Technology terms starting with S

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SSS (1) Space Sensor System. (2) System/Segment Specification.
SSSG Space System Support Group.
SST Sea Surface Temperature
SSTB System Simulation Test Bed.
SSTS OBSOLETE. See Space-Based Surveillance and Tracking System.
SSUP System Supplement.
SSWG System Safety Working Group.
ST Stratus
ST/STE Special Tooling/Special Test Equipment.
STA Stamina
stability Tendency of systems, especially ecosystems, to persist, relatively unchanged, through time; also, persistence of a component of a system.
Stack A group of 20 roulette chips.
stack overflow Stack overflow occurs when too many items are pushed onto a stack with a finite capacity.
stack trace A display of the runtime stack.
stacked icon A Notes application icon that represents an application and all of its associated replicas that are currently added to the workspace.
Stage The extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has…
staged read-only domain controller installation A process in which a read-only domain controller (RODC) is installed in two stages.
staged RODC installation A process in which a read-only domain controller (RODC) is installed in two stages.
Stagger The difference in size between the tires on the left and right side of a car. Because of a tire's makeup, slight variations in circumference result.
staging area A designated area where construction equipment is temporarily stored (usually only during the construction phase).
STANAG Standardization Agreement (NATO).
standalone container A simple HTTP server that passes requests to the SOAP engine and it can only serve .wsdl and .xsd files.
Standard a statement that describes an acceptable level of performance, excellence, or attainment in that particular activity.
Standard button An HTML-coded button to offer Amazon Simple Pay as a standalone payment method for one-time purchases.
standard error The standard error of an estimate is a measure of the sampling variability of the estimate.
standard frequency and time signal service A radiocommunication service for scientific, technical and other purposes, providing the transmission of specified frequencies, time signals, or both, of…
standard frequency and time signal station A station in the standard frequency and time signal service. [NTIA] [RR]
standard frequency and time signal-satellite service A radiocommunication service using space stations on Earth satellites for the same purpose as those of the standard frequency and time signal service.
Standard Generalized Mark-up Language See SGML.
standard I/O A standard C library for doing buffered input and output to the "operating system".
standard input The default input "stream" for your program, which if possible shouldn't care where its data is coming from.
Standard interchange format (SIF) a spatial data exchange format. A standard or neutral format used to move graphics files between computer systems.
Standard Missile A shipboard, surface-to-surface/air missile.
Standard Mobile Segment (SMS) SMS is to be the standard for all future ground mobile, air transportable command centers. 278
standard operating conditions The set of conditions (e.g., voltage, temperature, humidity, and the like) over which the specified parameters maintain their stated performance rating.
standard optical source A reference optical source to which emitting and detecting devices are compared for calibration purposes.
standard output The default output "stream" for your program, which if possible shouldn't care where its data is going.
Standard Survivable Message Set (SSMS) Message set, which contains the standard format used by ITW/AA data sources.
standard telegraph level (STL) The power per individual telegraph channel required to yield the standard composite data level.
standard test signal A single-frequency signal with standardized level used for testing the peak power transmission capability and for measuring the total harmonic distortion…
standard test tone A single-frequency signal with a standardized level generally used for level alignment of single links and of links in tandem.
standard time and frequency signal (STFS) service In the United States, standard time and frequency signals, broadcast on very precise carrier frequencies by the U.S.
Standard Topography The format and information required to be displayed on a PIV card. Also known as the Mandatory Topography.
standard user A user account in the Users group that has a full privilege access token. The standard user is not an administrator and is not a member of any local…
Standard User Analyzer An add-in for AppVerifier that predicts whether an application will perform correctly when run as a standard user or as an administrator with a filtered…
Standardization The process by which DoD achieves: (1) the closest practicable cooperation among forces; (2) the most efficient use of research, development, and…
standardized profile 1. A profile that specifies one or more interoperable open systems interconnection stacks that are intended to cover one or more specific functional areas.
