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  1. Link Churn The rate at which a site loses links. See also: Information retrieval based on historical data
  2. link diversity The process of provisioning signaling links with physically separate transmission routes between signaling points to mitigate impact of facility failures.
  3. Link Encryption Link encryption encrypts all of the data along a communications path (e.g., a satellite link, telephone circuit, or T1 line).
  4. Link Equity A measure of how strong a site is based on its inbound link popularity and the authority of the sites providing those links.
  5. Link Farm Website or group of websites which exercises little to no editorial control when linking to other sites. FFA pages, for example, are link farms.
  6. Link Hoarding A method of trying to keep all your link popularity by not linking out to other sites, or linking out using JavaScript or through cheesy redirects.
  7. Link Layer Deprecated term for Data Link Layer. See Open Systems Interconnection--Reference Model.
  8. link level In the hierarchical structure of a primary or secondary station, the conceptual level of control or data processing logic that controls the data link.
  9. link orderwire A voice or data communications circuit that (a) serves as a transmission link between adjacent communications facilities that are interconnected by a…
  10. Link Popularity See page popularity.
  11. link protocol A set of rules relating to data communications over a data link. Note: Link protocols define data link parameters, such as transmission code, transmission…
  12. link quality analysis (LQA) In adaptive high-frequency (HF) radio, the overall process by which measurements of signal quality are made, assessed, and analyzed.
  13. Link Quality Evaluation This testing of links to create bit error estimates and monitors natural or induced link interference.
  14. Link Reputation The combination of your link equity and anchor text.
  15. Link Rot A measure of how many and what percent of a website's links are broken. Links may broken for a number of reason, but four of the most common reasons are…
  16. link set A set of signaling links directly connecting two signaling points.[T1.226-1992]
  17. Link spam Links between pages that are specifically set up to take advantage of link-based ranking algorithms such as Google's PageRank (PR).
  18. link state control The control that coordinates functions of the signaling link, including signal unit delimitation, signal unit alignment, error detection, error…
  19. link state information Information about the state of messaging routes (links) in an Exchange Server 2003 messaging system that is determined using the link state algorithm to…
  20. link state table The database used on each Exchange Server 2003 server to store link state information propagated by the link state algorithm.
  21. link status signal unit A signal unit that contains status information about the signaling link in which it is transmitted. [T1.110-1987]
  22. Link-16 TADIL-J.
  23. Link-18 ????
  24. link-by-link encipherment The individual application of encipherment to data on each link of a communications system [7498-2].
  25. LinkAccess A feature that allows access to SharePoint documents and sites and documents on shares inside of a corporate network through Outlook Web Access when it is…
  26. linkage The frequency of coinheritance of a pair of genes and/or genetic markers, which provides a measure of their physical proximity to one another on a…
  27. Linked Clone A copy of the original virtual machine that must have access to the parent virtual machine's virtual disk(s).
  28. linked connector In Exchange Server 2007, a Receive connector that is linked to a Send connector.
  29. linked registration A type of AllCall registration feature, the use of which combines the registrations for incoming and outgoing calls for the current terminal address in a…
  30. linker A short, double-stranded oligonucleotide containing a restriction endonuclease recognition site, which is ligated to the ends of a DNA fragment.
  31. linking protection (LP) In adaptive high-frequency (HF) radio, protection intended to prevent the establishment of unauthorized links or the unauthorized manipulation of…
  32. Links text or graphics that, when clicked on, take the Internet user to another web page location. Links are expressed as URLs.
  33. linux A freeware version of the Unix™ operating system.
  34. LIP Lethality Improvement Plan.
  35. lip synchronization The synchronization of audio and corresponding video signals so that there is no noticeable lack of simultaneity between them.
  36. liquid crystal display (LCD) A display device that creates characters by means of the action of electrical signals on a matrix of liquid cells that become opaque when energized.
  37. Liquid Fuel Booster (LFB) Target booster being developed to mate with current reentry vehicles and emulate the short/medium range threat.
  38. LIS Laser Isotope Separation.
  39. LIST A Web site component that stores and displays information that users can add to by using their browsers.
  40. list address In e-mail, an address used by mailing list subscribers to send e-mail to be distributed to each member of a discussion list, forum, interest group…
  41. list context The situation in which an "expression" is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a list of values rather than a single value.
