Technology terms starting with A

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  1. .adm (1) Also see Acquisition Decision Memorandum (2) Advanced Development Model.
  2. .adml An XML-based file used to describe the language-specific portions of Group Policy settings.
  3. .admx An XML-based file used to describe the language-neutral portions of Group Policy settings.
  4. A Abbreviation for adenine.
  5. A Spec System Specification.
  6. A Tape Subsystem contains transports (or tape drives) controlled by a tape controller and attached to a host.
  7. A Transport the device into which a magnetic tape cartridge can be inserted in order to be accessible by the read/write heads and eject mechanism.
  8. A&T Acquisition and Technology.
  9. A-condition In a start-stop teletypewriter system, the significant condition of the signal element that immediately precedes a character signal or block signal and…
  10. A-D (1) Analog to Digital. (2) Arm/Disarm.
  11. a-law See a-law algorithm.
  12. a-law algorithm A standard compression algorithm, used in digital communications systems of the European digital hierarchy, to optimize, i.e.
  13. A/BPI Ascent/Boost-Phase Interceptor.
  14. A/C Aircraft
  15. A/N Army/Navy
  16. A/P Active/Passive
  17. A/V Authentication Service A service that is found in Office Communications Server 2007 that enables voice media to be passed through devices that use Network Address Translation…
  18. AA Attack Assessment.
  19. AAA (1) Antiaircraft Artillery. (2) Assign Alternate Area. (3) AEGIS Acquisition Agent.
  20. AAAW Air-launched Anti- Armour Weapon (UK RAF term)
  21. AABCP Advanced Airborne Command Post.
  22. AABNCP Advanced Airborne National Command Post.
  23. AACC Airborne Alternate Command Center.
  24. AACT Airborne Atmospheric Compensation and Tracking [Program]
  25. AADC Area Air Defense Commander.
  26. AADCOM Army Air Defense Commander.
  27. AAE Army Acquisition Executive.
  28. AAED Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy
  29. AAFCE Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
  30. AAM annual arithmetic mean.
  31. AAR alkali-aggregate reaction.
  32. AASERT Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training.
  33. AASP Advanced Airborne Sensor Platform.
  34. AAT Architecture Analysis Tool.
  35. AAT-PP Architecture Analysis Tool Post Processor.
  36. AAW Anti-Air Warfare.
  37. AAWC Anti-Air Warfare Commander.
  38. AB Abbreviation for antibody.
  39. Abacus Distribute real-time multi-element test environment for HWIL.
  40. abandoned call A call in which the call originator disconnects or cancels the call after a connection has been made, but before the call is established.
  41. abandonment Process by which the debtors estate would not benefit by the sale of certain property so the trustee will turn it back over to the debtor.
  42. ABARS (Aggregate group Backup And Recovery Support) an SMS tool that backs up related data sets with identical backup attributes (such as type of storage medium, retention period, or destination) that have…
  43. abbreviated address An address that has fewer characters than the full address, usually for special communications and other services or for certain users.
  44. abbreviated address calling Calling that enables a user to employ an address having fewer characters than the full address when initiating a call.
  45. abbreviated dialing A telephone service feature that (a) permits the user to dial fewer digits to access a network than are required under the nominal numbering plan, and (b)…
  46. ABCCC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center. (US C-130 aircraft) 2
  47. ABCS (1) Army Battlefield Command and Control Center. (US C-130 aircraft) (2) Airborne Communications Command and Control Platform (JFACC term)
  48. ABCT ASARC/BMDARC Coordination Team
  49. ABE Army Background Experiment (flew aboard the LACE spacecraft).
  50. ABIS Advanced Battlespace Information System
  51. ABL (1) Airborne Laser. (2) Aircraft Based Laser. (3) Armored Box Launcher.
  52. Ablative Shield A shield made of material that vaporizes when heated, absorbing thermal energy and protecting the shielded object from heat damage.
  53. Ablative Shock A mechanical shock wave at the surface of an object exposed to intense pulsed electromagnetic radiation.
  54. ABM activity based management - a management methodology that combines ABC with business process analysis techniques to run, improve and measure performance…
  55. ABM Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, signed and ratified by the (former) Soviet Union and the United States, limiting deployment on each side to one…
  56. ABM-X-3 A terminal Soviet anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system using transportable phased-array radars and both long and short-range, high acceleration…
  57. ABMDA OBSOLETE. Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency.
  58. ABNCP Airborne National Command Post.
  59. ABO Agent of Biological Origin (NBC term).
  60. abort In a computer or data transmission system, to terminate, usually in a controlled manner, a processing activity because it is impossible or undesirable for…
  61. Above the Fold A term traditionally used to describe the top portion of a newspaper. In email or web marketing it means the area of content viewable prior to scrolling.
