Technology terms starting with L

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  1. L&TH Lethality and Target Hardening.
  2. L-pad A pad composed of two discrete components, one series component and one shunt component.
  3. L1SS Level 1 System Simulator.
  4. L2SS Level 2 System Simulator - NTF.
  5. LAA Limited Access Area.
  6. LAAD Low Altitude Air Defense.
  7. LAAFB Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA.
  8. LABCOM Laboratory Command.
  9. label The FDA approved label is the official description of a drug product which includes indication (what the drug is used for); who should take it; adverse…
  10. label bureau A computer or server that supplies content labels or Web-site ratings. Synonym rating server. [Bahorsky]
  11. label point See point.
  12. labeled channel In integrated services digital networks, (ISDN), a time-ordered set of all block payloads that have labels containing the same information, i.e.
  13. labeled interface structure In integrated services digital networks (ISDN), an interface structure that provides telecommunications services and signaling by means of labeled…
  14. labeled multiplexing In integrated services digital networks (ISDN), multiplexing by concatenation of the blocks of the channels that have different identifiers in their…
  15. labeled statistical channel In integrated services digital networks (ISDN), a labeled channel in which the block payloads or the duration of each successive block is random.
  16. LABM Local Area Battle Manager.
  17. laboratory attack Use of sophisticated signal recovery equipment in a laboratory environment to recover information from data storage media. [INFOSEC-99]
  18. LABP Look Ahead Battle Planner
  19. LAC Low Authority Control.
  20. LACE this is where cards a re placed at random into a stack of cards one at a time.
  21. LACM Land Attack Cruise Missile.
  22. LADAR Laser Detection and Ranging.
  23. Laddering Down A hypothetical technique for overcoming a terminal phase missile defense. Successive salvos of salvage-fused RVs attack.
  24. LADL Lightweight Air Defense Launcher (USA TBMD term).
  25. LADS Low Altitude Demonstration System.
  26. LAFB Langley AFB, VA.
  27. Lambert's cosine law See Lambertian source.
  28. Lambert's emission law Synonym Lambertian source.
  29. Lambertian radiator See Lambertian source.
  30. Lambertian reflector See Lambertian source.
  31. Lambertian source An optical source that obeys Lambert's cosine law, i.e., that has an intensity directly proportional to the cosine of the angle from which it is viewed.
  32. LAMP A light source composed of a metal base, a glass tube filled with an inert gas or a vapor, and base pins to attach to a fixture.
  33. LAN Local Area Network.
  34. LAN (Local Area Network) A network of computers that generally spans a small area, such as a single building.
  35. LAN application (software) An application software package specifically designed to operate in a local-area-network environment.
  36. LAN operating system See network operating system.
  37. land line An informal name for conventional telephone facilities. Note: Land lines include conventional twisted-pair lines, carrier facilities, and microwave radio…
  38. land mobile service A mobile service between base stations and land mobile stations, or between land mobile stations. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]
  39. land mobile station A mobile station in the land mobile service capable of surface movement within the geographical limits of a country or continent. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]
  40. land mobile-satellite service A mobile-satellite service in which mobile Earth stations are located on land. [NTIA] [RR]
  41. land station A station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in motion. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]
  42. Landing Page The page on which a visitor arrives after clicking on a link or advertisement.
  43. Landing Page Quality Scores A measure used by Google to help filter noisy ads out of their AdWords program.
  44. landline Traditional wired phone service.
  45. Landsat Land Satellite (NASA programs satellite).
  46. Landscape Mode The image is represented on the page or monitor such that the width is greater than the height.
  47. LANE LAN Emulation. The architecture, protocols, and services that allow ATM-connected end systems to use the ATM network as if it were a LAN.
  48. language A set of characters, conventions, and rules that is used for conveying information.
  49. language identification An enterprise search function that determines the language of a document.
  50. language processor A program that performs tasks, such as translating and interpreting, required for processing a specified programming language.
  51. language-binding API left
  52. language-dependent Varying from one language to another.
  53. language-independent service specification A specification that facilitates the management and development of consistent language-binding standards [POSIX.0]
  54. language-neutral Having no language-dependent or language-specific content.
