ExpertGlossary terms starting with E

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  1. Event Validation A sensor element internal process that results in a determination by the operator that the sensor is healthy and the event reported is real.
  2. Event Verification The process by which it is decided, from SDS external data, that the event reported is real. 99
  3. event-based disposition A concept wherein once a registered event occurs, the disposition schedule starts See also disposition.
  4. eventual consistency The method through which AWS products achieve high availability, which involves replicating data across multiple servers in Amazon's data centers.
  5. eventually consistent read See consistent read.
  6. Everflux Major search indexes are constantly updating. Google refers to this continuous refresh as everflux.
  7. everolimus A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called immunosuppressive agents and antiangiogenesis…
  8. Everyday debit card transactions Purchases made with your debit card on a day-to-day basis (excludes all checks and automatic bill payments)
  9. Eviction The legal act of removing someone from real property.
  10. Eviction action A lawsuit brought by a party claiming that she/he has a right to possession and control of identified premises, usually an apartment, and that the other…
  11. Evidence (EV-uh-dins): Information that is collected in an orderly way about a disease or its treatment. This information often comes from research.
  12. Evidence Inventory the physical accounting of evidence and records related thereto.
  13. Evidence of Relationship In keeping with our goal of immigration based on reuniting family and loved ones, an officer must be fully convinced that a petition is based on a…
  14. Evidence Submission Form form used to receive evidence into the laboratory and to initiate request for laboratory examinations or analyses.
  15. Evidence Transfer a change in the possession of a custody item that must be documented in two specified locations (submitter and receiver).
  16. Evidence Vault(s) a secured room or rooms for the storage of custody items.
  17. Evidence-Based Medicine In evidence-based medicine, treatment success is measured by a careful study of the outcome, using both the clinical expertise of the provider, as well as…
  18. evidential integrity the inherent value of a record to instill public confidence in the authenticity, reliability, validity, and fidelity of a record to represent the…
  19. evidential value qualities that are necessary to provide the trustworthiness, reliability, and authenticity of a record and that can be used to prove or disprove a fact…
  20. Evidentiary hearing A hearing held in open court before a judge or magistrate judge at which the testimony of witnesses is taken and exhibits may be introduced into evidence.
  21. Evidentiary Image or Copy See Forensic Copy.
  22. Evista (ee-VIS-tuh) A drug used to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at a high risk of developing the disease or who have…
  23. Evolution Changing with time.
  24. Evolutionarily conserved See: conserved sequence
  25. Evolutionary Acquisition (1) An approach in which a core capability is fielded, and the system design has a modular structure and provisions for future upgrades and changes as…
  26. Evolutionary Requirements Definition Mission needs are first expressed in broad operational capability terms, and then progressively evolved to system specific performance requirements.
  27. EVPA Experimental Version Performance Assessment.
  28. EVPA/TEVS Experimental Version Performance Assessment Test Environment System.
  29. EVS Enhanced Verdin System.
  30. EVS (Exchange Virtual Server) When clustering, you allocate different resources (such as storage groups) to an EVS.
  31. EW (1) Electronic Warfare. (2) Early Warning.
  32. EW/AA Early Warning and Attack Assessment.
  33. EWCC Expanded Weapons Control Computer (PATRIOT).
  34. EWD Eastward
  35. EWDA Energy and Water Development Appropriations (US).
  36. EWG Event Working Group.
  37. Ewing family of tumors (YOO-ing ...) A group of cancers that includes Ewing tumor of bone (ETB or Ewing sarcoma of bone), extraosseous Ewing (EOE) tumors, primitive…
  38. Ewing sarcoma (YOO-ing sar-KOH-muh) A type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue. Also called peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor and pPNET.
  39. EWN Early Warning Net.
  40. EWO Electronic Warfare Officer.
  41. EWPE Electronic Warfare Pre-Processing Element.
  42. EWR Early Warning Radar.
  43. EWS - early warning system.
  44. EWW Extreme Wind Warning (EWW) inform the public of the need to take immediate shelter in an interior portion of a well-built structure due to the onset of…
  45. Ex adverso From the opposite view.
  46. Ex cathedra From the bench; with high authority.
  47. Ex contractu From a contract.
  48. Ex curia Out of court.
  49. Ex dono By gift.
  50. Ex lege According to the law.
  51. Ex officio By virtue.
  52. Ex Parte An action (a conversation orally or in writing, a ruling, or a hearing) done without all parties being notified in advance or without their presence.
  53. Ex parte proceeding Actions taken by or orders made by a court upon the application or petition of one party without notice or hearing to other interested parties.
