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Product Configuration Identification The current approved technical documentation which defines the configuration of a configuration item during the production, operation, maintenance, and…
Product Extension An add-on product or service, which enhances the experience of your product and generates additional revenue.
Product Improvement Effort to incorporate a configuration change involving engineering and testing on end items and depot repairable components, or changes on other than…
Product liability Legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers to buyers, users, and bystanders for damages or injuries suffered because of defects in goods.
Product Life Cycle The cyclical pattern of demand for most products from “new and exciting” to “old and dated.
Product Manager The individual, designated by a materiel developer, who is delegated authority and assigned responsibility for centralized management of a…
Product Number A product number is assigned to each drug product associated with an NDA (New Drug Application).
Product of Nature A thing occurring in nature that is substantially unaltered by Man. An essentially pure culture of a microorganism does not occur in nature and is not…
product rationale A description of the security capabilities of a product, giving the necessary information for a prospective purchaser to decide whether it will help to…
Product Resolution The smallest spatial increment or data element that is distinguishable in a given Doppler radar product.
Product Security (PRODSEC) That physical security provided for selected DoD products (major, high cost, politically sensitive systems with significant military value) at Department…
Production The process of delivering to another party, or making available for that partys review, documents deemed responsive to a discovery request.
Production Acceptance Test and Evaluation T&E of production items to demonstrate that items procured fulfill the requirements and specifications of the procuring contract or agreements.
Production and Deployment Normally the fourth phase in the acquisition process following Milestone III. Systems are procured, items are manufactured, operational units are trained…
Production Baseline The Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) approved at Milestone III, applicable to the effort in Phase III, Production and Deployment.
Production Control The procedure of planning, routing, scheduling, dispatching, and expediting the flow of materials, parts, subassemblies, and assemblies within the plant…
Production Data Set The universe of documents identified as responsive to document requests and not withheld on the grounds of attorney-client privilege or work product.
Production De-Duplication Dupli
production environment All input-output relationships, over time, at a particular location. The relationships include biological, climatic, economic, social, cultural and…
Production Feasibility The likelihood that a system design concept can be produced using existing production technology while simultaneously meeting quality, production rate…
Production Number Often referred to as the BATES number. A sequential number assigned to every page of a production for tracking and reference purposes.
Production Qualification Test (PQT) A technical test conducted post MS III to ensure the effectiveness of the manufacturing process, equipment, and procedures.
Production Readiness The state or condition or preparedness of a system to proceed into production. A system is ready for production when the producibility of the production…
Production Readiness Review (PRR) A formal examination of a program to determine if the design is ready for production, production-engineering problems have been resolved, and the producer…
production traits Characteristics of animals, such as the quantity or quality of the milk, meat, fibre, eggs, work, etc.
Productive machine hours That portion of scheduled operating hours during which a machine performs its designated functions, excluding time to transport the machine and…
productivity The amount of economically significant product generated within a given period of time from a specified quantity of resource.
Products of Combustion The elements and compounds that result from the combustion of a fuel.
professional overrun A more polite term for backlash. Also called spaghetti.
Professional Practice A "professional practice" means a law firm, a medical practice, an accounting firm, etc.
Proficiency Test a process to evaluate the competence of an analyst/laboratory by evaluation of the results obtained on test materials.
profile A sectional view showing grades and distances, usually taken along the centerline.
profile dip Synonym index dip.
profile dispersion See dispersion.
profile parameter (g) In the power-law index profile of an optical fiber, the parameter, g, that defines the shape of the refractive-index profile.
Profiler An instrument designed to measure horizontal winds directly above its location, and thus measure the vertical wind profile.
profiles A profile is a collection of Java APIs that complements one or more Java 2 Platform Editions by adding domain-specific capabilities.
Profiling Measuring the characteristics of expected activity so that changes to it can be more easily identified.
Profit Profit, which is also called net income or earnings, is the money a business has left after it pays its operating expenses, taxes, and other current bills.
Profit Elasticity A measure of the profit potential of different economic conditions based on adjusting price, supply, or other variables to create a different profit…
Profit margin A company's profit margin is derived by dividing its net earnings, after taxes, by its gross earnings minus certain expenses.
Profit sharing A profit-sharing plan is a type of defined contribution retirement plan that employers may establish for their workers.
Profit taking Profit taking is the sale of securities after a rapid price increase to cash in on gains.
profits Direct recovery of the patent infringer's profits is not possible in a case of infringement of a utility patent, but may, under proper circumstances, be…
Profits from current production See Corporate profits with IVA and CCAdj
Profundal Deepest part of the ocean or lake where light does not penetrate. This layer usually has fewer nutrients, more silt, and fewer organisms than the surface.
