Technology terms starting with G

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  1. GSO Geo-stationary Orbit.
  2. GSR Ground Station Radar.
  3. GSSP Generally-accepted Systems Security Principles.
  4. GSTS OBSOLETE. A fast-response, rocket-launched, Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) and visible waveband sensor, which would have enhanced the information…
  5. GSTS (F) GSTS Farm.
  6. GTA Ground Test Accelerator.
  7. GTACS Ground Theater Air Control System.
  8. GTE GTE Corporation.
  9. GTF Guided Test Flights.
  10. GTM Global Track Manager.
  11. GTN General Technical Note.
  12. GTR Greater
  13. GTSF Guidance Test and Simulation Facility (PATRIOT), Huntsville, AL.
  14. GTV Guided Test Vehicle.
  15. guard In computer security, a functional unit that provides a security filter between two data processing systems operating at different security levels or…
  16. Guard (System) A mechanism limiting the exchange of information between information systems or subsystems.
  17. guard band See frequency guard band, time guard band.
  18. guarded frequency A transmission frequency that is not to be jammed or interfered with because of the value of the information being derived from it.
  19. Guessing Entropy A measure of the difficulty that an attacker has to guess the average password used in a system. In this document, entropy is stated in bits.
  20. Guest A virtual machine running within VMware Workstation. See also Virtual Machine.
  21. guest operating system The operating system running on a virtual machine.
  22. Guest OS (Operating System) in a hosted environment, the operating system running in a virtual machine created on top of the host operating system and supported by the virtualization…
  23. guest system Also known as guests, virtual machines or domU.
  24. Guestbook Spam A type of low quality automated link which search engines do not want to place much trust on.
  25. GUI Graphic User Interface. 123
  26. GUI (Graphical User Interface) A set of screen presentations and metaphors that utilize graphic elements such as icons in an attempt to make an operating system easier to use.
  27. GUID A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
  28. GUID (globally unique identifier) A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
  29. Guidance (1) Direction, altitude control, and navigation (where appropriate) of sensors or interceptor vehicles.
  30. Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) A companion program to PATRIOT PAC-2, which includes enhancements to the radar to increase intercept range and performance.
  31. Guidance System (Missile) A system, which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of the missile, and communicates the…
  32. guide A divider or finding aid with a projecting tab used in files to identify a section and to facilitate reference See also file guide and finding aid.
  33. Guided Missile An unmanned vehicle moving above the surface of the earth, whose trajectory or flight path is capable of being altered by an external or internal…
  34. guided mode Synonym bound mode.
  35. guided ray In an optical fiber, a ray that is confined primarily to the core. Note: A guided ray satisfies the relation given by #f21 where θr is the angle the ray…
  36. guided wave A wave having (a) energy concentrated near a boundary, or between substantially parallel boundaries, separating materials of different properties and (b)…
  37. GV An internal "glob value" typedef, holding a "typeglob". The "GV" type is a subclass of "SV".
  38. GVSC Generic VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Spaceborne Computer.
  39. GWAPS Gulf War Air Power Survey, 1994 [a DoD -sponsored survey].
  40. Gwd Giga watt-days.
  41. GWEN Ground Wave Emergency Network.
  42. GZ Ground Zero. 124