  42. list operator An "operator" that does something with a list of values, such as join or grep. Usually used for named built-in operators (such as print, unlink, and…
  43. list processor Software used to manage and administer a discussion-group list, an interest group list, or a mailing list. [After Bahorsky]
  44. List Server A list server (mailing list server) is a program, or a feature in a program, that handles subscription requests for a mailing list and distributes new…
  45. list value An unnamed list of temporary scalar values that may be passed around within a program from any list-generating function to any function or construct that…
  46. Lists Along with document libraries, lists form the foundation of content within SPS.
  47. literal A string, a number, or a date which directly represents a constant value. 'XYZ123', '1234' and '6/10/57' are examples of a string literal, a numeric…
  48. litigation hold See legal hold.
  49. LITINT Literature Intelligence. 167
  50. little-endian A common difference between machines is the order in which they store the individual bytes of multi-byte numerical data.
  51. live backup copying an encapsulated virtual machine, while powered on, from outside of the context of the virtual machine, for archiving purposes.
  52. Live Capture Typically refers to a fingerprint capture device that electronically captures fingerprint images using a sensor (rather than scanning ink-based…
  53. Live Fire Test And Evaluation (LFT&E) Survivability testing and lethality testing required before full-scale production.
  54. live link A link, on a World Wide Web file, that connects to another layer of information. [After Bahorsky]
  55. live migration moving a virtual machine, while powered on, from one physical system to another without interruption of the service it provides.
  56. live stream A streaming media presentation that occurs in real time.
  57. Live.com New search platform provided by Microsoft. See also: Live.com
  58. livelock A situation in which a thread waits to be notified of a condition but, on waking, finds that another thread has inverted the condition again.
  59. Liveness Detection A technique used to ensure that the biometric sample submitted is from an end user.
  60. livescript See scripting language.
  61. LIVEX Live Exercise.
  62. LIWA Land Information Warfare Activity.
  63. LJ Life Jacket (BE term).
  64. LL (1) Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA. (2) Legislative Liaison.
  65. LLC Abbreviation for logical link control. See logical link control sublayer.
  66. LLM Long Lead Material.
  67. LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
  68. LLTIL Long-Lead-Time Items List (ILS term).
  69. LLUM Low background LWIR Uniform Mercury Cadmium Teloride ( HgCdTe ).
  70. LM (1) Lockheed Martin, a defense industry contractor. (2) Logistics Manager (ILS term).
  71. LM/GES Lockheed Martin/Government Electronic Systems.
  72. LMA Lockheed Martin Astronautics, a defense industry contractor.
  73. LMANS Lockheed Martin Aeronautic and Naval Systems.
  74. LMC Late Midcourse.
  75. LMFBR Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor.
  76. LMIS Logistics Management Information System.
  77. LMMA Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space.
  78. LMSP Logistics Modeling and Simulation Panel (ILS term).
  79. LMU (Library Management Unit) the StorageTek control path to the host, that can manage up to 16 robotic tape units.
  80. LNA Low Noise Amplifier.
  81. LNC Local Network Controller.
  82. LNE Low Noise Exciter (Electronics Engineering term).
  83. LNO Liaison Officer.
  84. LO (1) Local Oscillator (Electronics Engineering term). (2) Low Observables (LODE-related term).
  85. LOA Letter of Agreement.
  86. Load Commissions charged on the purchase or sale of mutual fund units.
  87. load balancer A load balancer is a combination of a DNS name and a set of ports, which together provide a destination for all requests intended for your application.
  88. Load Balancing Referring to the ability to redistribute load (read/write requests) to an alternate path between server and storage device, load balancing helps to…
  89. load capacity In pulse-code modulation (PCM), the level of a sinusoidal signal that has positive and negative peaks that coincide with the positive and negative virtual…
  90. Load factor The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period.
  91. load sharing A process used to route signaling traffic over two or more signaling routes for purposes of traffic equalization or security. [T1.226-1992]
  92. loader A routine that reads data into main storage.
  93. Loading Weight at a given tire position on a car due to aerodynamics, vehicle weight and lateral G-forces in a turn.
  94. loading characteristic In multichannel telephone systems, a plot, for the busy hour, of the equivalent mean power and the peak power as a function of the number of voice…
  95. loading coil A coil that does not provide coupling to any other circuit, but is inserted in a circuit to increase its inductance.
  96. lobe A portion of an organ, such as the liver, lung, breast, thyroid, or brain.
  97. lobe attaching unit In a ring network, a functional unit used to connect and disconnect data stations to and from the ring without disrupting network operations.
  98. LOC (1) Lines of Communication. (2) Lines of Code. (3) Limited Operational Capability. 168
  99. LOCAAS Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (USAF term).
  100. local Not meaning the same thing everywhere. A global variable in Perl can be localized inside a dynamic scope via the local operator.

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