Technology terms starting with S

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  1. SDIAE OBSOLETE. SDI Acquisition Executive. (Re-titled BMD Acquisition Executive (BMDAE).)
  2. SDIARC OBSOLETE. Strategic Defense Initiative Acquisition Review Council.
  3. SDII OBSOLETE. SDI Institute.
  4. SDIO OBSOLETE. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. (Predecessor organization to Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (MDA).)
  5. SDIO/PP Strategic Defense Initiative Organization/Program Planning.
  6. SDIP OBSOLETE. Strategic Defense Initiative Program. (Predecessor program to Ballistic Missile Defense Program.)
  7. SDISM OBSOLETE. SDI Simulation.
  8. SDK (Software Development Kit) A Software Development Kit (SDK) is a set of tools used to develop applications for a particular platform.
  9. SDL Software Development Library.
  10. SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control ( TelComm /Computer term).
  11. SDLS Satellite Data Link Standard(s).
  12. SDLT / SuperDLT "Super Digital Linear Tape" technology, a variant with highercapacity can store from 110 GB to 300GB on a single cartridgeand can transfer data at speeds…
  13. SDN System Design Notebook.
  14. SDP Software Development Plan.
  15. SDR See Special drawing rights (SDR)
  16. SDRU System Design Review Update.
  17. SDS Abbreviation for sodium dodecyl sulphate.
  18. SDS Element A stand-alone system (e.g., a weapon or satellite), which is the smallest entity capable of performing a designated function with, specified results…
  19. SDS-CC Strategic Defense System - Command Center.
  20. SDS-OC Strategic Defense System - Operations Center.
  21. SDSD Strategic Defense System Description.
  22. SE Southeast
  23. SE&I Systems Engineering and Integration.
  24. SE-CPAT Systems Engineering Critical Process Assessment Tool (AFMC term).
  25. SEA [Military] Service Executing Agent.
  26. SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses.
  27. Seal To mark a document with a seal; to authenticate or make binding by affixing a seal. Court seal, corporate seal.
  28. SEALS Sea Air Land (Special Operations forces (USN).
  29. Seamless Streaming Technology Adaptec's technology that optimizes Ultra320 SCSI performance by ensuring fast, smooth handling of data and SCSI commands.
  30. search See Compliance Search, Concept Search, Contextual Search, Boolean Search, Full-Text Search, Fuzzy Search, Index, Keyword Search, Pattern Recognition…
  31. search application A program that processes queries, searches the index, returns the search results, and retrieves the source documents for collections in an enterprise…
  32. search cache A buffer that holds the data and results of previous search requests.
  33. Search cluster A search cluster is a group of search nodes (row/column matrix) that shares the same index schema (index profile)
  34. Search Engine A program that enables search for keywords or phrases, such as on web pages throughout the World Wide Web.
  35. Search engine marketing (SEM) strategies and tactics undertaken to increase the amount and quality of leads generated by the search engines.
  36. Search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and tactics undertaken to influence the rankings of web pages in the search engines.
  37. Search Engine Results Page (SERP) a page of search results delivered by a search engine.
  38. Search Facility Allows you find email messages in your folders based on certain criteria that you specify - very useful if you have a lot of messages stored in a large…
  39. Search History Many search engines store user search history information. This data can be used for better ad targeting or to make old information more findable.
  40. search index files The set of files in which an index is stored in the search engine.
  41. Search Marketing Marketing a website in search engines. Typically via SEO, buying pay per click ads, and paid inclusion.
  42. search path A list of folders (directories) to be searched - for a program or class, for instance.
  43. Search Profile A concept used in order to identify the set of search attributes common for a given search application. This includes global filter constraints (e.g.
  44. search results A list of documents that match the search request.
  45. search robot See bot, droid.
  46. Search Term See Query.
  47. Search term popularity see "keyword popularity"
  48. Search terms The search terms are the words entered by the searcher, which are part of the query, along with other instructions.
  49. search time In data processing systems, the time interval required to locate a particular data element, record, or file in a storage device.
  50. Search, Active Illuminate an assigned volume of space with electromagnetic energy and collect reflected radiation. 260
  51. Search, Passive Collect radiation from an assigned volume of space.
  52. SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
  53. SECAM Acronym for système electronique couleur avec memoire. A television signal standard (625 lines, 50 Hz, 220 V primary power) used in France, eastern…
  54. SECC Survivable and Enduring Command Center.
  55. SECDEF Secretary of Defense (For Message Use Only).
  56. SECNAV Secretary of the Navy.
  57. SECNAVINST Secretary of the Navy Instruction.
  58. second (s) In the International System of Units (SI), the time interval equal to 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the…
  59. second dialtone Dialtone presented to the call originator after an access code has been dialed for access to a second, outside, telecommunications system or service. 2.
