Technology terms starting with G

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  1. global information infrastructure See GII.
  2. Global Positioning System (GPS) A navigation system which uses a constellation of artificial earth satellites to make precise determinations of the latitude and longitude of locations on…
  3. Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) OBSOLETE. GPALS was an architecture denoting an anti-missile system designed to provide protection against limited ballistic missile strikes, be they…
  4. Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) Program OBSOLETE. The GPALS Program consisted of six Major Defense Acquisition Programs: GPALS System/BMC 3 , National Missile Defense (NMD), Global Missile…
  5. global security environment A security domain in a System Security policy. The GSE is the general security environment in which the system is located.
  6. global status The set of attributes of an entity, described at a particular time, when that set is extended to every occurrence of that entity within a prescribed…
  7. global system for mobile communications (GSM) A public, all-digital cellular network that is standardized worldwide and that uses (a) TDMA techniques for multiplexing at approximately 900 MHz, (b)…
  8. global system key A tool used to configure the startup key, a random, 128-bit, symmetric cryptographic key created at system startup and used to encrypt all of the user`s…
  9. global title (GT) A "logical" or "virtual" address used for routing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) messages using signaling connection control part (SCCP) capabilities.
  10. global variable A phenomenon that is more usually regarded as being a problem in structured programming languages than in object-oriented languages.
  11. globally unique identifier A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
  12. Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
  13. GLOBIXS Global Information Exchange System.
  14. Globus A collaborative academic project centered at Argonne National Laboratory focused on enabling the application of grid concepts to computing.
  15. Globus Alliance A group that conducts research and development for academic grids. The alliance, creators of the Globus Toolkit, includes representatives from Argonne…
  16. Globus Toolkit A kit designed by the Globus Alliance to provide a set of tools based on standard grid APIs.
  17. globusrun-ws A command line program used to submit jobs to a GRAM4 service. See the the GRAM4 Commandline page.
  18. GLONASS Global Navigational Satellite System. 120
  19. GLOW Gross Lift-Off Weight.
  20. GLP Abbreviation for good laboratory practice.
  21. GLS (Great Lakes Storm Summary) A National Weather Service forecast product providing updated information whenever a storm warning is in effect on any of the…
  22. glue language A language such as Perl that is good at hooking things together that weren't intended to be hooked together.
  23. glyph Any graphic symbol not in the ASCII character set. [After IS 14651]
  24. GM Game Master. Someone employed by Blizzard Entertainment to assist and help players.
  25. GMACC Ground Mobile Alternate Command Center.
  26. GMAOC Ground Mobile Alternate Operations Center.
  27. GMCC Ground Mobile Command Center.
  28. GMCP Ground Mobile Command Post.
  29. GMD (1) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (formally National Missile Defense) (2) Global Missile Defense (OBSOLETE).
  30. GME (Grid Management Entity) The grid management entity (GME) manages all of the grid components within an enterprise grid, including - Their relationships with one another, for…
  31. GME Component A super-class of object that represents the management functionality within the logical GME that is associated with a grid component.
  32. GMR (Giant MagnetoResistive Head) has great sensitivity to magnetic fields from the disk, making it possible to detect smaller recorded bits and to read these bits at higher data rates.
  33. GMT Greenwich Mean Time (now known as Universal Coordinated Time)
  34. GMTT&C Ground Mobile Tracking, Telemetry, and Control.
  35. GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control.
  36. GNC&P Guidance, Navigation, Control and Propulsion.
  37. GND Ground
  38. go list Synonyms bookmark list, history list, hotlist.
  39. go-ahead message Synonym go-ahead notice.
  40. go-ahead notice In a tape-relay communications system, a service message, usually sent to a relay station or to a tributary station, that contains a request to the…
  41. go-ahead tone In communications systems, an audible signal transmitted by a system indicating that the system is ready to receive a message or signal. [From Weik '89]
  42. GOCO Government Owned, Contractor Operated.
  43. Godin, Seth Popular blogger, author, viral marketer and business consultant. See also: Seth's blog - Seth talks about marketing Purple Cow - Probably Seth's most…
  44. GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite- Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the…
  45. GOI Government of Israel.
  46. GOJ Government of Japan.
  47. gold code In spread-spectrum systems, a code that is generated by summing, using modulo-two addition, the outputs of two spread-spectrum code-sequence generators.
  48. Golden set The number of documents and queries that are to be used for testing; a minimum of 2,000 documents and at least 50 queries.
  49. Google The world's leading search engine in terms of reach. Google pioneered search by analyzing linkage data via PageRank.
