Technology terms starting with C

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  1. C Abbreviation for cytosine.
  2. C preprocessor The typical C compiler's first pass, which processes lines beginning with # for conditional compilation and macro definition and does various…
  3. C Spec Product specification.
  4. C&D (1) Cover and Deception. (2) Command and Decision
  5. C&D/A Command and Decision/Auxiliary
  6. C&DH Communications and Data Handling.
  7. C-B Chemical-Biological.
  8. C-band Loosely, the group of microwave frequencies from 4 GHz to 6 GHz used in satellite communications. 2. The band of satellite downlink frequencies between 3.
  9. C-E Abbreviation for communications-electronics.
  10. C-language A general-purpose, high-level, structured computer programming language. Note: C-language was originally designed for and implemented on the UNIX™…
  11. C-Message Noise The term "C-Message Noise" denotes the frequency weighted average noise within an idle voice channel.
  12. C-message weighting A noise spectral weighting used in a noise power measuring set to measure noise power on a line that is terminated by a 500-type set or similar instrument.
  13. C-Notched Noise The term "C-Notched Noise" denotes the C-message frequency weighted noise on a voice channel with a holding tone, which is removed at the measuring end…
  14. C.O. Abbreviation for central office.
  15. C/AHRS Compass, Attitude Heading Reference System (US Army term).
  16. C/SCSC Cost/Schedule, Control System Criteria.
  17. C/SSR Cost Schedule Status Report.
  18. C1 Capability One [C2=Capability Two, etc.] Nomenclature given to NMD Weapons Systems evolutionary designs.
  19. C2W Abbreviation for command and control warfare.
  20. C<sup>2</sup> See Command and Control.
  21. C<sup>2</sup>E See Command and Control Element.
  22. C<sup>2</sup>I Command, Control and Intelligence
  23. C<sup>2</sup>P Command and Control Processor.
  24. C<sup>2</sup>S Command and Control System.
  25. C<sup>2</sup>SC Command and Control Simulation Center.
  26. C<sup>2</sup>Sims Command and Control Simulations.
  27. C<sup>2</sup>STN Command and Control System Test Network
  28. C<sup>2</sup>TED Theater Exploitation Demonstration.
  29. C<sup>2</sup>V Command and Control Vehicle (USA term)
  30. C<sup>2</sup>W Command and Control Warfare
  31. C<sup>3</sup> Command, Control, and Communications.
  32. C<sup>3</sup>CM See Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures.
  33. C<sup>3</sup>I See Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
  34. C<sup>3</sup>IIT C3I Integration Test.
  35. C<sup>3</sup>TED C3 Theater Exploitation Demonstration.
  36. C<sup>4</sup> Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems.
  37. C<sup>4</sup>I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence.
  38. C<sup>4</sup>I Sufficiency USAF Program to cut C4I redundancy and O&M costs.
  39. C<sup>4</sup>ID Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Dissemination.
  40. C<sup>4</sup>IFTW Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence For The Warrior (OJCS term).
  41. C<sup>4</sup>ISR Command, Control Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
  42. C<sup>4</sup>S Command, Control, Communication, and Computer Systems.
  43. CA Cloud-to-Air lightning.
  44. CA (Certificate Authority) The link that allows a server and client to communicate. A CA vouches for the identity of a server and client by issuing certificates stamped with the…
  45. CA (certification authority) An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other…
  46. CA (Certified Archivist) An archivist who has successfully met all criteria for membership in the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA) Note: Certified Archivists demonstrate…
  47. CA Certificate The CA's certificate. This certificate is used to verify signature on certificates issued by the CA.
  48. CA Signing Policy The CA signing policy is used to place constraints on the information you trust a given CA to bind to public keys.
  49. CA/CRL Custody Authorization/Custody Receipt List.
  50. CAA Cold Air Advection
  51. CAB Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the…
  52. CAB VTC Cost Analysis Board Video Teleconference.
  53. cable An assembly of one or more insulated conductors, or optical fibers, or a combination of both, within an enveloping jacket.
  54. cable assembly A cable that is ready for installation in specific applications and usually terminated with connectors.