Standardized raster graphic (SRG) a digital representation of a map or chart, which is captured by automatic digitization (scanning), stored on a digital storage media, and displayed on a…
Standards Documents, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics…
Standards compliant Sites that use valid XHTML and CSS, separate the content layer from the presentation layer.
standards developer An organization that develops standards and is accredited by its National Body, as appropriate [POSIX.0]
standby In computer and communications systems operations, pertaining to a power-saving condition or status of operation of equipment that is ready for use but…
standby cluster A clustered solution containing one or more passive nodes that does not contain any clustered mailbox servers, but can be quickly provisioned with one in…
standing wave In a transmission line, a wave in which the distribution of current, voltage, or field strength is formed by the superposition of two waves propagating in…
standing wave ratio (SWR) The ratio of the amplitude of a standing wave at an anti-node (minimum) to the amplitude at an adjacent node (maximum).
STAR System Threat Assessment Report.
star (*) property 1. [The] Bell-La Padula security model rule allowing a subject write access to an object only if the security level of the object dominates the security…
star coupler A passive optical coupler having a number of input and output ports, used in network applications.
star network See network topology.
star quadded cable Synonym spiral-four cable.
star topology See network topology.
STARS (1) Strategic Target System. (2) Strategic Tactical Airborne Range System. (3) Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System.
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
start message Synonym go-ahead notice.
start notice Synonym go-ahead notice.
start pulse See A-condition, start signal.
start signal A signal that prepares a device to receive data or to perform a function. 2. In start-stop transmission, a signal at the beginning of a character that…
start-dial signal An on-hook signal indicating customer installation (CI) readiness to receive network outpulsing that is used in conjunction with controlled outpulsing.
start-of-heading character (SOH) A transmission control character used as the first character of a message heading.
start-of-text character (STX) A transmission control character that precedes a text and may be used to terminate the message heading.
start-record signal In facsimile systems, a signal used for starting the process of converting the electrical signal to an image on the record medium.
start-stop character A character that includes one start signal at the beginning and one or two stop signals at the end.
start-stop distortion In start-stop modulation, the ratio of (a) the maximum absolute difference between the actual and the theoretical intervals that separate any significant…
start-stop margin In start-stop modulation, the maximum amount of overall start-stop distortion that is compatible with correct translation by the start-stop equipment of…
start-stop modulation A method of modulation in which the time of occurrence of the bits within each character, or block of characters, relates to a fixed time frame, but the…
start-stop system Synonym asynchronous communications system.
start-stop transmission Asynchronous transmission in which a start pulse and a stop pulse are used for each symbol. 2.
start-stop TTY distortion Synonym teletypewriter signal distortion.
start-up KEK Key-encryption-key held in common by a group of potential communicating entities and used to establish ad hoc tactical networks. [INFOSEC-99]
starting frame delimiter A specified bit pattern that indicates the start of a transmission frame.
startup key A key that is stored on a USB flash drive that must be inserted each time the computer starts.
STASS Space Transportation Architecture System Study.
stat structure A special internal spot in which Perl keeps the information about the last "file" on which you requested information.
State State means one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
State Plane Coordinates (SPC) A map projection that measures distance in feet. By providing an SPC easting (x) and northing (y), the state name, and the zone number, any location in…
state record the same as public record (q.v.).
stateful session bean A session bean with a conversational state.
stateless session bean A session bean with no conversational state. All instances of a stateless session bean are identical.
Statement A summary of all transactions that occurred over the preceding month and could be associated with a deposit account or a credit card account.
statement modifier A "conditional" or "loop" that you put after the "statement" instead of before, if you know what we mean.
statement of health A declaration from a client computer that asserts the computer's health status.
statement of health response The validation of a statement of health (SoH) that a system health validator (SHV) produces and sends to the NAP administration server.
Statement of Work (SOW) That portion of a contract that establishes and defines all non-specification requirements for contractors efforts either directly or with the use of…
statement terminator The semicolon (;) is used to indicate the end of a statement.
Static Unchanging over a length of time.
Static Analysis The process of evaluating a program without executing the program. See also desk checking, code audit, inspection, static analyzer, walk-through.
Static Content Content which does not change frequently. May also refer to content that does not have any social elements to it and does not use dynamic programming…
static data Data that are relatively long-lived in comparison to ephemeral data, and which have a longer period of validity.
static field Another name for class variable.
static initializer An initializer prefixed with the static reserved word. A static initializer is defined outside the methods of its enclosing class, and may only access the…