Technology terms starting with M

1,143 terms

  1. MARCO Marine Corps.
  2. Margin See Margin, or margin costs
  3. Marine Air Command and Control System A US Marine Corps tactical air command and control system that provides the tactical air commander with the means to command, coordinate, and control all…
  4. marine broadcast station A coast station which makes scheduled broadcasts of time, meteorological, and hydrographic information. [NTIA]
  5. marine utility station A station in the maritime mobile service consisting of one or more hand-held radiotelephone units licensed under a single authorization.
  6. maritime air communications Communications systems, procedures, operations, and equipment that are used for message traffic between aircraft stations and ship stations in the…
  7. maritime broadcast communications net A communications net that is used for international distress calling, including international lifeboat, lifecraft, and survival-craft high-frequency (HF)…
  8. maritime mobile service A mobile service between coast stations and ship stations, or between ship stations, or between associated on-board communication stations; survival craft…
  9. maritime mobile-satellite service A mobile-satellite service in which mobile Earth stations are located on board ships; survival craft stations and emergency position-indicating…
  10. maritime radionavigation service A radionavigation service intended for the benefit and for the safe operation of ships. [NTIA] [RR]
  11. maritime radionavigation-satellite service A radionavigation-satellite service in which Earth stations are located on board ships. [NTIA] [RR]
  12. Mark -- see trademark
  13. mark sequence A string of mark bits (sent immediately before message transmission starts) to alert the customer installation (CI) to initiate certain actions. [T1.
  14. Mark/Markup Line by line review and approval/disapproval/modification of the defense budget by congressional committees.
  15. marker A diagnostic indication that disease may develop.
  16. marker beacon A transmitter in the aeronautical radionavigation service which radiates vertically a distinctive pattern for providing position information to aircraft.
  17. marker symbol A symbol used to represent a point location such as an airport.
  18. Market Value The price that the market - any market - sets at a particular time as the price at which an asset can be bought or sold.
  19. Marking Human readable word or phrase acting as an indicator of all or part of the security constraints that apply to a document so marked [CESG]. See also: Label.
  20. marking bias The uniform lengthening of all marking signal pulse widths at the expense of the pulse widths of all spacing pulses.
  21. marking end distortion See end distortion.
  22. marking interface An interface with no methods.
  23. marking pulse Synonym mark.
  24. marking signal Synonym mark.
  25. marquee In computer display, a line of alphanumeric characters that scrolls through, and within, a defined area (window). 2.
  26. MARS Machine Assisted Reference Section
  27. MARSYSCOM US Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA
  28. Martian 1. [Slang] Pertaining to packets that are delivered to the wrong network as the result of bogus routing entries. [After Bahorsky] 2.
  29. MARV Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle.
  30. MARVIS Mid-Apogee Reentry Vehicle Intercept System.
  31. MAS Abbreviation for marker-assisted selection.
  32. maser Acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. A member of the general class of microwave oscillators based on molecular…
  33. MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence.
  34. mask In communications systems, to obscure, hide, or otherwise prevent information from being derived from a signal.
  35. masked threshold The level at which an indistinguishable signal of interest becomes distinguishable from other signals or noise.
  36. masking 1. In television and video technology, a process in which color signals are used to modify each other for the purpose of altering their color rendition.
  37. masking character A character that is used to represent optional characters at the front, middle, and end of a search term.
  38. MASPAR Massive Parallel Processors (TMD-GBR).
  39. masquerade 1. The pretense by an entity to be a different entity in order to gain unauthorized access. [2382-pt.8] 2.
  40. Masquerading When an unauthorized agent claims the identity of another agent it is said to be masquerading.
  41. mass point Irregularly distributed sample points, each with an x,y location and a z value, which are used as the basic elements to build a tin.
  42. Mass Raid Many Red ballistic missiles launched toward CONUS from several launch areas. A mass ASAT raid consists of several ASATs attacking Blue satellites.
  43. MAST Measurement and Simulation Technology-formerly Synthetic Scene Generation Model (SSGM).
  44. master Pertaining to microforms, the master is the original film from which duplicates are made.
  45. Master Boot Record See Boot Sector.
  46. master clock A device that generates periodic, accurately spaced signals that are used for such purposes as timing, regulation of the operations of a processor, or…
  47. master file (MF) the unique mandatory file containing access conditions and optionally DFs (dedicated files) and/or EFs (extended frames). [T1.707-1998]
  48. master frequency generator In frequency-division multiplexing (FDM), equipment used to provide system end-to-end carrier frequency synchronization and frequency accuracy of tones.
  49. master key Within a hierarchy of encrypting keys and transaction keys, the highest level of key-encrypting key. [After X9.24]
  50. master node A process running on an Amazon Machine Image that keeps track of the work its core and task nodes complete.
