Technology terms starting with T

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tracking error The deviation of a dependent variable with respect to a reference function.
tracking mode An operational mode during which a system is operating within specified movement limits relative to a reference.
tracking phase See tracking mode.
Tracking Range (Max) The maximum line of sight distance at which a sensor can maintain track of an object.
trade-area map A map showing the region from which a store derives a certain percentage of its revenues.
trademark See service mark.
TRADEX Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment.
TRADOC U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Ft. Monroe, VA.
Traffic The visitors to a web page or web site. Also refers to the number of visitors, hits, accesses etc. over a given period.
Traffic Analysis A form of passive attack in which an intruder observes information about calls (although not necessarily the contents of the messages) and makes…
Traffic Capability Maximum The maximum number of objects per unit time which the sensor system can maintain track files.
traffic capacity The maximum traffic per unit of time that a given telecommunications system, subsystem, or device can carry under specified conditions.
Traffic Decoy Decoy that matches RV characteristics in the exoatmosphere and high endoatmosphere .
traffic encryption key (TEK) [A] key used to encrypt plain text or to superencrypt previously encrypted text and/or to decrypt cipher text. [INFOSEC-99]
traffic engineering The determination of the numbers and kinds of circuits and quantities of related terminating and switching equipment required to meet anticipated traffic…
Traffic Estimator GoogleÂs AdWords Traffic Estimator is a tool that provides search volume, average cost-per-click, and position estimates for search advertising in…
traffic flow confidentiality A confidentiality service to protect against traffic analysis [7498-2].
traffic intensity A measure of the average occupancy of a facility during a specified period of time, normally a busy hour, measured in traffic units (erlangs) and defined…
traffic load The total traffic carried by a trunk or trunk group during a specified time interval.
traffic monitor In a communications network, a service feature that provides basic data on the amount and type of traffic handled by the network.
traffic over first routes A term applied to the routing of traffic and denoting routing via principal route for traffic between any two points as distinguished from alternate…
traffic overflow That condition wherein the traffic offered to a portion of a communication system exceeds its capacity and the excess may be blocked or may be provided…
traffic padding 1. In COMSEC, a countermeasure that generates spurious data in transmission media to make traffic analysis or decryption more difficult. [2382-pt.8] 2.
traffic register See register.
traffic service position system (TSPS) A stored program electronic system associated with one or more toll switching systems which provides centralized traffic service position functions for…
traffic unit Synonym erlang.
traffic usage recorder A device for measuring and recording the amount of telephone traffic carried by a group, or several groups, of switches or trunks.
traffic-flow security The protection resulting from features, inherent in some crypto-equipment, that conceal the presence of valid messages on a communications circuit…
trailer Protocol control information located at the end of a protocol data unit (PDU).
trailing character A character that holds the last position in a word.
Train To lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
Training (Information Security) Training strives to produce relevant and needed (information) security skills and competencies.
Training Assessment An evaluation of the training efforts.
Training Effectiveness A measurement of what a given student has learned from a specific course or training event.
Training Effectiveness Evaluation Information collected to assist employees and their supervisors in assessing individual students subsequent on-the-job performance, to provide trend data…
Trajectory The curve described by an object moving through space.
Trajectory Histories Trajectory information on targets recorded over a period of time.
TRAK A data base management system (not an acronym).
tranquility [The] property whereby the security level of an object cannot change while the object is being processed by an information system (IS). [INFOSEC-99]
Trans-Attack Period from first tactical indication of attack until termination started, i.e., postattack . 305
transaction Includes any series of related steps carried out as part of a prearranged plan.
transaction application program A program written to meet the requirements of a chosen Transaction Processing (TP) application [POSIX.0].
transaction attribute A value specified in an enterprise bean's deployment descriptor that is used by the EJB container to control the transaction scope when the enterprise…
transaction capabilities (TC) 1. A means based upon the OSI-Reference Model to support applications in telecommunications networks. [T1.667-1999] 2.
transaction file See case file.
transaction integrity The degree to which a transaction flowing through a network reaches its intended destination without impairment of its function, content or meaning.
transaction isolation level The degree to which the intermediate state of the data being modified by a transaction is visible to other concurrent transactions and data being modified…
transaction log file A file that contains a record of the changes that were made to an Exchange database.
transaction manager Provides the services and management functions required to support transaction demarcation, transactional resource management, synchronization, and…
transaction-oriented application Applications that exchange messages that are time-critical, bursty, and often limited in length, to perform an indivisible or elemental unit of work for…
transceiver A device that performs, within one chassis, both transmitting and receiving functions. 2.
transcoding The direct digital-to-digital conversion from one encoding scheme, such as voice LPC-10, to a different encoding scheme without returning the signals to…
transcoding gain The factor by which the bit rate of a 64-kb/s channel is reduced when transcoding is used, e.g., when a transcoder conforming to ANSI T1.303 (i.e.
