for British Standards Institution.
BSI-201 A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It blocks enzymes that repair damage to DNA.
BSL Base Support Listing.
BSO Business Services Office.
BST Abbreviation for bovine somatotrophin.
BSTS See Boost Surveillance and Tracking System.
Bt See Bacillus thuringiensis.
BT (Binary Translation) Technique used by virtualization softwares to translate instruction set guest OSes send to virtual hardware in instruction set understandable by physical…
BT ATD Booster Typing Advanced Technology Demonstration.
Bt corn A corn plant that has been developed though biotechnology so that the plant tissues express a protein derived from a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis…
BTH Below the Horizon.
BTI Balanced Technology Initiative.
BTOC Battalion Tactical Operations Center (PATRIOT).
BTR Better
BTRY Battery.
BTS Baseline Target Set. An MDA-approved listing and description of ballistic missile targets, which have been (or are being) developed to meet a variety of…
BTTV Ballistic Tactical Target Vehicle.
BTU - British Thermal Units.
BTWN Between
BTY Battery.
bubble column fermenter A bioreactor in which the cells or micro-organisms are kept suspended in a tall cylinder by rising air, which is introduced at the base of the vessel.
Bubble High A mesoscale area of high pressure, typically associated with cooler air from the rainy downdraft area of a thunderstorm or a complex of thunderstorms.
Bubbler Gage A water stage recording device that is capable of attaching to a LARC for data automation purposes.
buccal mucosa (BUH-kul myoo-KOH-suh) The inner lining of the cheeks.
Buck To cut a log into smaller portions.
bucket A part of an excavator which digs, lifts, and carries dirt.
bucket owner Just as Amazon is the only owner of the domain name Amazon.com, only one person or organization can own a bucket in Amazon S3.
Bucket shop A bucket shop is an illegal brokerage firm, whose salespeople pose as legitimate brokers and attempt to sell you securities.
bucketmouth A slang term for largemouth bass, aka bigmouth bass.
bud A region of meristematic tissue with the potential for developing into leaves, shoots, flowers or combinations of these; generally protected by modified…
bud sport A somatic mutation arising in a bud, generating a genetically different shoot. Includes changes due to gene mutation, chromosomal mutation or polyploidy.
budding 1. A method of asexual reproduction in which a new individual is derived from an outgrowth (bud) that becomes detached from the body of the parent. 2.
budesonide A drug used in the treatment of asthma and rhinitis. It is also being studied in the treatment of cancer.
Budget A budget is a plan on how much to save each week or month to make a purchase or to reach a savings goal.
Budget Activity (1) A budget activity is a major subdivision of a budget appropriation, generally in mission areas.
Budget Authority Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in outlays of Federal funds.
Budget Estimate Cost estimate prepared for inclusion in the DoD budget to support an acquisition program.
Budget Estimate Submit (BES) The service submissions to OSD showing budget requirements for inclusion in the DoD budget.
budget resolution Legislation in the form of a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget.
Budget Review Committee (BRC) An ad hoc committee of representatives from each Region, the Reclamation Service Center, and the Washington Office, coordinates Reclamation budget…
Budgeted balance sheet A budget that measures total assets and liabilities.
Budgeted income statement A budget that tracks revenues and expenses. Also called the profit and loss statement.
budgeting Synonym proration.
BUDS business utilization development specialist.
Buff A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the Priest's Inner Fire or Shaman's Bloodlust.
buffalofish A heavy bodied carp-like fish that can weigh up to 39 pounds that are found in some of the Salt River chain of lakes.
buffer A zone of a specified distance around coverage features. Both constant- and variable-width buffers can be generated for a set of coverage features based…
buffer amplifier Synonym buffer.
Buffer Overflow A condition at an interface under which more input can be placed into a buffer or data holding area than the capacity allocated, overwriting other…
Buffer Overflow Attack A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt data in memory.
Buffer strips (filter strips, vegetated filter strips, grassed buffers) Strips of grass or other close-growing vegetation that separates a waterway (ditch, stream, creek) from an intensive land use area (subdivision, farm).
Buffer Zone A strip of land created to separate and protect one type of land use from another; for example, as a screen of planting or fencing to insulate the…
BUFKIT A software tool used by forecasters to examine the vertical profile and other aspects of the atmosphere.
