Technology terms starting with T

1,205 terms

  1. telegraph See telegraphy.
  2. telegraphy A form of telecommunication which is concerned in any process providing transmission and reproduction at a distance of documentary matter, such as written…
  3. Telematics Telematics is a location-based service that routes event notification and control data over wireless networks to and from mobile devices installed in…
  4. telemetry 1. The use of telecommunication for automatically indicating or recording measurements at a distance from the measuring instrument. [RR] 2.
  5. Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) Functions performed by the satellite control network to maintain health and status, measure specific mission parameters and processing over time a…
  6. telephone exchange Synonym central office.
  7. telephone frequency See audio frequency, voice frequency.
  8. telephone number The unique network address that is assigned to a telephone user, i.e., subscriber, for routing telephone calls.
  9. telephone sidetone Synonym sidetone.
  10. telephony Converting sounds into electronic signals for transmission.
  11. telephoto Pertaining to pictures transmitted via a telecommunications system.
  12. teleprinter A teletypewriter that can only receive data and does not have a keyboard for transmission.
  13. Teleprocessing The combining of telecommunications and computer operations interacting in the automatic processing, reception, and transmission of data and/or…
  14. TELESAT Telecommunications Satellite.
  15. teleseminar See teletraining.
  16. teleservice See telecommunications service.
  17. teletex An international store-and-forward essentially error-free communications service that is defined by the CCITT (now the ITU-T), has a data signaling rate…
  18. teletext A type of one-way information service in which a subscriber can receive data on a video display.
  19. teletraining Training that (a) in which usually live instruction is conveyed in real time via telecommunications facilities, (b) that may be accomplished on a…
  20. teletypewriter (TTY) A printing telegraph instrument that has a signal-actuated mechanism for automatically printing received messages.
  21. teletypewriter control unit (TCU) A device that controls and coordinates operations between teletypewriters and message switching centers.
  22. teletypewriter exchange service (TWX) A switched teletypewriter service in which suitably arranged teletypewriter stations are provided with lines to a central office for access to other such…
  23. teletypewriter signal distortion The shifting of signal pulse transitions from their proper positions relative to the beginning of the start pulse.
  24. television (TV) A form of telecommunication for the transmission of transient images of fixed or moving objects.
  25. television broadcast translator See translator.
  26. Telex® A communication service involving teletypewriters connected through automatic exchanges.
  27. TELINT Telemetry Intelligence.
  28. Telnet Method used to gain remote access to a UNIX Web server.
  29. TEM Abbreviation for transverse electric and magnetic mode.
  30. TEMO Training Exercises and Military Operations.
  31. TEMP Temperature- A measure of the internal energy that a substance contains. This is the most measured quantity in the atmosphere.
  32. TEMPEST TEMPEST is an unclassified short name referring to investigation and studies of compromising emanations.
  33. Template a standard shape that the race car must comply to be within the NASCAR rules. The template closely resembles the shape of the factory car.
  34. template file In Lotus Notes, a file with the extension NTF that contains the structure of the application -- that is, forms, folders, and views -- but does not contain…
  35. template format version The version of an AWS CloudFormation template design that determines the available features.
  36. template validation The process of confirming the use of JSON code in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  37. temporal application A video application requiring high temporal resolution, i.e., reduced jerkiness, possibly at the expense of reduced spatial resolution.
  38. temporal coherence See coherent.
  39. temporal edge noise In a video display, that form of edge busyness that is characterized by time-varying sharpness at the edges of objects.
  40. temporally coherent radiation See coherence time.
  41. temporary field A field used during calculations. The variable that is used in the temporary field is not stored.
  42. temporary key A random character string given to users to enable advanced security. [Exchange 5.5]
  43. Temporary Local Directory Number (TLDN): A number dynamically assigned on a per call basis by the serving wireless service provider to a roaming subscriber for the purpose of incoming call setup.
  44. temporary record A record of short-term value that can be destroyed immediately or after a specified time period
  45. TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities.
  46. Tension Force, or force per tape width. The force on a tape as it is transported through a recorder.
  47. Teoma Topical community based search engine largely reliant upon Kleinberg's concept of hubs and authorities. Teoma powers Ask.com.
  48. TEP Test and Evaluation Plan.
  49. TER Test and Evaluation Report
  50. Terabyte A unit of 1,000 or 1,024 gigabytes, or approximately a trillion bytes.
  51. Terabyte (TB) A terabyte is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is one thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes.
  52. terahertz (THz) A unit denoting one trillion (1012) hertz.
  53. TERC Test and Evaluation Resource Committee.
  54. TERCOM Terrain Contour Matching.
  55. Term A term is the length of time between when a fixed-income security, such as a bond or note, is offered for sale and its maturity date.
  56. Term Frequency A measure of how frequently a keyword appears amongst a collection of documents.
  57. Term Vector Database A weighted index of documents which aims to understand the topic of documents based on how similar they are to other documents, and then match the most…
  58. terminal A device, usually a display monitor and a keyboard, used to communicate with the computer.
