Technology terms starting with T

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  1. TAIS Technology Applications Information System.
  2. Take Under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, it means to pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, destroy, molest, or…
  3. takeoff angle Synonym departure angle.
  4. takeover In Data ONTAP, the emulation of the failed filer identity by the takeover filer in a cluster; the reverse of giveback.
  5. takeover filer A filer that remains in operation after the other filer in a cluster stops working and that hosts an emulated filer that manages access to the failed…
  6. takeover mode A management mode used from a takeover filer to interact with a failed filer. The console prompt indicates when the filer is in takeover mode.
  7. takeover partner The NetCache appliance that is configured to take over certain specified functions of a partner appliance if that partner appliance fails.
  8. TALDT Total Administrative and Logistics Downtime.
  9. TALON NIGHT TALON programs, which support SOF.
  10. TALON SHIELD An effort using stereo DSP processing to provide ballistic missile burnout vector and impact prediction for interceptor cueing, counterforce tasking, and…
  11. TAM (1) Theater Attack Model. (2) Theater Analysis Model.
  12. TAMD Theater Air and Missile Defense.
  13. tampering In INFOSEC, penetration or modification of internal operations, or the insertion of active or passive tapping mechanisms, to determine the nature of, or…
  14. Tandem A pair in which one part follows the other.
  15. tandem area The general areas served by the local offices having direct trunks to or from the tandem office.
  16. tandem center In a switched public telecommunications network, a facility that connects trunks to trunks and does not connect any local loops.
  17. tandem circuit A general classification of circuits or trunks between a tandem central office unit and any other central office or switchboard. Synonym tandem trunk.
  18. tandem connection A call switched at a tandem office. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  19. tandem office A central office unit used primarily as an intermediate switching point for traffic between local central offices within the tandem area.
  20. tandem tie trunk network (TTTN) An arrangement that permits sequential connection of tie trunks between PBX and Centrex® locations by using tandem operation.
  21. tandem trunk Synonym tandem circuit.
  22. Tank A melee character that can take a lot of damage like a Warrior.
  23. Tank Debris Hardware associated with tank.
  24. Tank Fragmentation The breakup of a tank, either intentionally to serve as a penaid or naturally as a result of aerodynamic loads and heating upon reentry. 291
  25. TAOC Tactical Air Operations Center.
  26. TAOM Tactical Air Operations Module.
  27. TAOS Technology for Autonomous Operation of Satellites.
  28. Tap To do damage to a monster, making it "your" kill. Once you have damaged the monster, you are the only one able to get experience and loot from it.
  29. Tape baking A process in which a magnetic tape is placed at an elevated temperature for a brief time in order to firm up the tape binder.
  30. tape block A unit of data on tape.
  31. tape device A logical representation in the file system of a piece of tape hardware, such as a tape device or stacker.
  32. tape file Data on a tape delimited by file marks.
  33. tape library Hardware that can access tape cartridges randomly.
  34. tape media changer Hardware that can load and unload tape cartridges.
  35. Tape noise A magnetic signal on the tape resulting from the finite size and nonuniform distribution of magnetic particles in the magnetic layer of the tape.
  36. Tape pack The structure formed by and comprised solely of tape wound on a hub or spindle; a tape reel consists of a tape pack, the metal, plastic, or glass hub, and…
  37. tape relay A method of retransmitting TTY traffic from one channel to another, in which messages arriving on an incoming channel are recorded in the form of…
  38. tape stacker Hardware that can access tape cartridges from a stack.
  39. tapered fiber An optical fiber in which the cross section, i.e., cross-sectional diameter or area, varies, i.e., increases or decreases, monotonically with length.
  40. TAR A liquid product of thermal processing of carbonaceous materials.
  41. TARA Technology Area Reviews and Assessments.
  42. Target In diagnostic tests, the molecule or nucleic acid sequence assayed in a sample.
  43. target access control decision information (target ADI) ADI associated with the target [10181-3].
  44. target access control information (target ACI) Access control information relating to the target [10181-3].
  45. Target Acquisition The detection and initiation of track on a target in the surveillance coverage region of a sensing system.
  46. Target Audience The target audience is the market in which advertisers wish to sell their product or service to.
  47. Target Classification and Type Identification of the estimated target category based on surveillance, discrimination, and intelligence data.
