Technology terms starting with O

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  1. Operation Masters (OM) AD services that manage requests for specific information changes at either the forest or the domain level.
  2. Operation Order A directive issued by a commander to subordinate commanders for the purpose of effecting the coordinated execution of an operation. Also called OPORD.
  3. Operation Plan (OPLAN) Any plan, except for the Single Integrated Operational Plan, for the conduct of military operations.
  4. operation provider A reusable Java component that implements one or more web service functions. A web service can be composed of one or more operation providers.
  5. Operational Assessment An evaluation of operational effectiveness and operational suitability made by an independent operational test activity, with user support as required, on…
  6. Operational Availability The degree, expressed in terms of 1.0 as the highest, to which one can expect equipment or weapon systems to work properly when required.
  7. Operational Capability The measure of the results of the mission, given the condition of the system during the mission (dependability).
  8. Operational Concept An end-to-end stream of activities that defines how force elements, systems, organizations, and tactics combined to accomplish a military task.
  9. Operational Control (OPCON) Transferable command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command.
  10. Operational Controls The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that primarily are implemented and executed by people (as opposed to…
  11. operational data security Protection of data from either accidental or unauthorized intentional modification, destruction, or disclosure during input, processing, storage…
  12. operational documentation the information produced by the developer of a Target of Evaluation to specify and explain how customers should use it [ITSEC].
  13. Operational Effectiveness The overall degree of mission accomplishment of a system when used by representative personnel in the environment planned or expected (e.g.
  14. operational environment 1. The set of procedures, methods, tools and standards used during system operation [CESG]. See also: Development Environment. 2.
  15. Operational Evaluation The test and analysis of a specific end item or system, insofar as practicable under Service operating conditions, in order to determine if quantity…
  16. operational key Key intended for use over-the-air for protection of operational information or for the production or secure electrical transmission of key streams.
  17. Operational Level of War The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or areas…
  18. operational load The total power requirements for communications facilities.
  19. Operational Mode The configuration of the defense system element or segment. Refers to the operational environment of system, i.e.
  20. Operational Readiness The capability of a unit/formation, ship, weapon system or equipment to perform the missions or functions for which it is organized or designed.
  21. operational record Records that relate to the substantive activities an organization undertakes to accomplish its mission or mandate See also administrative record.
  22. Operational Reliability The reliability of a system or software subsystem in its actual use environment.
  23. Operational Requirement Navy document, which describes major characteristics of the alternative selected by OPNAV.
  24. Operational Requirements Document (ORD) Documents the users objectives and minimum acceptable requirements for operational performance of a proposed concept or system. DoDI 5000.1 and DoD 5000.
  25. operational service period A period during which a telecommunications service remains in an operational state.
  26. operational service state During any performance measurement period, a telecommunications service condition that existed when the calculated values of specified performance…
  27. Operational Suitability The degree to which a system can be placed satisfactorily in field use with consideration given to availability, compatibility, transportability…
  28. Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) That T&E conducted to estimate a system's military utility, operational effectiveness, and operational suitability, as well as the need for any…
  29. Operationally Ready 1. Capable of performing the missions or functions for which organized or designed (as applied to a unit, ship or weapon system).
  30. operations The term denoting the general classifications of services rendered to the public for which separate tariffs are filed, namely exchange, state toll and…
  31. Operations and Support (O&S) Costs Those resources required to operate and support a system, subsystem, or a major component during its useful life in the operational inventory.
  32. operations code Code composed largely of words and phrases suitable for general communications use. [INFOSEC-99]
  33. Operations Profile An identification of all participants in an operation, their actions, and the time those actions occur in the operation.
  34. operations security [The] process denying to potential adversaries information about capabilities and/or intentions by identifying, controlling and protecting generally…
  35. operations security (OPSEC) [The] Process denying information to potential adversaries about capabilities and/or intentions by identifying, controlling, and protecting unclassified…
  36. Operations Security (OPSEC) Survey The method of evaluating the protection afforded a given operation. It is composed of multiple functional outlines that identify possible weaknesses or…
  37. operations system A system that performs operations system functions (OSFs), that is, supports the processing of information related to operations, administration…
  38. operator A prokaryotic regulatory element that interacts with a repressor to control the transcription of adjacent structural genes.
  39. operator overloading A kind of "overloading" that you can do on built-in operators to make them work on objects as if the objects were ordinary scalar values, but with the…
  40. operator precedence See precedence rules
  41. operator service access point (OSAP) The functional entity that provides access to an operator service from an exchange in the network.
