ExpertGlossary terms starting with C

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1901. closure In transportation, the process of a unit arriving at a specified location. It begins with the arrival of the first element at a designated location and…
1902. closure axiom undefined
1903. cloture The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster.
1904. Cloud A claim to the title of a property that, if valid, would prevent a purchaser from obtaining a clear title.
1905. Cloud amount Cloud amount (cover) That portion of the sky cover which is attributed to clouds.
1906. cloud app a software application that is never installed on a local machine - it's always accessed over the Internet.
1907. cloud arcs short for cloud architectures. Designs for software applications that can be accessed and used over the Internet.
1908. Cloud as a Service (CaaS) a cloud computing service that has been opened up into a platform that others can build upon.
1909. cloud attenuation In the transmission of electromagnetic signals, attenuation caused by absorption and scattering by water or ice particles in clouds.
1910. cloud base The lowest portion of a cloud.
1911. cloud base height For a given cloud or cloud layer, the lowest level of the atmosphere where cloud properties are detectable.
1912. cloud bridge running an application in such a way that its components are integrated within multiple cloud environments (which could be any combination of…
1913. Cloud Ceiling Same as Ceiling; the height of the cloud base for the lowest broken or overcast cloud layer.
1914. cloud client computing device for cloud computing. Updated version of thin client.
1915. cloud computing Provides users access to IT-related capabilities (infrastructure and/or applications) "as a service" without regard for the underlying technology or…
1916. Cloud Condensation Nuclei Small particles in the air on which water vapor condenses and forms cloud droplets.
1917. cloud condensation nucleus A particle, either liquid or solid, upon which water condenses to form cloud droplets.
1918. cloud cover The amount of the sky obscured by clouds when observed at a particular location.
1919. cloud deck The top of a cloud layer, usually viewed from an aircraft.
1920. Cloud Enabler A general term that refers to organizations (typically vendors) who are not cloud providers per se, but make available technology, such as cloudware, that…
1921. cloud envy used to describe a vendor who jumps on the cloud computing bandwagon by rebranding existing services.
1922. cloud fraction Fraction of sky covered by clouds, observed directly or derived from SW irradiance.
1923. cloud ice water The concentration (mass/vol) of ice water particles in a cloud.
1924. Cloud Layer An array of clouds whose bases are at approximately the same level.
1925. cloud liquid water The concentration (mass/vol) of liquid water droplets in a cloud.
1926. Cloud Movement The direction toward which a cloud is moving
1927. Cloud On The Title Any condition which affects the clear title to real property.
1928. cloud OS anything about Google chrome.
1929. Cloud Portability The ability to move applications (and often their associated data) across cloud computing environments from different cloud providers, as well as across…
1930. Cloud Provider An organization that makes a cloud computing environment available to others, such as an external or public cloud.
1931. cloud server A "server" is simply an operating system leveraging the pool of CPU and Ram resources available from the underlying physical hardware also referred to as…
1932. Cloud Service Architecture (CSA) A term coined by Jeff Barr, chief evangelist at Amazon Web Services. The term describes an architecture in which applications and application components…
1933. Cloud Spanning Running an application in a way that its components straddle multiple cloud environments (which could be any combination of internal/private and…
1934. cloud storage just what it says) Sometimes compared to leasing a car - you'll have monthly payments but hopefully you'll always have the lastest/greatest technology.
1935. Cloud Streets Rows of cumulus or cumulus-type clouds aligned parallel to the low-level flow. Cloud streets sometimes can be seen from the ground, but are seen best on…
1936. Cloud Tags Ragged, detached cloud fragments; fractus or scud.
1937. cloud top height For a given cloud or cloud layer, the highest level of the atmosphere where cloud properties are detectable.
1938. Cloud-Oriented Architecture (COA) An architecture for IT infrastructure and software applications that is optimized for use in cloud computing environments.
1939. cloudburst what happens when your cloud has an outage or security breach and your data is unavailable.
1940. Cloudburst (negative) The failure of a cloud computing environment due to the inability to handle a spike in demand.
1941. Cloudburst (positive) The dynamic deployment of a software application that runs on internal organizational compute resources to a public cloud to address a spike in demand.
1942. cloudcenter a large company, such as Amazon, that rents its infrastructure.
1943. CloudFormation Allows developers and systems administrators to easily create and manage a group of related AWS resources by provisioning and updating them in an…
1944. Cloudsourcing Leveraging services in the network cloud to provide external computing capabilities, often to replace more expensive local IT capabilities.
1945. cloudstorm connecting multiple cloud computing environments. Also called cloud network.
1946. Cloudstorming The act of connecting multiple cloud computing environments.
1947. Cloudware A general term referring to a variety of software, typically at the infrastructure level, that enables building, deploying, running or managing…
1948. CloudWatch A tracking service which allows developers and administrators to minitor resource utilization, application performance, and operational health.