  55. cable cutoff wavelength (&lambda;cc) For a cabled single-mode optical fiber under specified length, bend, and deployment conditions, the wavelength at which the fiber's second order mode is…
  56. cable fill factor The ratio of cable conductor or cable pair kilometers in use to total cable conductor or cable pair kilometers available in the plant, e.g.
  57. cable headend Synonym [in cable television] headend.
  58. cable jacket See sheath.
  59. cable modem In CATV systems, a bidirectional high-speed digital communications interface, located on a subscriber's or user's premises, and used, for example, for…
  60. cable television relay service (CARS) station A fixed or mobile station used for the transmission of television and related audio signals, signals of standard and FM broadcast stations, signals of…
  61. cable TV (CATV) A broadband communications technology in which multiple television channels, as well as audio and data signals, may be transmitted either one way or…
  62. CAC Combat Arms Command (USA, Ft. Levenworth, KS).
  63. Cache A type a computer memory that temporarily stores frequently used information for quick access.
  64. cache memory A buffer, smaller and faster than main storage, used to hold a copy of instructions and data in main storage that are likely to be needed next by the…
  65. Cached Exchange Mode A feature that lets a Microsoft Outlook user who has a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account work offline, either by choice or due to a connection problem.
  66. CAD Coronary artery disease. A disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the…
  67. CAD drawing The digital equivalent of a drawing, figure or schematic created using a CAD system. For example, a drawing file or DWG file in AutoCAD.
  68. cadastre Public record of the extent, value and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation.
  69. CADCI Common Air Defense Communications Interface.
  70. CADE Combined Allied Defense Experiment/Effort.
  71. CAE (1) Computer-Aided Engineering. (2) Component Acquisition Executive.
  72. CAESAR CONUS Attack Engagement Systems Requirements Simulation.
  73. CAG Collective Address Group.
  74. Cage Where the casino cashier is located.
  75. CAI Computer-Aided Inspection.
  76. CAIG Cost Analysis Improvement Group.
  77. CAIS Common Airborne Instrumentation System.
  78. CAIV Cost As an Independent Variable.
  79. Calacanis, Jason Founder of Weblogs, Inc. Also pushed AOL to turn Netscape into a Digg clone. See also: Calacanis.com - Jason's blog
  80. Calendar The calendar is the daily list of all cases scheduled for hearing. In Housing Court, it is computerized and usually includes notations written by the…
  81. Calendar Attendant An Exchange Server feature that automatically places meetings marked Tentative on the recipient's calendar without requiring the intervention of any…
  82. Calendar Concierge A set of calendar enhancements that enable users to schedule people and resources quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
  83. Calendar profile A document that lets you customize your calendar and indicate the times that you are available for meetings.
  84. Calibration the set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring…
  85. Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
  86. call abandoned See abandoned call.
  87. call acceptance The mechanism that allows a user to be alerted on one terminal and to choose to answer the call on any terminal, not necessarily the one through which…
  88. call accepted signal A call control signal sent by the called terminal to indicate that it accepts the incoming call.
  89. Call Agent The Call Agent provides call processing, call control, feature control and Operations Administration Maintenance & Provisioning to manage services for a…
  90. call answering A voice mail application that answers a call so that a message can be left. [Exchange 2007]
  91. call associated signaling (CAS) Signaling required for supervision of a bearer service between two end points, including support for the functions of call origination, call delivery, and…
  92. call attempt In a telecommunications system, a demand by a user for a connection to another user.
  93. call back [The] procedure for identifying and authenticating a remote information-systems (IS) terminal, whereby the host system disconnects the terminal and…
  94. call by reference An "argument"-passing mechanism in which the "formal arguments" refer directly to the "actual arguments", and the "subroutine" can change the actual…
  95. call by value A semantics of passing an argument to a method in which a copy of the actual argument value is taken and placed in a separate memory location, represented…
  96. call collision The contention that occurs when a terminal and data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) specify the same channel at the same time to transfer a call…
  97. call completion rate The ratio of successfully completed calls to the total number of attempted calls.
  98. call control character One of a set of control characters used in call-control signaling. Note: The signals representing call control characters may be used under defined…
  99. call control function (CCF) The network intelligence that provides call/connection processing and control. [T1.667-1999]
  100. call control signal A member of the set of network management signals used to establish, maintain, or release a call.