  51. master oscillator Synonym master frequency generator.
  52. master station In a data network, the station that is designated by the control station to ensure data transfer to one or more slave stations.
  53. master-slave timing Timing in which one station or node supplies the timing reference for all other interconnected stations or nodes.
  54. mastergroup See group.
  55. Match Either an exact or approximate replication. If not an exact replication, the approximate replication shall be so designed as to achieve a suitable…
  56. Match/matching The process of comparing biometric information against a previously stored template(s) and scoring the level of similarity.
  57. matched junction A waveguide component having four or more ports, and so arranged that if all ports except one are terminated in the correct impedance, there will be no…
  58. matched name selection method The mechanism used to help a caller differentiate between users with names that match the touch-tone or speech input. [Exchange 2007]
  59. Matching See "pattern matching".
  60. Matching Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (MBRV) Four reentry vehicle designs (MBRV 1-4) developed to serve as threat representative theater targets.
  61. matching gel See gel.
  62. Matching Target Reentry Vehicle (MTRV) Threat representative reentry vehicle developed for GMD Program by Sandia Labs. Planned for use on IFT 9-14.
  63. material absorption See absorption.
  64. material dispersion See dispersion.
  65. material dispersion coefficient [M(λ)] In an optical fiber, pulse broadening per unit length of fiber and unit spectral width, usually expressed in picoseconds per…
  66. Material Fielding Plan Plan to ensure smooth transition of system from developer to user.
  67. material integrity the original shape, form, context, content, structure and substance of a record in the specific physical property and material form in which it was…
  68. material scattering Of an electromagnetic wave, scattering that is attributable to the intrinsic properties of the material through which the wave is propagating.
  69. Materials Science The science of developing/altering and applying materials to obtain a resultant molecular structure with desirable physical properties and performance…
  70. MATHSFA Manufacturing and Testing of LWIR Hardened Seeker FPA Assemblies. 177
  71. Matra BAE Dynamics European missile manufacturer formed in 1996 from British Aerospace Dynamics and Matra of France.
  72. matrixing The accomplishment of a color coordinate transformation by computational, electrical, optical, or by other means. [After IEEE 100] [After SMPTE]
  73. MATT Mutli -mission Advanced Tactical Terminal.
  74. MATT Radio UHF radio receiver for TRAP, TOPS, and TIBS.
  75. matte An image or signal that represents or carries only transparent information that is intended to overlay or control another image or signal. [After SMPTE]
  76. MATTR Mid And Terminal Tiers Review.
  77. MAU Abbreviation for medium access unit.
  78. MAX Maximum
  79. maximal-ratio combiner A diversity combiner in which (a) the signals from each channel are added together, (b) the gain of each channel is made proportional to the rms signal…
  80. Maximum Attrition Maximum attrition is employed in a target-rich environment to destroy the maximum number of RVs, regardless of the type, by using all available or…
  81. maximum block transfer time The maximum allowable waiting time between initiation of a block transfer attempt and completion of a successful block transfer.
  82. maximum calling area Geographic calling limits permitted to a particular access line based on requirements for the particular line.
  83. maximum disengagement time The maximum allowable waiting time between initiation of a disengagement attempt and successful disengagement.
  84. maximum justification rate Synonym maximum stuffing rate.
  85. maximum keying frequency In facsimile systems, the frequency in hertz numerically equal to the spot speed divided by twice the X-dimension of the scanning spot.
  86. maximum modulating frequency In a facsimile transmission system, the highest picture frequency that is required.
  87. maximum stuffing rate In a bit-stream, the maximum rate at which stuffing bits can be inserted into the stream. Synonym maximum justification rate.
  88. maximum time interval error (MTIE) The maximum error for all possible measurement intervals within the measurement period. [T1.101-1999]
  89. maximum usable frequency (MUF) In radio transmission using reflection from the regular ionized layers of the ionosphere, the upper frequency limit that can be used for transmission…
  90. maximum user signaling rate The maximum rate, in bits per second, at which binary information can be transferred in a given direction between users over the telecommunications system…
  91. Maxwell's equations A set of partial differential equations that describe and predict the behavior of electromagnetic waves in free space, in dielectrics, and at…
  92. MB Millibar
  93. Mb (Megabit) One million bits. Unit of measure for data transfer.
  94. MB (Megabyte) 1,048,576 bytes, or 1,024 KB. Unit of measure for computer storage.
  95. MBA Multi-Beam Antenna.
  96. MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy .
  97. MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction.
  98. Mbone Abbreviation for multicast backbone on the Internet. A part of the Internet designed to support IP multicasting by coordinating the transmission of…
  99. Mbps Megabits per second.
  100. MBR The first sector on a hard disk, which begins the process of starting the computer.