Technology terms starting with L

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  1. LLM Long Lead Material.
  2. LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
  3. LLTIL Long-Lead-Time Items List (ILS term).
  4. LLUM Low background LWIR Uniform Mercury Cadmium Teloride ( HgCdTe ).
  5. LM (1) Lockheed Martin, a defense industry contractor. (2) Logistics Manager (ILS term).
  6. LM/GES Lockheed Martin/Government Electronic Systems.
  7. LMA Lockheed Martin Astronautics, a defense industry contractor.
  8. LMANS Lockheed Martin Aeronautic and Naval Systems.
  9. LMC Late Midcourse.
  10. LMFBR Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor.
  11. LMIS Logistics Management Information System.
  12. LMMA Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space.
  13. LMSP Logistics Modeling and Simulation Panel (ILS term).
  14. LMU (Library Management Unit) the StorageTek control path to the host, that can manage up to 16 robotic tape units.
  15. LNA Low Noise Amplifier.
  16. LNC Local Network Controller.
  17. LNE Low Noise Exciter (Electronics Engineering term).
  18. LNO Liaison Officer.
  19. LO (1) Local Oscillator (Electronics Engineering term). (2) Low Observables (LODE-related term).
  20. LOA Letter of Agreement.
  21. Load Commissions charged on the purchase or sale of mutual fund units.
  22. load balancer A load balancer is a combination of a DNS name and a set of ports, which together provide a destination for all requests intended for your application.
  23. Load Balancing Referring to the ability to redistribute load (read/write requests) to an alternate path between server and storage device, load balancing helps to…
  24. load capacity In pulse-code modulation (PCM), the level of a sinusoidal signal that has positive and negative peaks that coincide with the positive and negative virtual…
  25. Load factor The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period.
  26. load sharing A process used to route signaling traffic over two or more signaling routes for purposes of traffic equalization or security. [T1.226-1992]
  27. loader A routine that reads data into main storage.
  28. Loading Weight at a given tire position on a car due to aerodynamics, vehicle weight and lateral G-forces in a turn.
  29. loading characteristic In multichannel telephone systems, a plot, for the busy hour, of the equivalent mean power and the peak power as a function of the number of voice…
  30. loading coil A coil that does not provide coupling to any other circuit, but is inserted in a circuit to increase its inductance.
  31. lobe A portion of an organ, such as the liver, lung, breast, thyroid, or brain.
  32. lobe attaching unit In a ring network, a functional unit used to connect and disconnect data stations to and from the ring without disrupting network operations.
  33. LOC (1) Lines of Communication. (2) Lines of Code. (3) Limited Operational Capability. 168
  34. LOCAAS Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (USAF term).
  35. local Not meaning the same thing everywhere. A global variable in Perl can be localized inside a dynamic scope via the local operator.
  36. local access and transport area (LATA) Under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ), a geographical area within which a divested Bell Operating Company (BOC) is permitted to…
  37. local adaption The process of modifying a product that has hard-coded biases of one culture to the hard-coded biases of another culture [POSIX.0].
  38. local administrators group The group of users who have permission to perform administration tasks on the local server computer.
  39. local application A Notes application stored on your computer's hard disk drive, on a disk, or on a networked file server.
  40. Local Area Network (LAN) Computer data communications technology that connects computers at the same site.
  41. Local Assessment of Engagement The assessment of an engagement by high-resolution fire control sensors.
  42. local battery In telegraphy, the source of power that actuates the telegraphic station recording instruments, as distinguished from the source of power that furnishes…
  43. local call Any call using a single switching facility. 2. Any call for which an additional charge, i.e., toll charge, is not made to the calling or called party.
  44. local central office Synonym central office.
  45. local channel The portion of a private line circuit which is included in the exchange transmission plant.
  46. local clock A source of timing located in close proximity to an associated facility, such as a communications station, central office, or node.
  47. local cluster A cluster located in a single data center. This type of cluster is not disaster tolerant.
  48. local communication network (LCN) A communication network within a TMN (telecommunications management network) that supports data communication functions (DCFs) normally at [specified]…
  49. local delivery message A message sent between recipients that share the same home server. [Exchange 5.5]
  50. Local Environment The ISTC Local Environment contained within each node simulates the element to the degree necessary to generate a realistic input to the Element Processor…
  51. local exchange Synonym central office.
