Technology terms starting with C

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capacity planning The process of determining which one of the 12 million potential configuration options on AWS a user should choose to optimize operations.
Capital Satellite A highly valued or costly satellite, as distinct from an inexpensive decoy satellite.
CAPS See: cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence.
Capstone Test and Evaluation Master Plan (Capstone TEMP) A Test and Evaluation Master Plan which addresses the testing and evaluation of a defense system comprised of a collection of stand alone component…
Caption Heading or introductory part of a pleading.
Capture The method of taking a biometric sample from an end user. Source: FIPS 201
capture effect A phenomenon, associated with FM reception, in which only the stronger of two signals at or near the same frequency will be demodulated.
capturing The use of parentheses around a "subpattern" in a "regular expression" to store the matched "substring" as a "backreference".
CAR (1) Command Assessment Review (AF). (2) Configuration Audit Review. (3) Contract Assessment Report.
CAR (computer-assisted retrieval) A system that contains the capability to retrieve a specific frame of microfilm according to its coded location on a particular roll See also blip code.
CARD Your card is the physical card, the account number, or any device (including a check) that can be used to access your credit card account.
card session In telephone-service security, a link between the card and a terminal starting with the answer to reset (ATR) and ending with a subsequent reset or a…
card validation The validating process that includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that a telecommunications charge card has been assigned by the card issuer and that…
Cardholder An individual possessing an issued Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card. Source: FIPS 201
cardinal radial Eight imaginary straight lines extending radially on the ground from an antenna location in the following azimuths with respect to true North: 0°, 45°…
CARM Counter Anti-Radiation Missile (PATRIOT).
carriage return The \r character. Also used as a synonym for the `Return' or `Enter' key used to terminate a line of text.
carrier A heterozygous individual bearing a recessive mutant allele for a defective condition that is "masked" by the presence of the dominant normal allele; the…
carrier (cxr) A wave suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal. 2. An unmodulated emission.
carrier access code (CAC) A code (dialed by the user) to select a specific service provided by the entity to which the code is assigned by the NANPA (North American Numbering Plan…
carrier dropout A short-duration loss of carrier signal.
carrier facility system A transmission facility that provides several telecommunication channels over a single bidirectional path.
carrier frequency The nominal frequency of a carrier wave. 2. In frequency modulation, synonym center frequency. 3.
carrier identification code (CIC) A numeric code assigned by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Administrator for the provisioning of selected switched services.
carrier leak The carrier remaining after carrier suppression in a suppressed carrier transmission system.
carrier level The level of a carrier signal at a specified point in a communications system. Note: The carrier level is usually expressed in dB relative to a specified…
carrier multiplex See frequency-division multiplexing.
carrier noise level The noise level resulting from undesired variations of a carrier in the absence of any intended modulation. Synonym residual modulation.
carrier power (of a radio transmitter) The average power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one radio frequency cycle taken under the condition of no modulation.
carrier selection A code that identifies whether the caller dialed the elected or chosen carrier and whether the caller presubscribed to the elected or chosen carrier. [T1.
carrier sense In a local area network, an ongoing activity of a data station to detect whether another station is transmitting.
carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) A network control scheme in which a node verifies the absence of other traffic before transmitting.
carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) A network control protocol in which (a) a carrier sensing scheme is used, (b) a data station that intends to transmit sends a jam signal, (c) after…
carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) A network control protocol in which (a) a carrier sensing scheme is used and (b) a transmitting data station that detects another signal while…
carrier shift In the transmission of binary or teletypewriter signals, keying in which the carrier frequency is shifted in one direction for marking signals and in the…
carrier suppression See suppressed carrier transmission.
carrier synchronization In a radio receiver, the generation of a reference carrier with a phase closely matching that of a received signal.
Carrier System A means of obtaining a number of channels over a single path by modulating each channel upon a different carrier frequency, and demodulating at the…
Carrier Vehicle (CV) A space platform whose principal function is to house the space-based interceptors in a protective environment prior to use.
carrier wave Synonym carrier (cxr).
carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) In radio receivers, the ratio of the level of the carrier to that of the noise in the intermediate frequency (IF) band before any nonlinear process, such…
carrier-to-receiver noise density (C/kT) In satellite communications, the ratio of the received carrier power to the receiver noise power density.
CARS Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System.
Carson bandwidth rule A rule defining the approximate bandwidth requirements of communications system components for a carrier signal that is frequency modulated by a…
Cartesian Coordinate System A two-dimensional, planar coordinate system in which x measures horizontal distance and y measures vertical distance.
cartographic records Program and information motion pictures, still pictures, sound recordings, video recordings, and related documentation.
cartridge A single-spindled, and usually closed, holder that stores, facilitates access to, and allows the automatic threading and rewinding of a single roll of…
CAS (1) Close Air Support. (2) Computer-Aided Servicing. (3) Crisis Action System. (4) Cost Accounting Standard.