  54. Ex Parte Protective Order An Ex Parte Protective Order is typically granted when certain acts of domestic violence have happened and the victim request a 10-day order of protection…
  55. ex parte reexamination -- see reexamination proceeding If the request for ex parte reexamination is filed by a third party and not the patent owner, the third party may not…
  56. Ex post facto After the act is done; after the fact.
  57. Ex proprio motu By his own motion.
  58. Ex relatione (Abbr. ex rel.) On the information of or on the relation of.
  59. ex vitro Organisms removed from tissue culture and transplanted; generally plants to soil or potting mixture.
  60. Ex vivo (ex VEE-voh) Outside of the living body. Refers to a medical procedure in which an organ, cells, or tissue are taken from a living body for a treatment or…
  61. ex vivo gene therapy The delivery of a gene or genes to the isolated cells of an individual, with the intention of alleviating a genetic disorder.
  62. Ex-dividend Without dividend. The buyer of shares quoted ex-dividend will not receive an already declared dividend.
  63. ex-situ conservation The conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.
  64. Exabyte A unit of 1000 petabytes. See Byte.
  65. Exact Match Match query terms to document words exactly. This will not allow fuzzy matching based on spell check and/or linguistic normalization.
  66. exalted-carrier reception A method of receiving either amplitude- or phase-modulated signals in which method the carrier is separated from the sidebands, filtered and amplified…
  67. Examination Review of a patent application to determine if a claimed invention is patentable. MPEP Introduction.
  68. examination copy a copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
  69. Examination report A written report that documents the condition of the facility during the examination, operation and maintenance activities accomplished since the last…
  70. Examinations (Evidential) the questioning, testing, comparing, or analyzing of a custody item in a prescribed manner that is helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment relative to…
  71. Examinations (Training) objective evaluative instruments designed to measure job-related knowledge, skills or abilities and usually conducted in one or more of these formats…
  72. examiner An official of a patent office charged with determining the patentability of inventions claimed in patent applications.
  73. Examiner's Action A written communication from a patent Examiner that contains requirements and/or documents the reasons behind the Examiner's patentability decisions and…
  74. examiner's amendment a written confirmation of an amendment made to a trademark application. The trademark examining attorney assigned to the application will make the…
  75. examining attorney a USPTO employee who examines (reviews and determines compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of) an application for registration of a…
  76. Examining Group See Art Unit.
  77. Example An example of one embodiment (implementation) of an invention. If the example is an actual ("working") example, i.e.
  78. exatecan mesylate An anticancer drug that is a type of topoisomerase inhibitor. Also called DX-8951f.
  79. Excavation The action or process of excavating (to dig or remove earth). See common excavation, rock excavation, and unclassified excavation.
  80. EXCEDE Electron Accelerator Experiment.
  81. Exceedance A measured level of an air pollutant that is higher than the national or state ambient air quality standards. See also NAAQS and CAAQS
  82. Excepted Investment Fund (EIF) An EIF is a basic concept that reduces the degree of disclosure of certain investments.
  83. Excepted Trust A trust in which a filer has a vested interest, but no knowledge of the holdings.
  84. exception the temporary suspension of some essential element of a policy, procedure, or requirement caused by circumstances that are expected to return to normal at…
  85. exception condition In data transmission, the condition assumed by a device when it receives a command that it cannot execute.
  86. exception handler The try statement acts as an exception handler - a place where exception objects are caught and dealt with.
  87. exception handling The way a program responds to an error. The exception handling mechanism in Perl is the eval operator.
  88. Exception Hold A period of time that allows the banks to exceed the maximum hold periods defined in the Expedited Funds Availability Act.
  89. exceptional case In order to seek an attorneys' fees award as part of the relief granted to the prevailing party in patent litigation, it is necessary to show that the…
  90. Exceptions Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling on a motion.
  91. Excess annual growth The amount by which new forest growth exceeds removal in a year. The annual quantity of wood produced in a forest in excess of market demand.
  92. Excess capacity Power generation capacity available on a short-term basis that exceeds the firm energy on a long-term contract offered to an electricity customer.
  93. Excess contribution An excess contribution occurs when the salary deferrals or matching contributions of highly compensated employees are higher than the amounts permitted by…
  94. excess insertion loss Deprecated term. See insertion loss. Note: Excess insertion loss was used to indicate that, in an optical-fiber coupler, the loss occasioned by dividing…
  95. Excess land Irrigable land, other than exempt land, owned by any landowner in excess of the maximum ownership entitlement under applicable provision of Reclamation…
  96. Excess Rain Effective rainfall in excess of infiltration capacity.
  97. Excess Spread ​The extent to which the Weighted Average Coupon on the assets underlying an asset-backed security exceeds the coupon rate of that security plus any…
  98. Excessive grades Ground surface inclines relative to the horizon beyond which the ground may become unstable.
  99. Excessive Heat Excessive heat occurs from a combination of high temperatures (significantly above normal) and high humidities.
  100. Excessive Heat Outlook This CPC product, a combination of temperature and humidity over a certain number of days, is designed to provide an indication of areas of the country…