ExpertGlossary terms starting with S

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  1. SREMP Source Region Electromagnetic Pulse.
  2. SRF (Surf Zone Forecast) - A National Weather Service routine or event driven forecast product geared toward non-boating marine users issued for an area…
  3. SRH Storm-Relative Helicity
  4. SRHIT OBSOLETE. Small Radar Homing Intercept Technology. Predecessor program to Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment (FLAGE).
  5. SRIM Short-Range Intercept Missile.
  6. SRINF Short Range Intermediate Nuclear Force.
  7. SRL (1) Site Readiness Level. (2) System Readiness Level. (3) Super Radiant Laser.
  8. SRM Service Reference Model - also known as a Service Component Reference Model -- a business and performance-driven, functional framework that classifies…
  9. SRM (Storage Resource Management) the industry term for software that manages storage.
  10. SRMP Sounding Rocket Measurement Program.
  11. SRMSC Stanley R. Mickelsen SAFEGUARD Complex site.
  12. SRMU Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade.
  13. SRN Southern
  14. SRO System Readiness Objective.
  15. SRR System Requirements Review.
  16. SRS A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors. Radioactive octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is injected into a…
  17. SRS (Site Replication Service) A directory service (similar to the directory used in Exchange Server 5.5) implemented in Exchange 2000 to allow the integration with downstream Exchange…
  18. SRT Strategic Red Team.
  19. SRTBM Short range theater ballistic missile.
  20. SRU Shop Replaceable Unit.
  21. SRV Single Reentry Vehicle.
  22. SS Southshore
  23. SS-18 Largest ICBM in former Soviet inventory credited with carrying 10 RVs, but capable of holding many more.
  24. SS7 Abbreviation for Signaling System No. 7.
  25. SS96 Summer Study 1996 [Director, MDA].
  26. SSA See Source Selection Authority.
  27. SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) an industry-standard interface that provides high-performance fault-tolerant attachment to I/O storage devices. See SCSI.
  28. SSAC Source Selection Authority Council/Committee (Acquisition term). 276
  29. SSB Single Side Band.
  30. SSB-SC Abbreviation for single-sideband suppressed carrier. See single-sideband suppressed carrier transmission.
  31. SSBN Ballistic Missile Submarine (nuclear).
  32. SSC (1) See Space Surveillance Center. (2) Scan-to-Scan Correlation. (3) Strategic Systems Committee. (4) Skill Specialty Code (USAF ILS term).
  33. SSCM Surface-to-Surface Cruise Missile.
  34. SSD OBSOLETE. Space Systems Division. (Now USAF/SMC.)
  35. SSD (Solid State Disk) a high-speed, random-access storage peripheral.
  36. SSDA Solid State Demonstration Array.
  37. SSDC Space and Strategic Defense Command (US Army).
  38. SSDD System/Segment Design Document.
  39. ssDNA Abbreviation for single-stranded DNA.
  40. SSDO System/Segment Design Document.
  41. SSDR Subsystem Design Review.
  42. SSE (1) See System Security Engineering. (2) Space Surveillance Experiment. (3) System Simulator Environment.
  43. SSEB Source Selection Evaluation Board.
  44. SSEKP Single Shot Engagement Kill Probability.
  45. SSG A substance being studied in the treatment of certain solid tumors, lymphoma, and myeloma. SSG may block enzymes needed for cancer growth.
  46. SSGM Strategic Scene Generation Model.
  47. SSH Secure Shell. A protocol that is a standard method for replacing Telnet and Remote Shell sessions to secure encrypted communication over the Internet.
  48. SSH Key When you launch an image through AWS, you will specify a particular SSH Key to associate with that image.
  49. SSHS Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale
  50. SSI (1) Sensor Segment Interface. (2) Sensor System Interface.
  51. SSI Rate Surgical site infection rates per 100 operative procedures are found by dividing the number of SSIs by the number of total number of specific operative…
  52. SSIMU Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit.
  53. SSKEP Single Shot Kill Estimated Probability .
  54. SSKP Single Shot Kill Probability.
  55. SSL See definition for: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  56. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) A security protocol for the Internet and Intranets that provides communications privacy and authentication for IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server tasks that…
  57. SSL authentication Authentication in which the server exchanges the server certificate with the client and, optionally, the client exchanges the client certificate with the…
  58. SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security) Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security is a security protocol that provides communication privacy.
  59. SSM Surface-to-Surface Missile.
  60. SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imagery (Weather Satellite term).
  61. SSM/T2 Special Sensor Meteorology Temperature and Vapor (Weather Satellite term).
  62. SSM/TI Special Sensor Meteorology Temperature (Weather Satellite term).
  63. SSMP See System Security Management Plan.
  64. SSMS See Standard Survivable Message Set.
  65. SSMTR Sary Shagan Missile Test Range. 277
  66. SSN (1) Space Surveillance Network. (2) Submarine, Nuclear powered (navy Ship Designation term).
  67. SSO Special Security Office.
  68. SSO (Single Sign-On) An authentication process in which a user can access more than one system or application by entering a single user ID and password.
  69. SSOD Special Session On Disarmament.
  70. SSP Shortened Statutory Period -- see MPEP §710.02(b) for more
  71. SSPAR Solid State Phased Array Radar.
  72. SSPI See definition for: Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI)
  73. SSPK Single Shot Probability of Kill.
  74. SSPM (1) Solid State Photo Multiplier. (2) Software Standards and Procedures Manual.
  75. SSPO Strategic Systems Program Office. (U.S. Navy)
  76. SSR Abbreviation for simple sequence repeat. See: microsatellite.
  77. SSRI A type of drug that is used to treat depression. SSRIs slow the process by which serotonin (a substance that nerves use to send messages to one another)…
  78. SSRMP Space Sounding Rocket Measurement Program.
  79. SSRT Single Stage Rocket Technology.
  80. SSS (1) Space Sensor System. (2) System/Segment Specification.
  81. SSSG Space System Support Group.
  82. SST Sea Surface Temperature
  83. SSTB System Simulation Test Bed.
  84. SSTS OBSOLETE. See Space-Based Surveillance and Tracking System.
  85. SSUP System Supplement.
  86. SSWG System Safety Working Group.
  87. ST Stratus
  88. St Lawrence Freeze-Up Outlook A National Weather Service forecast product to keep mariners informed of the projected freeze-up date of ice the St. Lawrence River.
  89. St. Benedict's thistle (SAYNT BEH-neh-diktz THIH-sel) A plant whose leaves, stems, and flowers have been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems. St.
  90. St. Elmo's Fire The glow on a masthead produced by an extreme buildup of electrical charge. Unprotected mariners should immediately move to shelter when this phenomena…
  91. St. John's wort An herbal product sold as an over-the-counter treatment for depression. It is being studied for its ability to lessen certain side effects of cancer…
  92. ST/STE Special Tooling/Special Test Equipment.
  93. ST1481 A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors. Also called gimatecan.
  94. STA Stamina
  95. stability Tendency of systems, especially ecosystems, to persist, relatively unchanged, through time; also, persistence of a component of a system.
  96. Stability Index The overall stability or instability of a sounding is sometimes conveniently expressed in the form of a single numerical value.
  97. Stable Non-radioactive.
  98. Stable air mass Stable air mass Air mass having static stability in its lower layers; it is free from convection, has a low degree of turbulence and may have stratiform…
  99. Stable Boundary Layer The stably-stratified layer that forms at the surface and grows upward, usually at night or in winter, as heat is extracted from the atmosphere's base in…
  100. Stable Core Post-sunrise, elevated remnant of the temperature inversion that has built up overnight within a valley.