  59. terminal access controller (TAC) A host computer that accepts terminal connections, usually from dial-up lines, and that allows the user to invoke Internet remote log-on procedures, such…
  60. terminal adapter An interfacing device employed at the "R" reference point in an ISDN environment that allows connection of a non-ISDN terminal at the physical layer to…
  61. terminal data Data maintained for each terminal including the current terminal location (and capabilities). [T1.244-1995]
  62. Terminal Defense Segment (TDS) The portion of the BMDS that defeats ballistic missiles in period of flight between atmospheric reentry and impact.
  63. terminal deregistration The process by which a wireless terminal's previous location registration is canceled. [T1.702-1995] [T1.Rpt34-1994]
  64. terminal endpoint (TE) functional group A functional group that includes functions broadly belonging to Layer 1 and higher layers of the ITU-T Recommendation X.200 Reference Model.
  65. terminal equipment Communications equipment at either end of a communications link, used to permit the stations involved to accomplish the mission for which the link was…
  66. Terminal Guidance The guidance applied to a guided missile between midcourse and arrival in the vicinity of the target.
  67. terminal identifier A code identifying a specific terminal. [T1.Rpt34-1994]
  68. terminal impedance The impedance as measured at the unloaded output terminals of transmission equipment or a line that is otherwise in normal operating condition. 2.
  69. terminal mobility In commercial wireless networks, the ability of a terminal, while in motion, to access telecommunication services from different locations, and the…
  70. terminal mobility controller A device that provides the control logic for terminal authentication, location management, alerting, and routing to radio personal terminal / radio…
  71. terminal mobility management In personal communications service (PCS), (a) providing authentication of terminal information, (b) maintaining terminal location and capability…
  72. Terminal Phase That final portion of a ballistic missile's trajectory between the midcourse phase and trajectory termination.
  73. Terminal Phase Interceptor A ground-based interceptor designed to intercept and destroy RVs in the terminal phase of flight.
  74. terminal registration The process of associating a terminal with a terminal registration area. [T1.Rpt34-1994]
  75. terminal registration area A territory in which a wireless terminal is registered for terminal mobility. Note: For T1 Technical Report 34, the alerting area may or may not be…
  76. terminal server The physical server running Terminal Services; a computer on which the Terminal Server role service is installed.
  77. terminal server farm A group of computers, known as nodes, or terminal servers working together as a single system to ensure that mission-critical applications and resources…
  78. terminal service profile (TSP) Information that the service provider maintains for a given user to characterize the services offered by the network to that user.
  79. Terminal Services A server role that provides multi-user access to applications and desktops for non-admin purposes; provides technologies that enable users to access…
  80. Terminal Services client access license A license that is required for a user or a device to connect to a terminal server.
  81. Terminal Services Configuration Terminal Services management snap-in that you can use to configure settings for new connections, modify the settings of existing connections, and delete…
  82. Terminal Services connection authorization policy A policy that allows the administrator to specify who can connect to a TS Gateway server.
  83. Terminal Services Easy Print A printer driver in Terminal Services that simplifies the administration overhead to enable printing to supported clients.
  84. Terminal Services Gateway A role service that enables authorized remote users to connect to resources on an internal corporate or private network, from any Internet-connected…
  85. Terminal Services license server A computer on which the TS Licensing role service is installed. A license server issues TS CALs to users or devices that connect to a terminal server.
  86. Terminal Services Licensing A Terminal Services role service that manages the Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs).
  87. Terminal Services licensing mode A mode that determines the type of Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) that a terminal server will request from a license server on behalf…
  88. Terminal Services Manager Terminal Services management snap-in that is used to view information about and monitor users, sessions, processes, and devices on terminal servers that…
  89. Terminal Services Per Device client access license One of the two types of Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) that permits one device (used by any user) to connect to a terminal server.
  90. Terminal Services Per User client access license One of the two types of Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) that permits one user to access terminal servers from an unlimited number of…
  91. Terminal Services RemoteApp A feature in Windows Server 2008 that enables the user to access a program remotely through Terminal Services but have it appear as if it is running on…
  92. Terminal Services resource authorization policy A policy that allows an administrator to specify the network resources that users can connect to through a TS Gateway server.
  93. Terminal Services Session Broker A Terminal Services role service in Windows Server 2008 that enables a user to load balance sessions in a terminal server farm.
  94. Terminal Services Web Access A Terminal Services role service that makes RemoteApp programs and a connection to the terminal server's desktop accessible to users from a Web browser.
  95. terminal type The variety of terminal or the originator (e.g., dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) phone, ISDN terminal). [After T1.667-1999]
  96. terminal-digit filing A system of numeric filing using the last two or three digits right to left of each number as the primary division under which the record is filed See…
  97. terminating endpoint In a wideband packet node, the part of the node that receives packetized traffic, depacketizes it, and then plays it back as channelized traffic. [T1.
  98. terminating network function Of a UPT call, any network function associated with the termination of the call to the destination terminal. [After T1.Rpt41-1995]
  99. Termination A Reporting Status for an employee who is leaving a covered position that requires the filer to file an SF 278.
  100. terminator 1. A DNA sequence just downstream of the coding segment of a gene, which is recognized by RNA polymerase as a signal to stop synthesizing mRNA. 2.