  48. target computer The computer that will be distributed to customers on which you install Windows.
  49. Target Discrimination The ability of a surveillance or guidance system to identify or engage any one target when multiple targets are present.
  50. target language In computing, data processing, and communications systems, a language into which statements are translated.
  51. target name The address or location of a copy of a data item on a storage system.
  52. Target Object Map (TOM) A data set, which contains three-dimensional position, estimates for target and other objects predicted to be in a weapon interceptor's field of view for…
  53. target of evaluation 1. A product or system to be evaluated [CESG]. 2. An ITSEC system or product which is subject to security evaluation [ITSEC].
  54. Target Resolution The splitting of a single target into two or more targets.
  55. target server An Exchange computer that acts as the end point of a connection between two sites. [Exchange 5.5]
  56. Target Signature (1) The characteristic pattern of a target displayed by detection and identification equipment.
  57. Target System Requirements Document (TSRD) BMD Program level program management document. Developed by each BMD Program Office, it outlines to MDA/TC and MDA/TE what the POs target requirements are…
  58. tariff A tax on products imported from foreign countries.
  59. tarpitting The practice of artificially delaying server responses for specific SMTP communication patterns that indicate high volumes of spam or other unwelcome…
  60. tarpitting interval The interval that is used to delay a response in a tarpitting scenario. [Exchange 2007]
  61. TASA Task and Skills Analysis.
  62. TASI Acronym for time-assignment speech interpolation.
  63. task node An EC2 instance that runs Hadoop map and reduce tasks, but does not store data.
  64. tasking See multitasking.
  65. Tasks The required actions to accomplish all or part of a COA. Tasks contain guidance to the Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications (BM/C 3 )…
  66. TASM Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile.
  67. TASO Terminal Area Security Officer.
  68. TAT Technical Area Task.
  69. TAUL Teat and Upgrade Link.
  70. TAV Transatmospheric Vehicle. 292
  71. TAWG Threat Accreditation Working Group.
  72. Tax Lot A unit of land assigned by the real property tax administration that usually resides within a square. Often referred to as A&T lots or simply tax lots.
  73. Taxonomy The science of categorization, or classification, of things based on a predetermined system.
  74. TB A disease caused by a specific type of bacteria that spreads from one person to another through the air.
  75. TB (Terabyte) 1024 (or 1000) gigabytes.
  76. TBA (1) Theater Battle Arena. (2) To be Announced.
  77. TBD (1) To Be Determined. (2) To Be Developed.
  78. TBIG TMD BM/C3 Integration Group.
  79. TBIP TOMAHAWK Baseline Improvement Program.
  80. TBM See Tactical Ballistic Missile/Theater Ballistic Missile.
  81. TBMD Theater Ballistic Missile Defense.
  82. TBMDSE Theater Ballistic Missile Defense System Exercise.
  83. TBN To be Negotiated.
  84. TBR To Be Resolved.
  85. TBS (1) Tactical Broadcast System (US Army term). (2) To Be Supplied. (3) To Be Scheduled .
  86. TCAMS Technical Control and Monitoring System.
  87. TCB Abbreviation for trusted computing base.
  88. TCB subset [FC Ver 1.0 Dec 1992] Set of software, firmware, and hardware (where any of these three could be absent) that mediates the access of a set S of subjects to a set O of objects…
  89. TCC Tactical Command Center.
  90. TCCF Tactical Communications Control Facility.
  91. TCDB (Tape Configuration Database) an ICF user catalog, which contains an inventory of the tape libraries and volumes in the libraries.
  92. TCE Three Color Experiment.
  93. TCF Tactical Combat Force.
  94. TCG The organization that sets standards for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) use and interface.
  95. TCMD Theater Cruise Missile Defense.
  96. TCMP Theater (Missile Defense) Countermeasures Mitigation Program.
  97. TCMP I Theater Countermeasures Mitigation Program One.
  98. TCMP II Theater Missile Defense Critical Measurement Program Two (Replaces TMD Countermeasures Mitigation).
  99. TCMT Total Corrective Maintenance Time (ILS term).
  100. TCN Terrestrial Communications Network (C2E term).