  60. Second Strike Capability The ability to survive a first strike with sufficient resources to deliver an affective counterblow (generally associated with nuclear weapons).
  61. second window Of silica-based optical fibers, the transmission window at approximately 1.3 m.
  62. secondary channel In a system in which two channels share a common interface, a channel that has a lower data signaling rate (DSR) capacity than the primary channel.
  63. secondary emission Particles or radiation, such as photons, Compton recoil electrons, delta rays, secondary cosmic rays, and secondary electrons, that are produced by the…
  64. secondary frequency standard A frequency standard that does not have inherent accuracy, and therefore must be calibrated against a primary frequency standard.
  65. secondary radar A radiodetermination system based on the comparison of reference signals with radio signals retransmitted from the position to be determined.
  66. secondary radiation See secondary emission.
  67. secondary service area [T]he service area of a broadcast station served by the skywave and not subject to objectionable interference and in which the signal is subject to…
  68. Secondary Station A station that has been selected to receive a transmission from the primary station.
  69. secondary subject subdivision of a primary subject in a hierarchal file classification system See also subheading.
  70. secondary surveillance radar Synonym secondary radar.
  71. secondary time standard A time standard that requires periodic calibration against a primary time standard.
  72. SECORD Acronym for secure voice cord board. A desk-mounted patch panel that provides the capability for controlling (a) sixteen 50-kb/s wideband or sixteen…
  73. Secret (Symmetric) Key Encryption This is the traditional method used for encryption. The same key is used for both encryption and decryption.
  74. Secret Key A cryptographic key that is used with a secret key (symmetric) cryptographic algorithm, that is uniquely associated with one or more entities and is not…
  75. Secret Key (symmetric) Cryptographic Algorithm A cryptographic algorithm that uses a single secret key for both encryption and decryption.
  76. secret key encryption Any encryption process that (a) depends on only one encryption key, known only to message senders and receivers, and (b) is used to both encode and decode…
  77. Secret Seed A secret value that used to initialize a pseudorandom number generator. The resulting value from the random number generator remains secret or private.
  78. SECTEL Acronym for secure telephone. See STU.
  79. section An area equal to 640 acres or 1 square mile.
  80. section boundary The boundary that separates a network section from the adjacent circuit section, or separates an access circuit section from the adjacent DTE (data…
  81. section line A line on a surface defining the position of a profile.
  82. Section table (SEC) Section table for the section feature class in a coverage. The SEC holds attributes about sections.
  83. Sector A sector is a segment of the economy that shares distinctive characteristics, such as telecommunications or energy.
  84. sector alignment A copy-protection technique for copy protection that determines whether a diskette is an unauthorized copy by checking whether sectors are positioned…
  85. sectoring In magnetic or optical disk storage media, the division of tracks into a specified number of segments, for the purpose of organizing the data stored…
  86. Secure area a locked space (for example, cabinet, vault or room) with access restricted to personnel authorized by the laboratory director.
  87. Secure Communication Protocol A communication protocol that provides the appropriate confidentiality, authentication and content integrity protection.
  88. secure communications Telecommunications deriving security through use of type 1 products and/or protected distribution systems. [INFOSEC-99]
  89. secure desktop A desktop that is isolated from other processes running on the system. The secure desktop increases the security of the elevation prompt.
  90. Secure Hash Algorithm An algorithm that generates a 160-bit hash value from an arbitrary amount of input data.
  91. Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) SHA1 is an earlier version of the algorithm, which AWS has deprecated in favor of SHA256.
  92. Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) The Secure Hash Algorithm defined in Federal Information Processing Standard 180-1.
  93. secure hash standard [The] specification for a secure hash algorithm that can generate a condensed message representation called a message digest. [INFOSEC-99]
  94. Secure Interface The physical layer connection between a gateway and a secure network.
  95. Secure Network A logical portion of a network that client computers can access if they either meet corporate health policy or are exempt from meeting corporate health…
  96. secure operating system Resident software controlling hardware and other software functions in an information system (IS) to provide a level of protection or security appropriate…
  97. Secure Shell (SSH) A protocol that is a standard method for replacing Telnet and Remote Shell sessions to secure encrypted communication over the Internet.
  98. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) A technology that allows Web browsers and Web servers to communicate over a secured connection.
  99. Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security (SSL and TSL) Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet.
  100. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) A protocol that provides secure data communication through data encryption. This protocol enables authentication, integrity, and data privacy over…