ExpertGlossary terms starting with C

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conference committee A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed…
conference controller In audio and video teleconferences, the user in charge of the conference when the service is invoked and the conference reaches the active state.
conference floating In conference calling, the state in which the conference is active but without a controller.
conference ID In conference calling, the served user's (or controller's) reference to the conference itself. [T1.647-1995]
conference idle In conference calling, the state prior to the receipt of a "conference invocation request," or after a particular conference has ended. [T1.647-1995]
Conference of the Parties The supreme body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
conference operation In a communications network, operation that allows a call to be established among three or more stations in such a manner that each of the stations is…
conference report The compromise product negotiated by the conference committee. The "conference report," which is printed and available to Senators, is submitted to each…
conference, party The organization of all party members in the chamber. The conferences elect the party and committee leaders as well as rank-and-file committee members…
Confidence A measure of the security of a trusted function, or a set of trusted functions, as calculated by a competent authority [CESG].
Confidence Interval An estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter. The 95% (p-value = .05) and 99% (p-value = .
Confidence Intervals The confidence interval for a hospital's standardized infection ratio (SIR) is the range of possible SIRs within which there is a 95 percent confidence…
confidence level A measure of confidence as described in CESG Computer Security Memorandum No.3 - "UK Systems Security Confidence Levels" [CESG].
confidential record A document containing information, the disclosure of which would harm the privacy of individuals or the security of the entity See also classified record…
Confidential tariff A schedule of wholesale rates distributed in confidence to travel wholesalers and travel agents.
Confidentiality In genetics, the expectation that genetic material and the information gained from testing that material will not be available without the donor's consent.
ConfigCA (Configuration Connection Agreement) A special Connection Agreement implemented as part of the Active Directory Connector that replicates configuration naming context data from downlevel…
Configuration The number, shape, organization and relationship of panes (lights) of glass, sash, frame, muntins or tracery.
Configuration Audit One of the Configuration Management tasks which includes a functional configuration audit (FCA) to validate that the development of a configuration item…
Configuration Baseline The configuration documentation formally designated by the Government at a specific time during a systems or configuration items life cycle.
Configuration Control One of the Configuration Management tasks that involves the systematic evaluation, coordination, approval, or disapproval of proposed changes to the…
configuration database The SQL Server or SQL 2005 Express database that contains the configuration information for a Windows SharePoint Services server or server farm.
Configuration database (_Config_DB) The Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, or WMSDE database that contains the configuration information that applies across all servers in a deployment of…
Configuration Directory A directory in a central directory architecture that contains only documents related to Domino configuration.
Configuration Identification One of the Configuration Management tasks, which require that for every change that is made to an Automated Data processing (ADP) system, the design and…
configuration item A collection of hardware and software elements of a system treated as a unit for the purpose of configuration management [CESG].
Configuration Item (CI) An aggregation of system elements that satisfies an end use function and is designated by the Government for separate configuration management.
configuration management 1. [The] management of security features and assurances through control of changes made to hardware, software, firmware, documentation, test, test…
Configuration Management (CM) In computer modeling and simulation, a discipline applying technical and administrative oversight and control to identify and document the functional…
configuration management board Group of people responsible for the management of changes to a system, to include assessment of their impact on security.
Configuration partition (in Active Directory) The configuration directory partition holds information about an entire Active Directory forest, including replication scheduling and site-related…
Configuration partition (in ADAM) The configuration directory partition holds information about ADAM replication scheduling and replica sets, information that defines the other partitions…
configuration property A property that allows an administrator to control Windows SharePoint Services settings.
Configuration set A set of AD LDS instances that share and replicate their configuration and schema partitions and can also be configured to share and replicate application…
Confined aquifer See Aquifer-confined
Confined Ground Water Ground water held under an aquiclude or an aquifuge called artesian if the pressure is positive.
Confined space A space that is large enough to and so configured that a person can bodily enter and perform assigned work.
Confinement The prevention of information flow [CESG].
confirmation This written notice provided by a brokerage acknowledges completion of a securities transaction.
Confirmation Notice A notice sent to a voter by the voter registrar when the registrar has reason to believe that a voter’s current residence is different from that…
confirmation number a four-digit number that is assigned to each newly filed patent application. The confirmation number, in combination with the application number, is used…
confirmation signaling Signaling that ensures error-free transmission of dialed information by returning a unique digit-dependent signal from the far end as each digit is sent…
confirmation to receive In facsimile, a signal from a CCITT Group 1, 2, or 3 facsimile receiver, indicating it is ready to receive picture signals.
conflation A set of functions and procedures that aligns the arcs of one coverage with those of another and then transfers the attributes of one to the other.
conflicting marks -- see likelihood of confusion
Confluence The place where two streams meet, or the stream formed from two joining streams.
conformance test A test performed by an independent body to determine if a particular piece of equipment satisfies the criteria in a specified controlling document, such…
conformation The various three dimensional shapes that can be adopted by a given molecule. In particular, the different ways in which the of a biological polymer may…
Conformed copy An exact copy of a document that could not be or was not copied. For example, a written signature may be replaced on a conformed copy with a notation that…
Conforming Loan A loan which meets all requirements to be eligible for purchase or securitization by FNMA or FHLMC (Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac) which has a loan amount…
Conforming Loans Mortgage loans that satisfy agency (i.e. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae) underwriting criteria, in terms of maximum loan balance, loan-to-value…
CONFU Conference on Fair Use -- see National Information Infrastructure Report on Intellectual Property Rights for more
confusion (kun-FYOO-zhun) A mental state in which one is not thinking clearly.
