Technology terms starting with U

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  1. User agent An application that browses the Web and leaves information about itself at the sites that it visits. In enterprise search, the Web crawler is a user agent.
  2. user certificate A EEC belonging to a user. When using GSI, this certificate is typically stored in $HOME/.globus/usercert.pem.
  3. user channel A communications channel allocated to the user for input of information such as data communication for use in maintenance activities and removing of…
  4. user credentials The combination of a user certificate and its corresponding private key.
  5. user data constraint Indicates how data between a client and a Web container should be protected. The protection can be the prevention of tampering with the data or prevention…
  6. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) A connectionless network protocol that provides simple but unreliable transmission. An alternative to TCP that does not contain error checking.
  7. User Friendly Primarily a term used in automatic data processing (ADP); it connotes a machine (hardware) or program (software) that is compatible with a person's…
  8. User Generated Content User-generated-content (USG) is content created and published by the end-users online.
  9. user ID A file assigned to every user and server that uniquely identifies them to IBM® Lotus® Notes® and IBM® Lotus® Domino™.
  10. user ID (UID) Any numerical identifier for users in a computer system.
  11. user identification 1. A character string which uniquely identifies a user to a system [CESG]. See also: Password. 2. See user ID.
  12. user identity module (UIM) A standard device or functionality providing secure procedures in support of registration, authentication, and privacy for wireless access to PCS, and…
  13. user information Information transferred across the functional interface between a source user and a telecommunications system for delivery to a destination user.
  14. user information bit A bit transferred from a source user to a telecommunications system for delivery to a destination user.
  15. user information block A block that contains at least one user information bit.
  16. User Initialization A stage in the lifecycle of keying material; the process whereby a user initializes its cryptographic application (e.g.
  17. user interface The portion of a program with which a user interacts. Types of user interfaces include command-line interfaces, menu-driven interfaces, and graphical user…
  18. User interface (UI) The end-user application linking a person to a computer program. Most modern applications leverage a Graphical UI (GUI) to accept input and display…
  19. User Interface Privilege Isolation A window manager subsystem that blocks applications at a lower UI privilege level from sending messages to or hooking threads belonging to processes with…
  20. user interface privilege level The integrity level that is stored in the access token of a process and that is used by the UI Privilege Isolation (UIPI) feature to determine if an…
  21. user line Synonym loop.
  22. user locale Setting that determines formats and sort orders for date, time, currency, and so on. Also known as regional settings.
  23. user mapping A method of assigning identities between UNIX and NTFS, where one identity is mapped to another.
  24. User Operational Evaluation System (UOES) Prototypical system developed and tested as part of the early phases of the development process.
  25. user overhead information See overhead information.
  26. user part A functional part of the common channel signaling system that transfers signaling messages via the message transfer part.
  27. user privacy Protection of information about users from uninvited and possibly illegal access. [T1.Rpt34-1994]
  28. user profile A group of settings that provides the operating system with information about a client's configuration. [Exchange 5.5]
  29. User Profile database (_PROFDB) The user profile database contains all the information relating to user's profiles, including those imported from the Active Directory.
  30. User Registration A stage in the lifecycle of keying material; a process whereby an entity becomes a member of a security domain.
  31. user representative [A] person authorized by an organization to order COMSEC keying material and interface with the keying system; providing information to key users and…
  32. user rights Tasks that a user is permitted to perform on a Windows-based computer or domain. There are two types of user rights: privileges and logon rights.
  33. user service class Synonym class of service.
  34. User session an instance of an Internet user accessing your web site for a length of time, then leaving. During a user session any number of pages may be accessed.
  35. user-network interface (UNI) The point of demarcation between a common carrier's facilities and customer's installation, which demarcation establishes both the technical interface and…
  36. user-provided number (UPN) An ISDN number, supplied completely or partially by the calling user or the redirecting user, that is associated with the calling user or the redirecting…
  37. Users A directory Object such as University staff, students, guests, and faculty.
  38. USEUCOM United States European Command, Stuttgart- Vaihingen , Germany.
  39. USFJ U.S. Forces Japan.
  40. USFK U.S. Forces Korea.
  41. USFK/CFC CSFK Combined Forces Command.
  42. USG U.S. Government.
  43. USG (mail-enabled universal security group) A group of recipients that are created to expedite the mass e-mailing of messages and other information.
  44. USGS Digital Elevation Model (DEM) A digital elevation model produced by the Survey Branch of the United States Department of the Interior, consisting of a regular array of elevations…
  45. USIA United States Information Agency. 314
  46. Using This Application document A document that explains how the application works, usually written by the application designer.
  47. USLANTCOM United States Atlantic Command (Now see USACOM).
  48. USLANTFLT U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
  49. USMAR-FORLANT U.S. Marine Component, U.S. Atlantic Command.
  50. USMAR-FORPAC U.S. Marine Component, U.S. Pacific Command.
  51. USMARFORCENT U.S. Marine Component, U.S. Central Command.
  52. USMARFORLANT U.S. Marine Component, U.S. Atlantic Command.
  53. USMC United States Marine Corps.
  54. USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve.
  55. USMILREP U.S. Military Representative.
  56. USN United States Navy.
  57. USNAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command.
  58. USNAVEUR U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. European Command.
  59. USNIP U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.
  60. USNO U.S. Naval Observatory.
  61. USNPGS U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School.
  62. USPACAF U.S. Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Command.
  63. USPACFLT US Pacific Fleet.
  64. USPACOM United States Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  65. USREPMC U.S. Representative to the Military Committee (NATO).
  66. USSC United States Space Command.
  67. USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command, Tampa, FL.
  68. USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command, Panama Canal Zone, Panama.
  69. USSPACECOM See United States Space Command.
  70. USSS United States Secret Service.
  71. USSTRATCOM See United States Strategic Command.
  72. USTA United States Telephone Association.
  73. USTRANSCOM See United States Transportation Command.
  74. UT Universal Time.
  75. UTC By international agreement, the local time at the prime meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England.
  76. UTC(i) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), as kept by the "i" laboratory, where i is any laboratory cooperating in the determination of UTC.
  77. UTF Universal Character Set (UCS) Transformation Format. A format for representing multibyte characters that is compatible with programs and file systems that…
  78. Utility and Communication Energy, water and waste systems, and communications infrastructure and services.
  79. utility computing While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based.
  80. Utility Data Center An infrastructure solution proposed by HP that allows virtualization of computing resources for the data center.
  81. utility load Synonym nonoperational load.
  82. utility program A computer program that is in general support of the operations and processes of a computer.
  83. utility routine Synonym utility program.
  84. Utilization Level The utilization level in a given geographic area (NPA or rate center) is calculated by dividing all assigned numbers (numerator) by total numbering…
  85. UTM Universal Transverse Mercator.
  86. UTP See: uridine triphosphate.
  87. UTTMDS Upper Tier Theater Missile Defense System. See THAAD System.
  88. uudecode A standardized, MIME-compliant method of decoding uuencoded e-mail messages by decoding binary data that was conveyed as a character string over a…
  89. uuencode 1. A standardized, MIME-compliant method of encoding e-mail and other electronically transferred messages to provide a minimum level of security through…
  90. UUT Unit Under Test (ILS term).
  91. UV Ultraviolet.
  92. UV Electro- Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum shorter than visible (e.g., less than 4,000 A).
  93. UVPI Ultraviolet Plume Instrument.
  94. UW Unconventional Warfare. 316
  95. UWB Abbreviation for ultrawideband. 1. Referring to any radio or wireless device where the occupied bandwidth is greater than 25% of the center frequency or…