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• Quarter [of year].

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• (number) Quarter/Fiscal Year (number), e.g., 4Q/FY98

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• Qualification and Reliability.

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• Quality Assurance.

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• Abbreviation for quality assurance.

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  QA. (n.d.). ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qa.

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  "QA." ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. ATIS. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qa.

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• Quality Assurance Evaluator.

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• Abbreviation for quadrature amplitude modulation.

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  "QAM." ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. ATIS. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qam.

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• Quality Assurance Master Surveillance Plan.

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  "QAMSP." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qamsp.

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• An Ultra320 SCSI feature that improves the control release between SCSI devices, reducing command overhead.

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  QAS (Quick Arbitration Select). www.adaptec.com. Storage Glossary. Adaptec. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qas-quick-arbitration-select (accessed: June 9, 2023).

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  "QAS (Quick Arbitration Select)." Storage Glossary. Adaptec. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qas-quick-arbitration-select.

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• Quality Control.

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• Abbreviation for quality control.

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• Abbreviation for quarter common intermediate format.

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  "QCIF." ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. ATIS. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qcif.

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• Quadrennial Defense Review (US Congress/ DoD term).

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• Question for Record.

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• Quality Improvement Prototype.

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• Quick Look Display.

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• (1) Queen Match. (2) Quartermaster.

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• Queen Match/Discrimination Experiment.

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  "QM/DX." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qm-dx.

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• Quality Management Board.

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  "QMB." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qmb.

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• Quality of Service. The performance level defined for a data communications system.

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  QoS. (n.d.). Network Appliance Corporate Glossary. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos.

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  QoS. now.netapp.com. Network Appliance Corporate Glossary. NetApp. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos (accessed: June 9, 2023).

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  "QoS." Network Appliance Corporate Glossary. NetApp. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos.

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• Abbreviation for quality of service.

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  QoS. (n.d.). ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos.

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  "QoS." ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007. ATIS. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos.

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• Quality of Service is a term used in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) denoting a guaranteed level of performance (for example, response times less than 1 second).

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  QoS (Quality of Service). (n.d.). Introduction to Grid Computing with Globus. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service.

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  QoS (Quality of Service). www.redbooks.ibm.com. Introduction to Grid Computing with Globus. IBM. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service (accessed: June 9, 2023).

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  "QoS (Quality of Service)." Introduction to Grid Computing with Globus. IBM. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service.

• A term used in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) denoting a guaranteed level of performance (e.g., response times less than 1 second).

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  QoS (Quality of Service). (n.d.). Autonomic Computing Glossary. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service.

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  QoS (Quality of Service). www.research.ibm.com. Autonomic Computing Glossary. IBM. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service (accessed: June 9, 2023).

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  "QoS (Quality of Service)." Autonomic Computing Glossary. IBM. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qos-quality-of-service.

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• Quality Program Plan.

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  QPP. (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qpp.

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  QPP. www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qpp (accessed: June 9, 2023).

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  "QPP." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/qpp.

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