Congenital Any trait or condition that exists from birth. See also
Congenital anomaly an abnormality, such as a spinal column defect, present at birth.
Congenital Heart Disease A problem with the heart's structure and function as a result of abnormal heart development before birth.
Congenital malaria Malaria in a newborn or infant, transmitted from the mother.
congenital mesoblastic nephroma (con-JEH-nih-tul mez-oh-BLAS-tik neh-FROH-muh) A type of kidney tumor that is usually found before birth by ultrasound or within the first 3 months of…
Congestion A characteristic of the transmission system produced by a constraint on the optimum economic operation of the power system, such that the marginal price…
Congestion costs Charges assessed and redistributed due to electricity network constraints.
congestion level indicator (CLI) A local variable of a node that indicates the number of blocks to be dropped from packets containing droppable blocks (0, 1, 2, or 3 blocks may be…
congestive heart failure Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.
Congestus (or Cumulus Congestus) - same as towering cumulus.
Conglomerate A conglomerate is a corporation whose multiple business units operate in different, often unrelated, areas.
Congress The U.S. Congress, which makes the country's laws, is divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Congressional (Energy) Committees : House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment — This committee has legislative jurisdiction and general and special oversight and investigative…
Congressional District An area within a state from which a member of the House of Representatives is elected.
Congressional Organic Act of 1890 The act that assigned the responsibility of river and floor forecasting for the benefit of the general welfare of the Nation's people and economy to the…
Congressional Record The substantially verbatim account of daily proceedings on the Senate floor. It is printed for each day the Senate is in session.
conidium (pl.: conidia) An produced by a specialized hypha in certain fungi.
Conifer A plant commonly having needlelike, persistent leaves and a woody cone for a fruit.
Coniferous trees Cone-bearing trees, mostly evergreens, that have needle-shaped or scale-like leaves. They produce wood known commercially as softwood. See deciduous trees.
Conifers Cone-bearing trees or shrubs, mostly evergreens such as pine, cedar, and spruce.
Coning With regards to wildfires, pattern of plume dispersion in a neutral atmosphere, in which the plume attains the form of a cone with its vertex at the top…
conization (ko-nih-ZAY-shun) Surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal.
Conjugate Points Two points on the earth's surface, at opposite ends of a geomagnetic field line
Conjugation The joining of two bacteria cells when genetic material is transferred from one bacterium to another.
conjugative functions Plasmid-based genes and their products that facilitate the transfer of a plasmid from one bacterium to another via conjugation.
conjunctiva A membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and also covers the front part of the eye. Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Conjunctive use The coordinated use of surface water and ground water resources.
conjunctivitis A condition in which the conjunctiva (membranes lining the eyelids and covering the white part of the eye) become inflamed or infected.
connect signal An off-hook condition applied to the network interface (NI) by the network that indicated the network intends to complete a call attempt to the customer…
connect time The amount of time that a terminal (client) is being served by a network. [Bahorsky] Note: Connect time can refer to either the total amount of time that…
Connected Load The sum of the ratings of the electricity consuming apparatus connected to a generating system.
connecticut bank A state-chartered bank.
connecticut credit union A state-chartered credit union.
connecting arrangement In the public switched telephone networks, the equipment provided by a common carrier to accomplish electrical interconnection between customer-provided…
connection The physical connection (e.g. transmission lines, transformers, switch gear, etc.
Connection Agreement The configuration of information to replicate using the Active Directory Connector.
Connection Charge An amount paid by a customer for being connected to an electricity supplier's transmission and distribution system.
connection control The set of functions used for setting up, maintaining, and releasing a communication path between two or more users or a user and a network entity, e.g.
Connection document In the Domino Directory, a Connection document enables communication between two servers and specifies how and when the information exchange occurs.
connection endpoint (CE) A terminating device at one end of a layer connection within a service access point (SAP). [After T1.627-1993]
connection establishment The establishment of the capability for the transmission of user information. [T1.507-1996]
connection factory See resource manager connection factory.
connection handshake An exchange of messages between two processes in an attempt to establish a connection between them.
connection identification A number that identifies unambiguously a certain connection at the interface between the signaling connection control plan (SCCP) and a user function. [T1.
connection mode See connection-oriented mode transmission, connection-oriented network service.
connection type The type of Web Part connection, such as Provide Row To, which passes a row of data from one Web Part to another Web Part, or Get Filter From, which gets…
connection-in-progress signal A call control signal at the data circuit-terminating-equipment/data-terminal-equipment (DCE/DTE) interface that indicates to the DTE that the…