Technology terms starting with S

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  1. spur A secondary route having a junction to the primary route in a network.
  2. spurious emission Emission on a frequency or frequencies which are outside the necessary bandwidth and the level of which may be reduced without affecting the corresponding…
  3. spurious noise Circuit noise or interference that is like a signal. [T1.401-1988]
  4. spurious radiation Any unintentional emission.
  5. spurious response In radio reception, a response in the receiver intermediate frequency (IF) stage produced by an undesired emission in which the fundamental frequency (or…
  6. spurious tones Any tone that (a) is other than a fundamental tone or its harmonics, and (b) is generated within the back-to-back connected transmit and receive terminal…
  7. SPY-1 AEGIS radar.
  8. Spyware Software programs which spy on web users, often used to collect consumer research and to behaviorally targeted ads.
  9. SQA Software Quality Assurance.
  10. SQL Structured Query Language (Computer term).
  11. SQL Server computer A computer with an installed configuration of Microsoft SQL Server with a configured database.
  12. SQL/J A set of standards that includes specifications for embedding SQL statements in methods in the Java programming language and specifications for calling…
  13. SQL/MM An international standards effort, sponsored by ISO to extend SQL to support multimedia applications, including access and manipulation of geographic data.
  14. sqrt Square foot.
  15. Square A unit of land defined by the DC Surveyor that normally consists of a single city block and contains record and tax lots.
  16. square pixel A pixel of equal width and height; i.e., having an aspect ratio of 1:1 Note: Pixels created by computer graphics usually have an aspect ratio of 1:1.
  17. square wave A wave that has two significant conditions, i.e., two levels of amplitude, that change from one condition to the other in a relatively short time compared…
  18. squatting See cybersquatting.
  19. squelch A circuit function that acts to suppress the audio output of a receiver. [NTIA] Note: The squelch function is activated in the absence of a sufficiently…
  20. Squidoo Topical lens site created by Seth Godin. See also: Squidoo.com
  21. SR AFSPC Regulation.
  22. SRA System Requirements Analysis. 275
  23. SRAM Short-Range Attack Missile.
  24. SRAT (System Resource Allocation Table) table that keeps track of memory allocated to a virtual machine.
  25. SRB Solid Rocket Booster.
  26. SRBM See Short Range Ballistic Missile.
  27. SRD Systems Requirement Document.
  28. SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility) A level 1-3 protocol used for physical data replication between EMC Symmetrix disk arrays.
  29. SREMP Source Region Electromagnetic Pulse.
  30. SRF (Surf Zone Forecast) - A National Weather Service routine or event driven forecast product geared toward non-boating marine users issued for an area…
  31. SRHIT OBSOLETE. Small Radar Homing Intercept Technology. Predecessor program to Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment (FLAGE).
  32. SRIM Short-Range Intercept Missile.
  33. SRINF Short Range Intermediate Nuclear Force.
  34. SRL (1) Site Readiness Level. (2) System Readiness Level. (3) Super Radiant Laser.
  35. SRM Service Reference Model - also known as a Service Component Reference Model -- a business and performance-driven, functional framework that classifies…
  36. SRM (Storage Resource Management) the industry term for software that manages storage.
  37. SRMP Sounding Rocket Measurement Program.
  38. SRMSC Stanley R. Mickelsen SAFEGUARD Complex site.
  39. SRMU Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade.
  40. SRO System Readiness Objective.
  41. SRR System Requirements Review.
  42. SRS A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors. Radioactive octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is injected into a…
  43. SRS (Site Replication Service) A directory service (similar to the directory used in Exchange Server 5.5) implemented in Exchange 2000 to allow the integration with downstream Exchange…
  44. SRT Strategic Red Team.
  45. SRTBM Short range theater ballistic missile.
  46. SRU Shop Replaceable Unit.
  47. SRV Single Reentry Vehicle.
  48. SS Southshore
  49. SS-18 Largest ICBM in former Soviet inventory credited with carrying 10 RVs, but capable of holding many more.
  50. SS7 Abbreviation for Signaling System No. 7.
  51. SS96 Summer Study 1996 [Director, MDA].
  52. SSA See Source Selection Authority.
  53. SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) an industry-standard interface that provides high-performance fault-tolerant attachment to I/O storage devices. See SCSI.
  54. SSAC Source Selection Authority Council/Committee (Acquisition term). 276
  55. SSB Single Side Band.
  56. SSB-SC Abbreviation for single-sideband suppressed carrier. See single-sideband suppressed carrier transmission.
  57. SSBN Ballistic Missile Submarine (nuclear).
  58. SSC (1) See Space Surveillance Center. (2) Scan-to-Scan Correlation. (3) Strategic Systems Committee. (4) Skill Specialty Code (USAF ILS term).
  59. SSCM Surface-to-Surface Cruise Missile.
  60. SSD OBSOLETE. Space Systems Division. (Now USAF/SMC.)
  61. SSD (Solid State Disk) a high-speed, random-access storage peripheral.
  62. SSDA Solid State Demonstration Array.
  63. SSDC Space and Strategic Defense Command (US Army).
  64. SSDD System/Segment Design Document.
  65. SSDO System/Segment Design Document.
  66. SSDR Subsystem Design Review.
  67. SSE (1) See System Security Engineering. (2) Space Surveillance Experiment. (3) System Simulator Environment.
  68. SSEB Source Selection Evaluation Board.
  69. SSEKP Single Shot Engagement Kill Probability.
  70. SSGM Strategic Scene Generation Model.
  71. SSH Secure Shell. A protocol that is a standard method for replacing Telnet and Remote Shell sessions to secure encrypted communication over the Internet.
  72. SSH Key When you launch an image through AWS, you will specify a particular SSH Key to associate with that image.
  73. SSI (1) Sensor Segment Interface. (2) Sensor System Interface.
  74. SSIMU Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit.
  75. SSKEP Single Shot Kill Estimated Probability .
  76. SSKP Single Shot Kill Probability.
  77. SSL See definition for: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  78. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) A security protocol for the Internet and Intranets that provides communications privacy and authentication for IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server tasks that…
  79. SSL authentication Authentication in which the server exchanges the server certificate with the client and, optionally, the client exchanges the client certificate with the…
  80. SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security) Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security is a security protocol that provides communication privacy.
  81. SSM Surface-to-Surface Missile.
  82. SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imagery (Weather Satellite term).
  83. SSM/T2 Special Sensor Meteorology Temperature and Vapor (Weather Satellite term).
  84. SSM/TI Special Sensor Meteorology Temperature (Weather Satellite term).
  85. SSMP See System Security Management Plan.
  86. SSMS See Standard Survivable Message Set.
  87. SSMTR Sary Shagan Missile Test Range. 277
  88. SSN (1) Space Surveillance Network. (2) Submarine, Nuclear powered (navy Ship Designation term).
  89. SSO Special Security Office.
  90. SSO (Single Sign-On) An authentication process in which a user can access more than one system or application by entering a single user ID and password.
  91. SSOD Special Session On Disarmament.
  92. SSP Shortened Statutory Period -- see MPEP §710.02(b) for more
  93. SSPAR Solid State Phased Array Radar.
  94. SSPI See definition for: Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI)
  95. SSPK Single Shot Probability of Kill.
  96. SSPM (1) Solid State Photo Multiplier. (2) Software Standards and Procedures Manual.
  97. SSPO Strategic Systems Program Office. (U.S. Navy)
  98. SSR Abbreviation for simple sequence repeat. See: microsatellite.
  99. SSRMP Space Sounding Rocket Measurement Program.
  100. SSRT Single Stage Rocket Technology.