Bug A problem with computer software or hardware that causes it to malfunction or crash.
bugbane An eastern North American perennial herb. A substance obtained from the root of the plant has been used in some cultures to treat a number of medical…
bugwort An eastern North American perennial herb. A substance obtained from the root of the plant has been used in some cultures to treat a number of medical…
build The process through which Search compiles an index of the documents in the content source. See also: content source, crawl
build file The XML file that contains one or more asant targets. A target is a set of tasks you want to be executed.
Build out The estimated extent of residential, commercial, and industrial development in a given geographic area; usually related to the upper limit of the…
Build-out capacity The maximum total percentage of development in a watershed; typically determined assuming current zoning holds indefinitely into the future.
build-out delay The maximum variable transmission and processing delay that is permitted in a wideband network.
Builders Risk Coverage for a home under construction. Claim payments are based on the percentage completed at time of loss.
Building Code Local regulations that set forth the standards and requirements for the construction, maintenance and occupancy of buildings.
Building Energy Ratio The space-conditioning load of a building.
Building Envelope The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.
Building Heat-Loss Factor A measure of the heating requirements of a building expressed in Btu per degree-day.
Building Orientation The relationship of a building to true south, as specified by the direction of its longest axis.
building out The process of adding a combination of inductance, capacitance, and resistance to a cable pair so that its electrical length may be increased by a desired…
Building Overall Energy Loss Coefficient-Area Product The factor, when multiplied by the monthly degree-days, that yields the monthly space heating load.
Building Overall Heat Loss Rate The overall rate of heat loss from a building by means of transmission plus infiltration, expressed in Btu per hour, per degree temperature difference…
Building Plan A drawing that shows a horizontal view
Building Streetwall The predominant plane of the building facade at the level of the storefront.
Built Environment The urban environment consisting of buildings, roads, fixtures, parks, and all other improvements that form the physical character of a city.
built-in A "function" that is predefined in the language. Even when hidden by "overriding", you can always get at a built-in function by qualifying its name with…
built-in Administrator On Windows-based computers, a user account that is a member of the computerâs local Administrators group or a member of a group that is a member of…
built-in Administrator account On Windows-based computers, a user account that is a member of the computerâs local Administrators group or a member of a group that is a member of…
built-in dispersal regular distribution of records (especially vital records) to additional locations as a method of protection See also dispersal and mirror site.
Built-in Test Equipment (BITE) Any device permanently mounted in the prime equipment and used for the express purpose of testing the prime equipment, either independently or in…
Bulb The transparent or opaque sphere in an electric light that the electric light transmits through.
Bulb Turbine A type of hydro turbine in which the entire generator is mounted inside the water passageway as an integral unit with the turbine.
Bulbs (bulbz) [of breast ] the grape-like structure in the lobules of the breasts that produce milk.
Bulk Density The weight of a material per unit of volume compared to the weight of the same volume of water.
bulk encryption Simultaneous encryption of all channels of a multichannel telecommunications link.
Bulk Filter The signal processing rejection of detected signals as not being related to objects of interest.
Bulk Richardson Number A non-dimensional (i.e., no units) number relating vertical stability to vertical shear (generally, stability divided by shear).
Bulk submission services an ASP that submits many URLs to the search engines on your behalf. For example: SubmitWolf. Search engines don't like these. (see "automated submitting")
bulk-forming agent A substance, such as fiber in food, that adds bulk and water to stools so that they can pass more easily through the intestines (lower part of the…
bulked segregant analysis A method to obtain markers linked to a target trait, in which DNA samples, prepared from a number of individuals of each of two contrasting phenotypes…
Bulkhead The part of a storefront that forms a base for one or more display windows
Bulkhead Gate A gate used either for temporary closure of a channel or conduit before dewatering it for inspection or maintenance or for closure against flowing water…
Bulking The increase in volume of a material due to manipulation. Rock bulks upon being excavated; damp sand bulks if loosely deposited, as by dumping, because…
Bull market A market in which prices are generally rising.
Bull spread A bull spread is an options strategy that you use when you anticipate an increase in the price of the underlying instrument, such as a stock or an index.
bullet sinker A cone-shaped piece of lead, zinc or steel of varying weights that slides up and down the line.
bulletin board A form of electronic messaging in which addressed messages or files are entered by users into a computer or network of computers.
bumping Refers to the act of making a lure hit an object, such as a log, tree or rock, in a controlled manner (either intentionally or unintentionally), which can…
BUN Nitrogen in the blood that comes from urea (a substance formed by the breakdown of protein in the liver).
bunched frame-alignment signal A frame-alignment signal in which the signal elements occupy consecutive digit positions.