CAS/M Computer-Aided Servicing/Maintenance.
CASA Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment. 44
cascade 1. A series of reply posts to a message on a bulletin board system. 2. An offset stack of (usually) active windows displayed on a computer screen. 3.
cascade delete A deletion that triggers another deletion. A cascade delete can be specified for an entity bean that has container-managed persistence.
Cascading Cascading is an open-source Java library that provides a query API, a query planner, and a job scheduler for creating and running Hadoop MapReduce…
cascading failover Cascading failover is the ability of an application to fail from a primary to a secondary location, and then to fail to a recovery location on a different…
cascading if-else statement A form of if-else statement in which each else-part (except the last) consists of a further nested if-else statement.
CASE The last card of a certain rank in the deck. Example: "The flop came J-8-3; I've got pocket jacks, he's got pocket 8's, and then the case eight falls on…
case file the hard copy case folder which contains all or part of the documentation forming the case record.
case label The value used to select a particular case in a switch statement.
case sensitive A test that is sensitive to whether a character is upper-case (e.g., 'A') or lower-case (e.g., 'a').
Case sensitive/insensitive searching Search engines will most often normalize words to lower case. Some search applications, though, may want to use case sensitive search against specific…
case shift In data equipment, the change from letters to other characters, or vice versa. 2.
CASE technology Technology that makes use of computer assisted software engineering (CASE) to enhance the development of systems design and development.
CASOM Conventionally Armed Stand Off Missile (USAF & UK RAF term).
CASREP Casualty Report (USN term).
CASS Consolidated Automated Support System.
Cassegrain antenna An antenna in which the feed radiator is mounted at or near the surface of a concave main reflector and is aimed at a convex secondary reflector slightly…
cassette See: construct.
CAST Commercial Acquisition Streamlining Team (USAF team name).
casting Explicit conversion from one data type to another.
CAT (1) Computer Aided Testing. (2) Crisis Action Team. (3) Category.
Cat House A second-generation Soviet phased array radar that augments Moscows existing search and target acquisition radars (Dog House).
catalog See Index.
Catastrophe Theory A special branch of dynamical systems theory that studies and classifies phenomena characterized by sudden shifts in behavior arising from small changes…
catastrophic degradation The rapid reduction of the ability of a system, subsystem, component, equipment, or software to perform its intended function.
Catch At a recreational fishery, refers to the number of fish captured, whether they are kept or released.
Catch All Listing A listing used by pay per click search engines to monetize long tail terms that are not yet targeted by marketers.
catch clause The part of a try statement responsible for handling a caught exception.
catching exceptions Exceptions are caught within the catch clause of a try statement. Catching an exception gives the program an opportunity to recover from the problem or…
categories Groups of related content, organized hierarchically by subject matter.
Categorization Categorization is the process of organizing pieces of information into topical categories.
categorizer A component of Exchange transport that processes all incoming messages and determines what to do with the messages based on information about the intended…
category A word, phrase, or number used to group documents in a view.
Category 3 The ANSI/EIA/TIA-568 designation for 100-ohm unshielded twisted-pair cables and associated connecting hardware whose characteristics are specified for…
Category 4 The ANSI/EIA/TIA-568 designation for 100-ohm unshielded twisted-pair cables and associated connecting hardware whose characteristics are specified for…
Category 5 The ANSI/EIA/TIA-568 designation for 100-ohm unshielded twisted-pair cables and associated connecting hardware whose characteristics are specified for…
Category folder A folder that is used by coordinators to organize categories.
category tree A hierarchy of categories that is displayed in the enterprise search administration console.
CATEX Categorical Exclusion (enviromental term).
CATO (1) Combined Arms Tactical Operations (US Army). (2) OBSOLETE. Common Automated Tactical Operations.
CATS Computer Aided Test System.
CATT Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (US Army term).
CATV Abbreviation for cable TV.
CAV Abbreviation for component analog video. A signal in which an analog voltage or current, rather than a set of numbers, represents the value of a pixel.
Caveat Notice of opposition; caution; warning.
cavity (KA-vih-tee) A hollow area or hole. It may describe a body cavity (such as the space within the abdomen) or a hole in a tooth caused by decay.
CB Cumulonimbus cloud, characterized by strong vertical development in the form of mountains or huge towers topped at least partially by a smooth, flat…
CBC/MAC SEE Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code
CBD Abbreviation for Convention on Biological Diversity.
CBEFF (Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework) A standard that provides the ability for a system to identify, and interface with, multiple biometric systems, and to exchange data between system…
CBM Central Battle Management.