  55. language-specific Specific to a single language.
  56. LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
  57. LANTIRNS Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared Night System.
  58. LANTRINS Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared Night System.
  59. LAO Limited Attack Option.
  60. LAP-B The Data Link Layer protocol as specified by ITU-T Recommendation X.25 (1989).
  61. LAP-D Abbreviation for link access procedure D. A link protocol used in ISDN.
  62. LAPL Lead Allowance Parts List (Navy term).
  63. LARC Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. 162
  64. Large Optics The technology of constructing and employing mirrors over 1 m aperture to direct and control high power beam weapons/systems with large coverage, or to…
  65. large prime factors Specially constructed large prime numbers, viz., p1, p2, q1, and q2, each > 2100, where p1|p-1, p2|p+1, q1|q-1, and q2|q+1, where p and q are the private…
  66. LASA Large Aperture Seismic Array.
  67. Lasant A material that can be stimulated to produce laser light. Many materials can be used as lasants ; these can be in solid, liquid, or gaseous form…
  68. LASE LIDAR Acquisition and Sizing Experiment.
  69. laser (LAY-zer) A device that concentrates light into an intense, narrow beam used to cut or destroy tissue.
  70. laser chirp An abrupt change of the center wavelength of a laser, caused by laser instability.
  71. Laser Designator A device that emits a beam of laser energy to mark a specific place or object.
  72. Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) A technique analogous to radar, but which uses laser light rather than radio or microwaves.
  73. laser diode Synonym injection laser diode.
  74. laser disk See optical disk.
  75. Laser Guided Weapon A weapon that uses a seeker to detect laser energy reflected from a laser marker/designated target and, through signal processing, provides guidance…
  76. Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) An optical remote sensing technology which measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target.
  77. Laser Imaging Radar A technology whereby a laser beam can be used in a way similar to the use of a radar beam to produce a high-quality image of an object.
  78. laser intelligence (LASINT) Technical and geolocation intelligence derived from laser systems; a subcategory of electro-optical intelligence. [JP 1-02]
  79. laser medium Synonym active laser medium.
  80. Laser Optics Technology associated with the use and control of laser beams with flux greater than 1 watt/cm2.
  81. Laser Seeker A device based on a direction sensitive receiver that detects the energy reflected from a laser designated target and defines the direction of the target…
  82. Laser Target Designating System A system that is used to direct (aim or point) laser energy at a target. The system consists of the laser designator or laser target marker with its…
  83. Laser Tracker A device that locks on to the reflected energy from a laser marked/designated and defines the direction of the target relative to itself.
  84. Laser Weapons Devices, such as photon generators, which produce a narrow beam of coherent radiated power greater than 1 MW.
  85. LASERCOM Laser Communications.
  86. lasing See laser.
  87. lasing threshold The lowest excitation level at which laser output is dominated by stimulated emission rather than by spontaneous emission.
  88. LASINT Acronym for laser intelligence.
  89. last number redial Synonym automatic redial.
  90. last-in first-out (LIFO) A queuing discipline in which entities in a queue leave in the reverse order of the sequence in which they arrive.
  91. LATA Acronym for local access and transport area.
  92. Latent Fingerprint A fingerprint "image" left on a surface that was touched by an individual. The transferred impression is left by the surface contact with the friction…
  93. lateral filing File system in which files are accessed side to side, not front to back. Also used to describe furniture built to support this type of file system See…
  94. lateral offset loss In fiber optics, a loss of optical power at a splice or connector, caused by a lateral, i.e.
  95. latitude-longitude A spherical reference system used to measure locations on the Earth's surface. Latitude and longitude are angles measured from the Earth's center to…
  96. LATS Long Wave Infrared Advanced Technology Seeker/Sensor. 163
  97. Lattice The regular periodic arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal of semiconductor material.
  98. launch angle The angle, with respect to the normal, at which a light ray emerges from a surface. 2.
  99. Launch Azimuth Missile launch location measured in degrees clockwise from the local northpointing longitude line at the launch site. (USSPACECOM)
  100. launch configuration A set of descriptive parameters used to create new EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling activity.