TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)TCO analysis originated with the Gartner Group in 1987 and has since been developed into a number of different methodologies and software tools.
TCPTransmission Control Protocol (Internet protocol).
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)A protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data messages into packets to be sent by IP (Internet Protocol) and the reassembly and verification…
TCP endpointThe combination of an IP address and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port number.
TCP portThe port at which a TCP service on an IBM® Lotus® Notes® client or Domino server listens for connections over TCP/IP.
TCP/IPTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol A collection of protocols that define the basic workings of the features of the Internet.
TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a second-generation modulation standard using bandwidth allocated in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, and 1900MHz ranges.
technical areaIn the military community, an area in which temperature, humidity, or access is controlled because it contains equipment, such as communications…
technical control facility (TCF)A physical plant, or a designated and specially configured part thereof, that (a) contains the equipment necessary for ensuring fast, reliable, and secure…
Technical ControlsThe security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information…
Technical DataScientific or technical information recorded in any form or medium (such as manuals and drawings).
Technical Data Package (TDP)A technical description of an item adequate for supporting an acquisition strategy, production, engineering, and logistics support.
Technical Enterprise ApplicationsA class of enterprise application which usually exhibits some of the following attributes - Often highly parallel Heavily batch oriented.
Technical EvaluationThe study, investigation, or test and evaluation by a developing agency to determine the technical suitability of materiel, equipment, or a system, for…
technical loadThe portion of the operational load required for communications, tactical operations, and ancillary equipment including necessary lighting…
Technical non-repudiationThe contribution of public key mechanisms to the provision of technical evidence supporting a non-repudiation security service.
Technical ObjectivesThe target values for the development effort when insufficient data is available for stating binding technical requirements.
Technical Objectives & Goals (TOG)High-level acquisition document to guide decision making for BMDS development; communicates objectives and goals.
Technical Parameters (TPs)A selected subset of the systems technical metrics tracked in Technical Performance Measurement.
Technical Performance Measurement (TPM)Describes all the activities undertaken by the government to obtain design status beyond that treating schedule and cost.
technical security policyThe set of laws, rules and practices regulating the processing of sensitive information and the use of resources by the hardware and software of an ITSEC…
Technical SpecificationA detailed description of technical requirements stated in terms suitable to form the basis for actual design development and production.
Technical SurveillanceIntelligence gathering methods in which clandestine listening, photographic or emanations gathering instruments are placed within SDS facilities, or…
technical vulnerabilityIn information handling, a hardware, software, or firmware weakness, or design deficiency, that leaves a system open to assault, harm, or unauthorized…
Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)A test suite, a set of tools, and other requirements used to certify an implementation of a particular Sun technology conformant both to the applicable…
Technology EvaluationOne of the three types of performance evaluations. The primary goal of a technology evaluation is to measure performance of biometric systems, typically…
Technology Executing AgentThe Service or agency ( DoD or non- DoD ) that has been delegated management responsibility for a particular critical supporting technology by MDA or…
Technology Program DescriptionThe generic description of the applicable supporting technology or critical supporting technology.
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teleaction serviceIn Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) applications, a telecommunications service that uses very short messages with very low data transmission…
telecommandThe use of telecommunication for the transmission of signals to initiate, modify or terminate functions of equipment at a distance. [NTIA] [RR]
telecommunication1. Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other…
telecommunication administrationAn administration, or the part of a combined postal and telecommunication administration, concerned with the provision of telecommunication service. [T1.
telecommunication sectorThe sector that includes the telecommunications service providers, network operators, regulators, manufacturers, subscribers, and users. [After T1.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)A machine that uses typed input and output, usually with a visual text display, to enable individuals with hearing or speech impairments to communicate…
telecommunications facilitiesThe aggregate of equipment, such as radios, telephones, teletypewriters, facsimile equipment, data equipment, cables, and switches, used for providing…
telecommunications infrastructureThe organizations, personnel, procedures, facilities, and networks employed to transmit and receive information by electrical or electronic means.
telecommunications linkA communications facility or channel, including feeder and local distribution plant, having a termination in a center in the telecommunications network.
telecommunications load equipmentEquipment powered from a primary or secondary distribution of a centralized dc power system owned or operated by exchange and interexchange carriers.
telecommunications management network (TMN)A network that interfaces with a telecommunications network at several points in order to receive information from, and to control the operation of, the…
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)A free service that enables persons with TTYs, individuals who use sign language and people who have speech disabilities to use telephone services by…
telecommunications serviceAny service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. A specified set of user-information transfer capabilities provided to a group of users by a…
Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) systemA system that provides a means for telecommunications users to obtain priority treatment from service providers for the NS/EP telecommunications…
teleconferenceThe live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system.
telegramWritten matter intended to be transmitted by telegraphy for delivery to the addressee. This term also includes radiotelegrams unless otherwise specified.