  42. operator service provider The company accepting the billing information, initiating the validation process, and recording the details of the call. [T1.230-1992]
  43. Operator Service Provider (OSP) A common carrier that provides services from public phones, including payphones and those in hotels/motels.
  44. operator services A set of services including toll and assistance, listing services and intercept, associated with the originating connection network capability. [After T1.
  45. operator system A stored program electronic system associated with one or more toll switching systems which provides centralized traffic service position functions for…
  46. operator trunks A general term, ordinarily applied to trunks between manually operated switchboard positions and local dial central offices in the same wire center.
  47. OPEVAL Operational Evaluation (Navy).
  48. OPINE The condensation product of an amino acid with either a keto-acid or a sugar, produced by the plant host as a result of Agrobacterium infection, and used…
  49. OPINTEL Operational Intelligence Processor. 213
  50. OPK A set of tools, documentation, and samples that enable OEMs to preinstall Windows efficiently on new computers according to the terms of the OEM Licensing…
  51. OPLAN Operation Plan.
  52. OPM Office of Personnel Management - an agency of the U. S. Government
  53. OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
  54. OPNAVINST Chief of Naval Operations Instruction.
  55. OPNS Operations.
  56. OPO Optical Parametric Oscillation.
  57. OPORD Operation Order.
  58. OPP Other Physical Principles.
  59. OPR Formerly, Office of Public Records; now known as Public Records Division (PRD)
  60. OPS Operations.
  61. OPSDEPS Service Operations Deputies.
  62. OPSEC Operations Security.
  63. OPSMOD Operations Module.
  64. OpsWorks A deployment service that allows DevOps to model and manage anything from load balancers to databases.
  65. Opt-In Giving your credit card company or bank permission to include you in a particular service.
  66. Opt-out Declining a particular service offered by your bank.
  67. OPTEC Operational Test and Evaluation Command, Alexandria, VA. (U.S. Army)
  68. OPTEMPO Operating Tempo.
  69. OPTEVFOR Operational Test and Evaluation Force. (U.S. Navy)
  70. Optic Cobra CENTCOM Joint TMD Warfighter Exercise.
  71. Optic Needle EUCOM Joint TMD Warfighter Exercise.
  72. Optical Airborne Measurement Program (OAMP) A program involving an aircraft-mounted research platform to conduct surveillance experiments that can be used to design future defensive systems.
  73. optical amplifier See fiber amplifier, optical repeater.
  74. optical attenuator In optical communications, a device used to reduce the power level of an optical signal.
  75. optical axis Of a refractive or reflective optical element, the straight line that is coincident with the axis of symmetry of the surfaces.
  76. optical beamsplitter See beamsplitter.
  77. optical cable See fiber optic cable.
  78. optical cable assembly See cable assembly.
  79. optical carrier level 1 (OC-1) The optical signal that results from an optical conversion of an synchronous transport signal 1 (STS-1 signal).
  80. optical cavity A region bounded by two or more mirrors that are aligned to provide multiple reflections of lightwaves.
  81. optical character reader (OCR) A device used for optical character recognition.
  82. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) The automatic recognition and interpretation of text.
  83. Optical Coating Layers of materials that alter/protect the physical/electronic properties of the material to which they are applied.
  84. optical conductor Deprecated synonym for optical fiber.
  85. optical connector A demountable device for attaching a cabled or uncabled optical fiber to another, or to an active device such as a transmitter.
  86. optical coupler See directional coupler, star coupler, T-coupler.
  87. optical density (OD) For a given wavelength, an expression of the transmittance of an optical element.
  88. optical detector A transducer that generates an output signal when irradiated with optical energy.
  89. optical disk A digital data storage technology that uses optical media to store information.
  90. optical dispersion See dispersion.
  91. optical fiber A filament of transparent dielectric material, usually glass or plastic, and usually circular in cross section, that guides light.
  92. optical fiber cable See fiber optic cable.
  93. optical fiber coating See primary coating.
  94. optical fiber jacket See sheath.
  95. optical fiber link See fiber optic link.
  96. optical fiber nuclear hardening Design allowances made to prevent or ameliorate the effects of gamma or high-energy neutron radiation or bombardment, that causes some optical fibers to…
  97. optical fiber transfer function See transfer function.
  98. optical fiber waveguide See optical fiber.
  99. optical fiber, conductive See OFC.
  100. optical fiber, conductive, plenum See OFCP.