Technology terms starting with S

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  1. Sniffer script a small program or script that detects which web browser software an Internet user is using and then serves up the particular browser-specific cascading…
  2. SNIPE OBSOLETE. SDI System Network Processor Engine.
  3. SNL Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM.
  4. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard Internet protocol that facilitates communications between a system being managed and the management console…
  5. SNMP agent A process that gathers status and diagnostic information and forwards it to network management stations.
  6. SNMP community Name that is used as a password by the SNMP manager to communicate with the SNMP agent.
  7. SNMP trap An asynchronous, unsolicited message sent by an SNMP agent to an SNMP manager indicating that an event has occurred on the filer.
  8. Snow Precipitation that consists of frozen flakes formed when water vapor accumulates on ice crystals, going directly to the ice phase.
  9. SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  10. SNRC Soreq [Israeli] Nuclear Research Center.
  11. SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol. A variation of NTP used to synchronize computer clocks on the Internet.
  12. SOA (1) State-of-the-Art. (2) Speed of Advance.
  13. SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) Principles and practices for sharing, reusing, and orchestrating business logic represented as services or components.
  14. SOAP SOAP provides a standard, extensible, composable framework for packaging and exchanging XML messages between a service provider and a service requester.
  15. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol is a means of sending messages between a service requester and provider.
  16. SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) The basic package for SOAP messaging, SAAJ contains the API for creating and populating a SOAP message.
  17. SOC Statement of Capability (Contracting term).
  18. Social Engineering An attempt to trick someone into revealing information (e.g., a password) that can be used to attack systems or networks.
  19. Social Media Websites which allow users to create the valuable content. A few examples of social media sites are social bookmarking sites and social news sites.
  20. socket An endpoint for network communication among multiple processes that works much like a telephone or a post office box.
  21. SOCKS (Sockets Secure) A mechanism by which a secure proxy data channel can be established between two computers. It is generally used as a firewall.
  22. SOCOM Special Operations Command.
  23. SOCS Subcommittee on Computer Security.
  24. SODD System and Operations Document.
  25. SODO Senior Offense/Defense Simulator.
  26. SODSIM Strategic Offense/ Defense Simulator.
  27. SOF (1) See Strategic Offense Forces. (2) Special Operations Forces. 269
  28. SOFA Status of Forces Agreement.
  29. soft copy A nonpermanent display image, for example, a cathode ray tube display.
  30. soft delete The process of moving an item to the Deleted Items folder.
  31. Soft Dial Tone Numbers Numbers that permit restricted dialing, such as calling emergency services and sometimes receive incoming calls (FCC 00-104, ¶ 33).
  32. soft error page A special page that explains the problem in detail if an HTTP server cannot return the page that a client requests and configures the HTTP server to…
  33. soft limiting See limiting.
  34. soft link A file system object that can be used to redirect a path transparently to another part of the file system. Also known as "symlink" or "symbolic link."
  35. soft reference See "symbolic reference".
  36. soft sectoring On magnetic disks, magnetic drums, and optical disks, the identification of sector boundaries by using recorded information.
  37. Softswitch See Call Agent
  38. Software Coded instructions (programs) that make a computer do useful work.
  39. Software Architecture The implementation of solutions to the problems in the domain. It becomes a model for constructing applications and mapping requirements from the domain…
  40. software defined radio A radio consisting of a receiver and/or a transmitter, where each has the following properties, respectively: (a) the received signal is digitized and…
  41. Software Development Cycle (1) The period of time that begins with the decision to develop a software product and ends when the product is delivered.
  42. Software Documentation Technical data or information, including computer listings and printouts, in human-readable form, that describe or specify the design or details, explain…
  43. software engineering (1) A discipline whose objectives are to define, create, and apply a welldefined methodology that addresses a software life cycle of planning…
  44. Software Life Cycle The period of time that begins when a software product is conceived and ends when the software is no longer available for use.
  45. software package A package that consists of (a) one or more computer programs and possibly related material such as utility programs or tutorial programs, recorded on a…
  46. software piracy The unauthorized use, copying, or distribution of software products. [2382-pt.8]
  47. Software Provisioning Installing, configuring, and making software available for applications and users.
  48. software reuse The ability to reuse software components in different contexts. Object-oriented languages help to promote reuse by their support of encapsulation.
  49. Software Support The sum of all activities that take place to ensure that implemented and fielded software continues to fully support the operational mission of the system.