PROG Forecast (prognostication)
Progenitor cell A progenitor cell, often confused with stem cell, is an early descendant of a stem cell that can only differentiate, but it cannot renew itself anymore.
progeny Offspring; the product of reproduction or replication.
progeny testing With respect to discrete loci, the inference of the allelic state of an individual from the pattern of segregation among its offspring.
progesterone (proh-JES-tuh-RONE) A type of hormone made by the body that plays a role in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.
progesterone receptor (proh-JES-teh-rone reh-SEP-ter) A protein found inside the cells of the female reproductive tissue, some other types of tissue, and some cancer cells.
progesterone receptor negative (proh-JES-teh-rone reh-SEP-ter NEH-guh-tiv) Describes cells that do not have a protein to which the hormone progesterone will bind.
progesterone receptor positive (proh-JES-teh-rone reh-SEP-ter PAH-zuh-tiv) Describes cells that have a protein to which the hormone progesterone will bind.
progesterone receptor test (proh-JES-teh-rone reh-SEP-ter test) A lab test to find out if cancer cells have progesterone receptors (proteins to which the hormone progesterone will…
progestin (pro-JES-tin) Any natural or laboratory-made substance that has some or all of the biologic effects of progesterone, a female hormone.
PROGGED Forecasted
prognosis The likely outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery or recurrence.
Prognostic Discussion This Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) discussion may include analysis of numerical and statistical models, meteorological circulation patterns…
prognostic factor (prog-NOS-tik FAK-ter) A situation or condition, or a characteristic of a patient, that can be used to estimate the chance of recovery from a disease or…
Prograde Orbit An orbit having an inclination of between 0 and 90 with the object moving in an easterly direction. (Retrograde Orbit.) 233
Program (1) A DoD acquisition program. (2) As a verb, schedule funds to meet requirements and plans. (3) A major, independent part of a software system.
Program Acquisition Cost The estimated cost of development (RDT&E), procurement, and system specific military construction (MILCON) necessary to acquire the defense system.
program architecture For a computer program, (a) the structure, relationships, and arrangement of the components of the program, (b) the program interfaces, and (c) the…
Program Baseline Acquisition Program Baseline.
Program Budget Decision (PBD) Secretary of Defense decision documents that affirm or change dollar amounts or manpower allowances in the services budget estimate submissions.
Program Change Decision A decision by SECDEF issued in a prescribed format that authorizes changes in the structure of the FYDP.
Program Change Request Prepared in a prescribed format, it is a proposal for out-of-cycle changes to data recorded in the approved FYDP.
Program Cost Categories Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation. Appropriations to fund the efforts performed by contractors and government activities, including procurement…
program counter A program counter is an integral part of a computer's Central Processing Unit. It contains a reference to the memory address of the next instruction to be…
Program Decision Memorandum (PDM) SECDEFs approval of Military Department or Defense Agency POM with tentative specific guidance. Issued in July every two years during biennial PPBS.
Program Development and Risk Reduction (PDRR) The acquisition phase when major program characteristics and product designs are refined through extensive study and analysis, hardware development, test…
Program Element (PE) The 11 major force elements are subdivided into Program Elements. The program element is the basic building block of the FYDP.
Program Element Monitor (PEM) Person within HQ USAF office who is directly responsible for a given program and all documentation needed to harmonize the program in the budget.
Program Evaluation Review Technique A technique for management of a program through to completion by constructing a network model of integrated activities and events and periodically…
Program Executive Officer (PEO) A military or civilian official who has primary responsibility for directing several acquisition category I programs and for assigned Acquisition Category…
program generator A system that algorithmically writes code for you in a high-level language. See also "code generator".
Program Management The process whereby a single leader and team are responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and controlling the combined efforts of…
Program Management Agreement (PMA) The guiding agreement between the BMDAE and the SAEs covering the broad objectives, funding, and expectations of each Service with respect to a specific…
Program Management Plan The document developed and issued by the program manager, which shows the integrated multi-functional time-phased actions and resources required to…
Program Manager (PM) A military or civilian official who is responsible for managing an acquisition program.
Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) An annual memorandum in prescribed format submitted to the SECDEF in May by the DoD Component Head, which recommends the total resource requirements and…
program origin See computer program origin.
program record A record relating to the mission or the unique, substantive functions of an office.
program records Records created or received and maintained by an agency in the conduct of the substantive functions for which it is responsible.
Program trading Program trading is the purchase or sale of a basket, or group, of 15 or more stocks with the combined value of $1 million or more.
Program/Project Integrator (PI) The MDA staff member assigned responsibility for integrating all tasks within a project.
programmable Pertaining to a device that can accept instructions that alter its basic functions.
programmable logic array (PLA) An array of gates having interconnections that can be programmed to perform a specific logical function.
programmable read-only memory (PROM) A storage device that, after being written to once, becomes a read-only memory.
Programmable Thermostat A type of thermostat that allows the user to program into the devices' memory a pre-set schedule of times (when certain temperatures occur) to turn on…
Programmatic Pertaining to the cost, schedule, and performance characteristics of an acquisition program. 235
Programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) An environmental impact statement that addresses a proposal to implement a specific policy, to adopt a plan for a group of related actions, or to…
programmatic security Security decisions that are made by security-aware applications. Programmatic security is useful when declarative security alone is not sufficient to…
programmed cell death A type of cell death in which a series of molecular steps in a cell leads to its death.
Programmed timber harvest A timber harvest scheduled by a management plan to occur at a certain rate.
programmer The part of digital equipment that controls the timing and sequencing of operations. 2. A person who prepares computer programs, i.e.
Programming The projection of activities to be accomplished and the resources that will be required for a specified period in the future.
programming language An artificial language that is used to generate or to express computer programs.
programming language API The interface between applications and application platforms traditionally associated with programming language specifications, such as program control…