1949. Cloudy When 7/8ths or more of the sky is covered by clouds.
1950. Clovis Complex Characteristic of Paleoindian finds located near Clovis, New Mexico, such as specific fluted points.
1951. CLR Clear
1952. CLRG Clearing
1953. CLS (1) Command and Launch Station. (2) Contractor Logistic Support.
1954. CLS files Country Language Services (CLS) files convert characters such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters to other characters when importing or…
1955. Cluetrain Manifesto, The Book about how the web is a marketplace, and how it is different from traditional offline business.
1956. Clump Two or more objects that give rise to a single observation, e.g., an extended object consisting of at least two unresolved closely spaced objects.
1957. cluster Clusters are fixed length blocks of bytes that store data for Microsoft operating systems.
1958. Cluster (File) The smallest unit of storage space that can be allocated to store a file on operating systems that use a file allocation table (FAT) architecture.
1959. Cluster (System) A collection of individual computers that appear as a single logical unit. Also referred to as matrix or grid systems.
1960. cluster alarm Time at which a message is sent indicating that the cluster is probably in need of recovery. The cmrecovercl command is enabled at this time.
1961. cluster alert Time at which a message is sent indicating a problem with the cluster.
1962. Cluster bitmaps Used in NTFS to keep track of the status (free or used) of clusters on the hard drive.
1963. cluster complete resource A managed object that represents wither a single host or a cluster of hosts available for backing virtual machines.
1964. cluster compute instance A type of instance that provides a great amount of CPU power coupled with increased networking performance, making it well suited for High Performance…
1965. cluster continuous replication (CCR) environment A clustered Exchange deployment that uses built-in asynchronous log shipping technology to create and maintain a copy of each storage group on a second…
1966. Cluster Development A pattern of development in which industrial and commercial facilities, and homes are grouped together on parcels of land in order to leave parts of the…
1967. Cluster differentiation (CD) Cell membrane molecules used to classify leukocytes into subsets.
1968. Cluster Dispersion The rate of expansion of a cluster in meters/sec or angle/sec.
1969. cluster event A cluster condition that occurs when the cluster goes down or enters an UNKNOWN state, or when the monitor software returns an error.
1970. Cluster Interconnect A very high-speed connection allowing nodes in a cluster to communicate.
1971. cluster log A trace log of Cluster service events and activities on a node.
1972. cluster monitor Software that administers the relationship of filers in a cluster.
1973. cluster of differentiation See: CD molecules.
1974. cluster placement group A logical cluster compute instance grouping to provide lower latency and high-bandwidth connectivity between the instances.
1975. cluster quorum A dynamically calculated majority used to determine whether any grouping of nodes is sufficient to start or run the cluster.
1976. Cluster service The essential software component that controls all aspects of server cluster or failover cluster operation and manages the cluster configuration database.
1977. Cluster Set A group of object clusters and debris that originated from a single missile.
1978. cluster storage Storage where one or more attached disks hold data used either by server applications running on the cluster or by applications for managing the cluster.
1979. cluster-aware The classification of an application or service that runs on a server cluster node, is managed as a cluster resource, and is designed to be aware of and…
1980. cluster-aware application An application that can run on a cluster node and that can be managed as a cluster resource.
1981. cluster-unaware application An application that can run on a cluster node and be managed as a cluster resource but that does not support the Cluster API.
1982. Cluster.exe A command-line utility that is used as an alternative to Failover Cluster Management to administer clusters from the command prompt.
1983. clustered failover (CFO) Method of ensuring data availability by transferring the data service of a failed filer to another filer in the cluster.
1984. clustered instance A group of resources in a failover cluster that are handled as a unit of failover.
1985. clustered mailbox server In Exchange Server 2007, a mailbox server that is installed in a Windows failover cluster.
1986. Clustering Connecting two or more computers together in such a way that they appear to be a single computing resource.
1987. Clutter Radar echoes that interfere with observation of desired signals on the radar display.
1988. CM Abbreviation for centiMorgan.
1989. CM(N)CC Cheyenne Mountain National Command Center.
1990. CM/SM Communications Manager/Security Manager.
1991. CMA&I Countermeasures, Assessments and Integration.
1992. CMAFB See Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base.
1993. CMAS Cheyenne Mountain Air Station (replaces CMAFB).
1994. CMC (1) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. (2) Commandant of the Marine Corps.
1995. CMD (1) Cruise Missile Defense. (2) Abbreviation of Command.
1996. CMDI Cruise Missile Defense Initiative.
1997. cmdlet A single-feature command-line tool that is used to manipulate objects in Windows PowerShell. [Exchange 2007]
1998. CMEST Cruise Missile Engagement Systems Technology.
1999. CMF (1) Common Mode Failure. (2) Conjugate Matched Filter.
2000. CMG Control Moment Gyro