  52. local exchange carrier (LEC) A local telephone company, i.e., a communications common carrier that provides ordinary local voice-grade telecommunications service under regulation…
  53. local exchange loop An interconnection between customer premises equipment and telephone central office.
  54. local failover Failover on the same node; this most often applied to hardware failover, for example local LAN failover is switching to the secondary LAN card on the same…
  55. local federator A client federator that federates over a set of searchable objects.
  56. local filer The filer you are logged in to.
  57. Local Government A legally-established unit of government at a level below state or territory government, including but not limited to, county, city, town, or village.
  58. Local Group A small cluster of more than 30 galaxies "near" to our galaxy, including the Andromeda galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds.
  59. Local Group Policy Editor The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is used to edit Local Group Policy settings.
  60. local inner class An inner class defined within a method.
  61. local line See loop.
  62. local loop Synonym loop.
  63. local measured service See measured-rate service.
  64. local node A node which interfaces directly with customer equipment. [T1.101-1999]
  65. local office Synonym central office. 2. A central office serving primarily as a place of termination for subscriber lines and for providing telephone service to the…
  66. local orderwire A communications circuit between a technical control facility and selected terminal or repeater locations within the communications complex.
  67. local reference A local number, unambiguously identifying an SCCP (signaling connection control part) connection within one SCCP entity. [T1.110-1987]
  68. Local Registration Authority (LRA) A Registration Authority with responsibility for a local community.
  69. local replica An application that is located on the workstation in use.
  70. Local Replica Catalog (LRC) Stores mappings between logical names for data items and the target names (often the physical locations) of replicas of those items.
  71. local security environment That part of the security domain of a system which is under the control of the System Manager [CESG].
  72. local security group A security group on a local computer.
  73. local side The portion of a device that is connected to internal facilities, such as switches, patch panels, test bays and supervisory equipment.
  74. local subset That part of the DTD that is defined within the current XML file.
  75. local variable A variable defined inside a method body.
  76. Locale Details which are dependent upon conventions and customs adopted by a particular country or culture.
  77. locale ID (LCID) A 32-bit value defined by Windows that consists of a language ID, sort ID, and reserved bits. Identifies a particular language.
  78. Localization (LO-kal-ih-ZAY-shun) The process of determining or marking the location or site of a lesion or disease.
  79. Location Positional information and services. For example, resources describing addresses, geodetic networks, postal zones and services, control points, and place…
  80. Location Based Services (LBS) A subset of geographic information systems (GIS) technology supporting the integration of spatial location into business processes.
  81. location document A document in a user's Personal Address Book that contains communication and other location-specific settings used when users work with Notes in a…
  82. Location Routing Number (LRN): The ten-digit (NPA-NXX-XXXX) number assigned to a switch/POI used for routing in a permanent local number portability environment.
  83. locator A tool that helps a user locate and access information throughout a system of records
  84. locator service In a distributed system, a feature that allows a client to find a shared resource or server without providing an address or full name.
  85. lock and key protection system [A] protection system that involves matching a key or password with a specific access requirement. [INFOSEC-99]
  86. Lock On Signifies that a tracking or target-seeking system is continuously and automatically tracking a target in one or more coordinates (e.g.
  87. lock-in frequency A frequency at which a closed-loop system can acquire and track a signal. See lock-in range.
  88. lock-in range The range of frequencies within which a closed-loop system can acquire and track a signal. 2.
  89. locked mode A mode in which BitLocker Drive Encryption prevents access to the encrypted drive, either because the system components have changed or because it needs…
  90. Lockout Lockout means a labor dispute involving a work stoppage, wherein an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from them.
  91. LODE A mineralized ledge, vein or mineral deposit in place.
  92. LODTM Large Optics Diamond Turning Machine.
  93. LOE (1) Level of Effort. (2) Letter of Evaluation (AF).
  94. LOF Lifejacket Orbital Flight (BE term).
  95. Lofted Trajectory Trajectory with an apogee greater than the minimum-energy trajectory to the same range.
  96. log When you log off; disconnect from the game.
  97. Log File A coverage or workspace history file containing a list of all commands used to operate on a coverage or all commands used in the workspace.
  98. Log Files Server files which show you what your leading sources of traffic are and what people are search for to find your website.
  99. log in To connect to a computer system or network by entering identification and authentication information at the workstation.
  100. log on Synonym log in.