TRANSCOM [U.S.] Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL.
transcript book the same as record book.
Transcription In biology, the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a sequence of DNA that is a gene.
transducer A device that converts electrical energy to sound energy, or the reverse. Typically associated with depth finders or fish finders.
TRANSEC Transmission Security.
transfer In a transfer, a 401(k) or IRA custodian or trustee moves the assets in your existing account directly to the custodian or trustee of your new account.
transfer allowed (TFA) A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point that a signaling route to a specific…
transfer capacity The maximum sustainable rate of information transfer. [T1.627-1993]
transfer characteristics Those intrinsic parameters of a system, subsystem, or equipment which, when applied to the input of the system, subsystem, or equipment, will fully…
transfer controlled (TFC) A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point of congestion status of a signaling route.
transfer custody Change of custody, ownership, and/or responsibility for records
transfer function A mathematical statement that describes the transfer characteristics of a system, subsystem, or equipment. 2.
transfer mode In an integrated services digital network, (ISDN), a method of transmitting, multiplexing, and switching.
transfer movement Moving records from one location to another
transfer prohibited (TFP) A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point of the unavailability of a signaling route.
transfer rate See data transfer rate.
transfer restricted (TFR) A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point of the restriction of a signaling route.
transfer syntax That concrete syntax used in the transfer of data between open systems. [T1.208-1989]
transferring Moving inactive records to the records center on a regular schedule.
transferring entity The organization or person that transfers physical custody of a group of documentary material to NARA (including to a Federal records center).
transformation (TRANZ-for-MAY-shun) In medicine, the change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant.
transient A keyword in the Java programming language that indicates that a field is not part of the serialized form of an object.
transit delay Between two given points in an integrated services digital network (ISDN), the time between the moment that the first bit of a data unit, such as a frame…
transit network identification A network service feature that specifies the sequence of networks used to establish or partially establish a virtual circuit.
transit network section A network section between two internet circuit sections. [T1.504-1989]
transit node A node that interfaces with other nodes, and does not directly interface with customer equipment. [T1.101-1999]
transit time Synonym phase delay.
transition These are where one type of bottom material or structure changes to another, for instance, a rock pile to solid rock, or sand to gravel.
transition frequency The frequency associated with the difference between two discrete energy levels in an atomic system, given by where f 2,1 is the frequency associated with…
Transition to Production A risk reduction process during which the program shifts (passes) from development to production.
transition zone Synonym intermediate-field region.
transitive property If a property is transitive, and the property relates individual a to individual b, and also individual b to individual c, then we can infer that…
Transitive trust The trust relationship that inherently exists between Windows 2000 and/or Windows Server 2003 domains in a domain tree or forest, or between trees in a…
transitory record A record that has little or no documentary or evidential value and that need not be set aside for future use
translate In cryptography, the process of offset decrypting a key or set of keys using a transportation key shared with one center and then offset encrypting the…
translating program Synonym translator.
translation signaling point (TSP) A signaling point that performs SCCP (signal connection control part) global title translation. It is also known as SCCP Relay Node.
translator A device that converts information from one system of representation into equivalent information in another system of representation.
transliterate To turn one string representation into another by mapping each character of the source string to its corresponding character in the result string.
Transmission To cause spread of germs.
transmission block A group of bits or characters transmitted as a unit and usually containing an encoding procedure for error control purposes. 2.
transmission buffer Storage (viz., buffer storage) in the signaling link control for signal units not yet transmitted. [After T1.110-1987]
transmission channel See channel.
transmission coefficient The ratio of the transmitted field strength to the incident field strength of an electromagnetic wave when it is incident upon an interface surface…
transmission control character See control character.
transmission control protocol A network protocol that controls host-to-host transmissions over packet-switched communication networks.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol The communications protocols that connect hosts on the Internet.