Technology terms starting with O

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  1. originator-to-recipient speed of service Synonym speed of service.
  2. Ornate Impact USFK Joint TMD Warfighter Exercise.
  3. ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN.
  4. ORTA Office of Research and Technology Applications.
  5. orthogonal multiplex A method of combining two or more digital signals that have mutually independent pulses, thus avoiding intersymbol interference.
  6. orthogonal sampling In digital video, a sampling where the luminance and the color-difference samples are generated from pixels arranged in common, continuous vertical and…
  7. Orthographic analysis Orthographic analysis is used in checking for typos and, official variants (for example, German spelling).
  8. orthomode transducer A device forming part of an antenna feed and serving to combine or separate orthogonally polarized signals.
  9. orthophotograph Aerial photographs that have been processed to correct for scale variations and image displacement resulting from relief or terrain variations and camera…
  10. orthophotography The process of aerial photographs that have been rectified to produce an accurate image of the Earth by removing tilt and relief displacements which…
  11. ORU Orbital Replacement Unit.
  12. ORWG Operational Requirements Working Group.
  13. OS Operating System
  14. OS (operating system) the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer and their interaction…
  15. OS principal A principal native to the operating system on which the J2EE platform is executing.
  16. OSA Optical Society of America.
  17. OSC Optical Signature Code.
  18. OSCE Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe.
  19. oscillator An electronic circuit designed to produce an ideally stable alternating voltage or current.
  20. OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  21. OSE Operational Support Equipment.
  22. OSEIT Operations and Support Engineering Integration Tool. 215
  23. OSF Open Systems Foundation.
  24. OSF/MOTIF An industry-standard graphical user interface developed by the Open Software Foundation for the UNIX workstation environment.
  25. OSH Occupational Safety and Health.
  26. OSHA See Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
  27. OSI Operator System Interface.
  28. OSI--RM Abbreviation for Open Systems Interconnection--Reference Model.
  29. OSIA On Site Inspection Agency, Washington, DC.
  30. OSIM Object Simulation (NMD BMC3 term).
  31. OSIP Operational System Integration Plan.
  32. OSIWG Operating Systems Interface Working Group.
  33. OSJTF Open Systems Joint Task Force.
  34. OSM Object Sighting Message.
  35. OSS Operations Support System (Navy C3 program).
  36. OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  37. OSWR Office of Science and Weapons Research.
  38. OT Operational Test.
  39. OT&E See Operational Test and Evaluation.
  40. OTA (1) Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC. (2) Operational Test Agency. (3) Office of Technology Applications, MDA.
  41. OTA (Over The Air) Over The Air (OTA) refers to any wireless networking technology.
  42. OTAR Abbreviation for over-the-air rekeying.
  43. OTCIXS Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange Subsystem (Navy term).
  44. OTDR Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer .
  45. OTF Object Track Profile.
  46. OTH Over the Horizon.
  47. OTH-B Over-The-Horizon.
  48. OTH-T Over-The-Horizon Targeting.
  49. other common carrier (OCC) A communications common carrier--usually an interexchange carrier--that offers communications services in competition with AT&T and/or the established U.S.
  50. OTO Operational Test Organization.
  51. OTP Outline Test Plan.
  52. OTS Off-the-Shelf.
  53. OTSA Off-the-Shelf Analysis.
  54. OTV Orbital Transfer Vehicle.
  55. OU See definition for: Organizational Unit (OU)
  56. OU (organizational unit) An Active Directory container object used within domains. An organizational unit is a logical container into which users, groups, computers, and other…
  57. OUSD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. 216
  58. OUSD (A&T) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology).
  59. OUSD (A) OBSOLETE. See OUSD (A&T).
  60. out call A universal personal telecommunications (UPT) call type that permits a UPT user to make calls from any terminal on any network, and have access to his/her…
  61. Out of Band Laser Flux (Sensor) Laser energy directed at a sensor that is intended to damage or disrupt the sensor and is outside the sensors bandwidth.
  62. out of scope A variable is in scope as long as the program's flow of control is within the variable's defining block. Otherwise, it is out of scope.
