Technology terms starting with T

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T Abbreviation for thymine.
T 2 Technology Transfer.
T 2 E Technical Training Equipment.
T junction See series T junction.
T reference point In Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN), the conceptual point dividing NT2 and NT1 functional groupings in a particular ISDN arrangement.
T&C (1) Tracking and Control. (2) Test and Control.
T&E Test and Evaluation.
T&T Transportation and Transportability.
T-carrier The generic designator for any of several digitally multiplexed telecommunications carrier systems.
T-coupler A passive optical coupler having three ports (three fibers). Note 1: Two isolated inputs may be combined into one output; or one input, into two isolated…
T-interface For basic rate access in an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) environment, a user-to-network interface reference point that (a) is characterized…
T-MACH Trusted MACH.
T-UAV Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
T.120 A standards-based protocol used with Exchange Data Conferencing. Clients such as Microsoft NetMeeting are T.120 compatible. [Exchange 2000]
T/R Transmit/Receive.
T/REA Transmit/Receive Element Assembly (of a radar).
T1 (carrier) See T-carrier.
T1 line A full-duplex digital transmission facility that is composed of transmission media (optical or metallic) and regenerators that carry one DS1 signal.
T1C (carrier) See T-carrier.
T2 Technology Transfer.
T2 (carrier) See T-carrier.
T2E Technical Training Equipment.
T3 (carrier) See T-carrier.
T4 (carrier) See T-carrier.
T5 (carrier) See T-carrier.
T9 T9 is a text input method for mobile phones and other small devices. It replaces the "multi-tap" input method by guessing the word that you are trying to…
TA (1) Threat Assessment. (2) Target Acquisition. (3) Test Articles.
TAA Technical Assistance Agreement.
TAACOM Tactical Air Area Commander.
TAADCOM Theater Army Air Defense Commander.
TAAF Test, Analyze and Fix.
tab A part of a file guide or folder that extends from the body and is used for a label
table A set of data elements that has a horizontal dimension (rows) and a vertical dimension (columns) in a relational database system.
Tabular Data Descriptive data stored in rows and columns in a database that can be linked to spatial data.
TAC Tactical Advanced Computer.
TAC-3 Tactical Advanced Computer Three (USN term).
TACAIR Tactical Air.
TACAMO Take Charge And Move Out [Airborne SSBN Command Post].
TACC Tactical Air Command Center.
TACC USMC Tactical Air Command Center (USMC term).
TACC USN Tactical Air Command Center (USN term).
TACCS Theater Air Command and Control System.
TACCSF Tactical Air Command and Control Simulation Facility.
TACDAR Tactical Detection and Reporting.
TACFIRE Tactical [weapons] Fire.
TACINTEL Tactical Intelligence Information [Exchange Subsystem] (USN term).
TACOM Tank and Automotive Command (US Army term).
TACON Tactical Control.
TACS Theater Air Control System. 289
TACSAT Tactical Satellite.
TACSIM Tactical Simulation
Tactical Air Doctrine Fundamental principles designed to provide guidance for the employment of air power in tactical air operations to attain established objectives.
Tactical Air Operation An air operation involving the employment of air power in coordination with ground or naval forces.
Tactical Air Operations Center A subordinate operational component of the Marine Air Command and Control System designed for direction and control of all en route air traffic and air…
Tactical Air Support Air operations carried out in coordination with surface forces and which directly assist land or maritime operations.
Tactical Area of Responsibility (TAOR) A defined area of land for which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area as a measure for control of assigned forces and…
Tactical Automatic Digital Switching System (TADSS) A transportable store-and-forward message-switching system used for rapid deployment in support of tactical forces.
Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) A land-based missile generally having a range of <3000 miles that can be employed within a continental theater of operations.
tactical command and control (C2) systems The equipment, communications, procedures, and personnel essential to a commander for planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling tactical…
tactical communications Communications in which information of any kind, especially orders and decisions, are conveyed from one command, person, or place to another within the…
tactical communications system A communications system that (a) is used within, or in direct support of, tactical forces, (b) is designed to meet the requirements of changing tactical…
Tactical Concept A statement, in broad outline, which provides a common basis for future development of tactical doctrine.
Tactical Control The detailed and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
Tactical Data Information link A netted link in which one unit acts as a net control station and interrogates each unit by roll call.
tactical data information link (TADIL) A standardized communications link, approved by the Joint Staff, that is suitable for transmission of digital information, and is characterized by…
tactical data information link--A (TADIL--A) A netted link in which one unit acts as a net control station and interrogates each unit by roll call.
tactical data information link--B (TADIL--B) A point-to-point data link between two units which provides for simultaneous transmission and reception of data (duplex).
Tactical Level of War The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
tactical load For the host service tactical forces, the total power requirements for communications, including the requirements for weapons, detection, command and…
Tactical Operations Area (TOA) That area between the fire support coordination line and the rear operations area where maximum flexibility in the use of airspace is needed to assure…
Tactical Operations Center (TOC) A physical grouping of those elements of an Army general and special staff concerned with the current tactical operations and the tactical support thereof.
Tactical Warning (TW) (1) A warning after initiation of a threatening or hostile act based on an evaluation of information from all available sources.
Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (TW/AA) A composite term. See separate definitions for Tactical Warning and for Attack Assessment. 290
TAD (1) Tactical Air Defense. (2) Theater Air Defense. (3) Technical Acceptance Demonstration.
TAD C2 Theater Air Defense Command and Control.
TADAP Theater Air Defense Asset Planner.
TADC Tactical Air Direction Center.
TADCOM Theater Air Defense Command.
TADIL Tactical Digital Information Link.
TADIL A Tactical Digital Information Link A.
TADIL B Tactical Digital Information Link B
TADIL J Tactical Digital Information Link J
TADIX Tactical Data Information Exchange.
TADIXS Tactical Data Information Exchange System.
TADL Tactical Data Link.
TADS Tactical Air Defense System.
TADSIM Theater Air Defense Simulation.
TADSS Acronym for Tactical Automatic Digital Switching System.
TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
TAFIM Tactical Architecture Framework for Information Management.
tag See: label.
tag image file format (TIFF) A file format used to store an image using the particular data structure of the file.
Tagged interchange (image) file format (TIFF) An industry-standard raster data format. TIFF supports black-and-white, gray-scale, pseudocolor, and true-color images, all of which can be stored in a…
Tagging, tags (see Bookmarks) Word descriptions.
TAI International Atomic Time.
tail circuit A communications line from the end of a major transmission link, such as a microwave link, satellite link, or LAN, to the end-user location.
tailgate To gain unauthorized physical access by following an authorized person through a controlled door. [2382-pt.8]
tailing The in vitro addition, to the 3'-hydroxyl ends of a double-stranded DNA molecule, of multiple copies of a single nucleotide by the enzyme terminal…
tainted Said of data derived from the grubby hands of a user and thus unsafe for a secure program to rely on.