  50. Software Test Environment A set of automated tools, firmware devices, and hardware necessary to test software.
  51. software tool Software, such as a computer program, routine, subroutine, program block, or program module, that can be used to develop, test, analyze, or maintain a…
  52. software VPN A software appliance-based VPN connection over the Internet.
  53. Software-Based Fault Isolation A method of isolating application modules into distinct fault domains enforced by software.
  54. SOH A declaration from a client computer that asserts the computer's health status.
  55. SoHR The validation of a statement of health (SoH) that a system health validator (SHV) produces and sends to the NAP administration server.
  56. SOI The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) has been developed to monitor the Southern Oscillation using the difference between sea level pressures at Darwin…
  57. SOIF See System Operation and Integration Functions.
  58. SOJ Stand-Off Jammer. 270
  59. Soldier-Machine Interface Considerations through system analysis and psychophysiology of equipment designs and operational concepts, to ensure they are compatible with capabilities…
  60. Sole Source Acquisition A contract for the purchase of supplies or services that is entered into a proposal to be entered into by an agency after soliciting and negotiating only…
  61. solid-state scanning In facsimile, scanning in which all or a part of the scanning process is performed by electronic commutation of an array of solid-state photosensitive…
  62. soliton An optical pulse having a shape, spectral content, and power level designed to take advantage of nonlinear effects in an optical fiber waveguide, for the…
  63. SOM System Object Model.
  64. sonar An acronym derived from the expression "sound navigation and ranging." Refers to the method or equipment for determining by underwater sound techniques…
  65. SONET Synchronous Optical Network.
  66. sonobuoy In sonar systems, a device (a) that is used to detect acoustic waves, such as those produced by ships and submarines, (b) that, when activated, relays…
  67. SOO Science and Operations Officer
  68. SOP See Standard Operating Procedure.
  69. sort The arrangement of documents in the sequence in which they are to be filed or stored Things that have been put in a particular order The action of…
  70. SORTIELOT Sortie Allotment message (JFACC term).
  71. SORTS Status of Resources and Training System.
  72. SOS Silicon-on-Sapphire.
  73. SOSUS Sound Surveillance System (USN term).
  74. sound card A hardware device used to turn digital data into sound.
  75. sound navigation and ranging See sonar.
  76. sound wave See acoustic wave.
  77. sound-powered telephone A telephone in which the operating power is derived from the speech input only.
  78. sounder prediction station A station equipped with an ionosphere sounder for realtime monitoring of upper atmosphere phenomena or to obtain data for the prediction of propagation…
  79. soundex A phonetic spelling (up to six characters) of a street name, used for address matching.
  80. sounding A set of data measuring the vertical structure of an atmospheric parameter (temperature, humidity, pressure, winds, etc.) at a given time.
  81. Source Any place or object from which air pollutants are released. Sources that are fixed in space are stationary sources and sources that move are mobile…
  82. source document The original from which a copy is made A document containing information entered into a computer during data entry; an input record
  83. source documents Documents intended for microfilming or which provide input data for machine-readable records systems.
  84. source efficiency In optical systems, the ratio of emitted optical power of a source to the input electrical power.
  85. source filter A special kind of "module" that does "preprocessing" on your script just before it gets to the "tokener".
  86. source language In computing, data processing, and communications systems, a language from which statements are translated.
  87. source program A computer program written in a source language. Note: An example of a source program is a program that serves as the input to an assembler, compiler, or…
  88. source quench A congestion-control technique in which a computer experiencing data traffic congestion sends a message back to the source of the messages or packets…
  89. Source Selection Authority The official designated to direct the source selection process, approve the selection plan, select the source(s), and announce contract award.
  90. Source Selection Evaluation Board A group of military and/or government civilian personnel, representing functional and technical disciplines.
  91. Source Selection Plan (SSP) A formal written document, which sets forth the source selection organization and management chain for a specific acquisition.
  92. source user The user providing the information to be transferred to a destination user during a particular information transfer transaction.
  93. source/destination checking A security measure to verify that an EC2 instance is the origin of all traffic that it sends and the ultimate destination of all traffic that it receives…
  94. SOW Statement of Work.
  95. SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) A U.S. federal law that requires the preservation of records by certain exchange members, brokers, and dealers. [Exchange 2007]
  96. SP (1) Security Personnel. (2) Self propelled. (3) Signal Processing.
  97. SP-100 Space Power-100 kW.
  98. SP/CR Software Problem/Change Request.
  99. SPACC Space Command Center.
  100. space In telegraphy, one of the two significant conditions of encoding. Note 1: The complementary significant condition is called a "mark.