  63. out-call registration A feature that enables the universal personal telecommunications (UPT) user to register for outgoing calls from the current terminal address to allow…
  64. out-of-area An area not included in the subscribed service. An area may be defined in terms of a state/province, NPA, LATA, etc. [T1.207-1998]
  65. out-of-band emission Emission on a frequency or frequencies immediately outside the necessary bandwidth which results from the modulation process, but excluding spurious…
  66. out-of-band notification In encryption, notification using a communication means other than the primary communication means. [After X9.49]
  67. out-of-band signaling Signaling that uses a portion of the channel bandwidth provided by the transmission medium, e.g.
  68. out-of-bounds value A redundant value used to indicate that a different action from the norm is required at some point.
  69. out-of-frame-alignment time The time during which frame alignment is effectively lost. Note: The out-of-frame-alignment time includes the time to detect loss of frame alignment and…
  70. out-slot signaling Signaling performed in digital time slots that are not within the channel time slot.
  71. Out-Years Normally, six years beyond the year being worked in the upcoming POM/budget.
  72. Outage A discontinuance of electric power supply.
  73. outage duration That period of time between the onset of an outage and the restoration of service.
  74. outage probability The probability that an outage will occur within a specified time period.
  75. outage ratio The sum of all the outage durations divided by the time period of measurement.
  76. outage state See outage.
  77. outage threshold For a supported performance parameter of a system, the value that establishes the minimum performance level at which the system is considered to remain in…
  78. outbound host The host computer that receives a newsfeed. [Exchange 5.5]
  79. Outbound Link A link from one website pointing at another external website. Some webmasters believe in link hoarding, but linking out to useful relevant related…
  80. Outbound links links that direct "off-site" to another website
  81. outcard A device used to physically replace material that has been removed from a file that indicates what was taken, by whom, and when
  82. outdialing A process in which Unified Messaging (UM) dials or transfers calls. Unified Messaging generally receives calls, but sometimes dials calls.
  83. Outer Space Treaty of 1967 A multilateral treaty signed and ratified by both the United States and the (former) Soviet Union.
  84. outgoing access The ability of a user to originate data calls via an ISDN. [T1.615-1992]
  85. outgoing mail database A file (Mail_.box) that temporarily stores outgoing mail that users create when not connected to a mail server.
  86. Outlays Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations.
  87. Outlook Anywhere A feature that makes it possible for a user to access their Exchange Server mailbox from any workstation using the full Outlook client, regardless of the…
  88. Outlook E-Mail Postmark A computational proof that Outlook applies to outgoing messages to help recipient messaging systems distinguish legitimate e-mail from junk e-mail.
  89. Outlook features for Exchange Unified Messaging Software that is supplied with Outlook 2007 to render Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM) voice messages.
  90. Outlook Voice Access A feature that allows a Unified Messaging-enabled user to access their Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox over the telephone.
  91. Outlook Web Access The Web browser interface to Exchange Server mailbox and public folder data. The Outlook Web Access client in Exchange Server 5.
  92. Outlook Web Access Light A lightweight version of Outlook Web Access optimized for accessibility and compatibility with the widest array of browsers and operating systems.
  93. Outlook Web Access Web Part A piece of the user interface (UI) in Outlook Web Access that can be hosted in iframes as part of other Web applications such as SharePoint Portal Server…
  94. outpulsing The process of transmitting address information over a trunk from one switching center or switchboard to another.
  95. output 1. Information retrieved from a functional unit or from a network, usually after some processing. 2. An output state, or sequence of states. 3.
  96. output angle Synonym radiation angle.
  97. output rating The expression of the stated power available at the output terminals of a transmitter when connected to the normal load or its equivalent. 2.
  98. Outside Line Access Code The prefix that is used to access an outside line. This prefix is typically 9. [Exchange 2007]
  99. outside plant 1. In telephony, all cables, conduits, ducts, poles, towers, repeaters, repeater huts, and other equipment located between a demarcation point in a…
  100. Outside Threat An unauthorized entity from outside the domain perimeter that has the potential to harm an Information System through destruction, disclosure…