  50. Google AdSense Paid ads webmasters may place on their websites
  51. Google Analytics Google Analytics is a free web analytics tool offering detailed visitor statistics.
  52. Google Base Free database of semantically structured information created by Google. Google Base may also help Google better understand what types of information are…
  53. Google Bombing Making a pank rank well for a specific search query by pointing hundreds or thousands of links at it with the keywords in the anchor text.
  54. Google Bowling Knocking a competitor out of the search results by pointing hundreds or thousands of low trust low quality links at their website.
  55. Google cache see "Cache"
  56. Google Checkout Payment service provided by Google which helps Google better understand merchant conversion rates and the value of different keywords and markets.
  57. Google Dance In the past Google updated their index roughly once a month. Those updates were named Google Dances, but since Google shifted to a constantly updating…
  58. Google Juice Internet slang to refer to the substance which flows between web pages via their hyperlinks.
  59. Google Keyword Tool Keyword research tool provided by Google which estimates the competition for a keyword, recommends related keywords, and will tell you what keywords…
  60. Google OneBox Portion of the search results page above the organic search results which Google sometimes uses to display vertical search results from Google News…
  61. Google Pack Free software specifically selected by Google. There are no trial versions or spyware and it's ready to use in just a few clicks.
  62. Google Sitelinks On some search results where Google thinks one result is far more relevant than other results (like navigational or brand related searches) they may list…
  63. Google Sitemaps Program which webmasters can use to help Google index their contents. Please note that the best way to submit your site to search engines and to keep it…
  64. Google Supplemental Index Index where pages with lower trust scores are stored. Pages may be placed in Google's Supplemental Index if they consist largely of duplicate content, if…
  65. Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer Google Toolbar is Internet browser add on available for both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
  66. Google Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox Google Toolbar is Internet browser add on available for both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
  67. Google Traffic Estimator Tool which estimates bid prices and how many Google searchers will click on an ad for a particular keyword.
  68. Google Trends Tool which allows you to see how Google search volumes for a particular keyword change over time. See also: Google Trends
  69. Google Website Optimizer Free multi variable testing platform used to help AdWords advertisers improve their conversion rates. See also: Google Website Optimizer
  70. GoogleBot Google's search engine spider. Google has a shared crawl cache between their various spiders, including vertical search spiders and spiders associated…
  71. Googleware The assortment of tools produced by google that can be used to search, report, play, research Includes (but is not limited to): Blogsearch Google…
  72. Googlewhack A Google search query consisting of two words, that returns a single result.
  73. Gopher A menu-based information searching tool that allows users to access various types of databases, such as FTP archives and white pages databases.
  74. gopherspace That part of the cyberspace to which the user has access by means of gopher software. [2382-pt.
  75. GOS Abbreviation for grade of service.
  76. GOSG General Officer Steering Group.
  77. GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnect Profile (CALS term).
  78. GOSP Government Open System Protocol (CALS term).
  79. goto This is a reserved Java keyword. However, it is not used by current versions of the Java programming language.
  80. GOTS Government Off-the-Shelf.
  81. Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) A special federal government telecommunications service that provides National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) users with priority switched…
  82. Government Furnished Property Property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and subsequently made available to the contractor. (See FAR 45.101.)
  83. Government Open System Interconnection Protocols (GOSIP) U.S. government procurement specifications for OSI protocols (see OSI). The government has mandated that all federal agencies standardize on the OSI model…
  84. Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile See GOSIP.
  85. government record or governmental record the same as public record.
  86. Government Verification Management Plan (GVMP) A management document that provides the overall framework for BMDS verification.
  87. Govt Government.
  88. GP Group.
  89. GPALS Global Protection Against Limited Strikes.
  90. GPC Global Protection Center.
  91. GPFS (General Parallel File System) General Parallel File System is a type of mountable networked file systems.
  92. GPI Abbreviation for general purpose interface. An equipment-interface device (usually computer equipment) with some number of digital lines, usually a…
  93. GPMD General Manager Program Management Directive.
  94. GPO Government Printing Office (US).
  95. GPP General Purpose Processor.
  96. GPRS (General Packet Radio System) The General Packet Radio System (GPRS) is the next generation of GSM. It will be the basis of 3G networks in Europe and elsewhere.
  97. GPS An acronym for Global Positioning System. A network of satellites which provide extremely accurate position and time information.
  98. GPSIU GPS Interface Unit.
  99. GPU Guidance Processor Unit (US Army term).
  100. Graceful Degradation A condition in which a system continues to operate, providing service in a degraded mode rather than failing completely or catastrophically.