  62. ABox Used to describe statements in ontologies; an assertion; a fact that is associated with a terminological vocabulary within a knowledge base; A-Box…
  63. abrasive Any of a number of hard materials, such as aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, and diamond, that are powdered and carefully graded according to particle…
  64. absolute address In communications, computer, and data processing systems, an address that directly identifies a storage location without the use of an intermediate…
  65. Absolute boosting Absolute boosting enables a document to be consistently displayed at a given position in the result set when a user searches with a specific query.
  66. absolute delay The time interval or phase difference between transmission and reception of a signal. 2.
  67. absolute filename A filename whose full path is unambiguously given starting from the top (root) of a file system tree. For instance c:\Java\bin\javac.
  68. absolute gain Of an antenna, for a given direction and polarization, the ratio of (a) the power that would be required at the input of an ideal isotropic radiator to…
  69. Absolute Link A link which shows the full URL of the page being linked at. Some links only show relative link paths instead of having the entire reference URL within…
  70. absolute temperature See thermodynamic temperature.
  71. absorptance The ratio of the luminous flux or absorbed radiant flux to the incident flux.
  72. Absorption (ub-SORP-shun) The process of taking nutrients from the digestive system into the blood so they can be used in the body.
  73. absorption band A spectral region in which the absorption coefficient reaches a relative maximum, by virtue of the physical properties of the matter in which the…
  74. Absorption Coefficient In reference to a solar energy conversion devices, the degree to which a substance will absorb solar energy.
  75. absorption index A measure of the attenuation caused by absorption of energy per unit of distance that occurs in an electromagnetic wave of given wavelength propagating in…
  76. absorption loss That part of the transmission loss caused by the dissipation or conversion of electrical, electromagnetic, or acoustic energy into other forms of energy…
  77. absorption modulation Amplitude modulation of the output of a radio transmitter by means of a variable-impedance circuit that is caused to absorb carrier power in accordance…
  78. absorption peak 1. The wavelength or frequency at which a particular substance absorbs the most power (or, where the attenuation of the propagated signal is the greatest)…
  79. absorptivity In a solar thermal system, the ratio of solar energy striking the absorber that is absorbed by the absorber to that of solar energy striking a black body…
  80. abstract A Java keyword used in a class definition to specify that a class is not to be instantiated, but rather inherited by other classes.
  81. abstract class A class with the abstract reserved word in its header. Abstract classes are distinguished by the fact that you may not directly construct objects from…
  82. abstract method A method with the abstract reserved word in its header. An abstract method has no method body. Methods defined in an interface are always abstract.
  83. abstract schema The part of an entity bean's deployment descriptor that defines the bean's persistent fields and relationships.
  84. abstract schema name A logical name that is referenced in EJB QL queries.
  85. abstract syntax In open systems architecture, the specification of application-layer data or application-protocol control information by using notation rules that are…
  86. abstract syntax notation one (ASN.1) A standard, flexible method that (a) describes data structures for representing, encoding, transmitting, and decoding data, (b) provides a set of formal…
  87. Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) A collection of graphical user interface (GUI) components that were implemented using native-platform versions of the components.
  88. Abstraction Abstraction involves changing the interface of an object and exposing it in a more useful or appropriate form.
  89. ABT About
  90. AC Armor Class or Defense.
  91. ac-dc ringing Telephone ringing that makes use of both ac and dc voltages and currents. Note: An alternating current may be used to operate a ringer and direct current…
  92. ACA (1) Airspace Control Authority. (2) Associate Contracting Agreement (Contracting term).
  93. ACAP Advanced Capabilities.
  94. ACAT Acquisition Category (DD 5000 term).
  95. ACAT I Acquisition Category One
  96. ACBA Airborne Communications Bus Architecture (USAF term).
  97. ACC (1) Air Combat Command (USAF), Langley AFB, VA. (2) Air Component Commander. (3) Area Coordination Center. 3
  98. accelerator In a user interface, a key or combination of keys that invokes an application-defined function. For example, ALT+F shows the File menu.
  99. Accent normalization Character normalization can preserve both original and normalized forms for accented words (e.g. hôtel).
  100. accept In data transmission, the condition assumed by a primary or secondary station upon correct receipt of a frame for processing.