Technology terms starting with O

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  1. outsourcing process of contracting out certain activities of an organization
  2. outward dialing See direct outward dialing.
  3. ovality The attribute of an optical fiber, the cross section of the core or cladding of which deviates from a perfect circle. 2.
  4. Over The Shoulder A version of elevation prompt that allows an administrator to enter administrative credentials to allow a process to run with the full access token of the…
  5. over-the-air key distribution Providing electronic key via over-the-air rekeying, over-the-air key transfer, or cooperative key generation. [INFOSEC-99]
  6. over-the-air key transfer Electronically distributing key without changing traffic encryption key used on the secured communications path over which the transfer is accomplished.
  7. over-the-air rekeying (OTAR) Changing traffic encryption key or transmission security key in remote crypto -equipment by sending new key directly to the remote crypto-equipment over…
  8. over-the-horizon radar A radar system that makes use of the atmospheric reflection and refraction phenomena to extend its range of detection beyond line of sight.
  9. overfill The condition that prevails when the numerical aperture of an optical source, such as a laser, light-emitting diode, or optical fiber, exceeds that of the…
  10. overflow In telephony, the generation of potential traffic that exceeds the capacity of a communications system or subsystem. 2.
  11. overhead bit Any bit other than a user information bit.
  12. overhead communications See overhead bit.
  13. overhead information Digital information transferred across the functional interface between a user and a telecommunications system, or between functional units within a…
  14. overlap pulsing An arrangement for exchange-carrier-to-interexchange carrier (EC-to-IC) outpulsing that allows seizure of the EC-to-IC trunk and initiation of outpulsing…
  15. overlay See topological overlay.
  16. Overlay BMD System An advanced exoatmospheric defense system oriented toward defense of ICBMs, consisting of missile-borne, passive infrared sensors and non-nuclear homing…
  17. overlay cell A larger cell that physically overlays one or more smaller cells. For example, intra-building cells may be encompassed by a larger campus cell. [T1.
  18. Overload To exceed the design capacity of a device.
  19. overload point Synonym load capacity.
  20. overloading Using one identifier to refer to multiple items in the same scope. In the Java programming language, you can overload methods but not variables or…
  21. overmodulation The condition that prevails when the instantaneous level of the modulating signal exceeds the value necessary to produce 100% modulation of the carrier.
  22. override To preempt, manually or automatically, a prescribed procedure. Note: For example, one might manually override a prescribed course of action programmed to…
  23. overriding Providing a different implementation of a method in a subclass of the class that originally defined the method.
  24. overriding for breadth A form of method overriding in which the sub class version of a method implements its own behavior within the context of the attributes and behavior of…
  25. overriding for chaining A form of method overriding in which the sub class version of a method checks to see whether it can respond to the message on its own and only calls the…
  26. overriding for restriction A form of method overriding in which the sub class version of a method calls the super class version first of all and then uses or manipulates the result…
  27. overshoot That portion of an arc digitized past its intersection with another arc. See also dangling arc.
  28. Overt Biometric sample collection where end users know they are being collected and at what location.
  29. overt channel [A] Communications path within a computer system or network designed for the authorized transfer of data. [INFOSEC-99]
  30. overtone Of a sinusoidal wave, an integral multiple of the frequency, i.e., the fundamental, of the wave, other than the fundamental itself.
  31. Overture The company which pioneered search marketing by selling targeted searches on a pay per click basis.
  32. Overture Keyword Selector Tool Popular keyword research tool, based largely on Yahoo! search statistics. Heavily skewed toward commercially oriented searches, also combines singular and…
  33. overwrite procedure [The] Process of writing patterns of data on top of the data stored on a magnetic medium. [INFOSEC-99]
  34. OWG Operating Working Group. 217
  35. OWL see Web Ontology Language.
  36. OWL - Web Ontology Language undefined
  37. OWL DL OWL-DL is much more expressive than OWL-Lite and is based on Description Logics (hence the suffix DL).
  38. OWL Full OWL-Full is the most expressive OWL sub-language. It is intended to be used in situations where very high expressiveness is more important than being able…
  39. OWL Lite The syntactically simplest of the three sub-languages of OWL. It is intended to be used in situations where only a simple class hierarchy and simple…
  40. owl:Thing The class in an OWL ontology that represents the set containing all individuals. All classes in an OWL ontology are subclasses of owl:Thing.
  41. Owner The only security principal who has an inherent right to allow or deny permission to access an object.
  42. owner password A password that the user sets when the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is enabled.
  43. Owner Point A map point over a single lot, attributed with information about the owner.
  44. Owner Polygon A single polygon feature class that represents land with taxable information about the owner, taxes, land use, etc.