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  1. MD Mesoscale Discussion- When conditions actually begin to shape up for severe weather, SPC (Storm Prediction Center) often issues a Mesoscale Discussion…
  2. MD5 message-digest algorithm meant for digital signature applications where a large message has to be compressed in a secure manner before being signed with…
  3. MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm #5) The message digest algorithm used in PGP is the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, placed in the public domain by RSA Data Security, Inc.
  4. MDA Abbreviation for multiple drop array. See: microdroplet array.
  5. MDAHWG Missile Defense Ad Hoc Working Group.
  6. MDAP Major Defense Acquisition Program.
  7. MDART Missile Defense Activities Review Team.
  8. MDB (message database) An instance of a database implemented in Exchange server. A single MDB is normally identified as being public or private depending on the type of data…
  9. MDBIC Missile Defense Barrel Integration Center.
  10. MDC Midcourse Data Center, Advanced Research Center, Huntsville, AL.
  11. MDCI Multi-Discipline Counterintelligence.
  12. MDDC Missile Defense Data Center, USASSDC, Huntsville, AL.
  13. MDF Abbreviation for main distribution frame.
  14. MDP Manufacturing Data Package.
  15. MDR (1) Medium Data Rate ( TelComms /Computer term). (2) Milestone Decision Review. (3) Multi-national Defense Research.
  16. MDSC Missile Defense Scientific and Technical Information Center.
  17. MDSTC Missile Defense and Space Technology Center.
  18. MDT Moderate (or) Mountain Daylight Time
  19. MDTD Mean Downtime Documentation (ILS term).
  20. MDTOA Mean Downtime for Outside Assistance (ILS term). 179
  21. MDTOR Mean Downtime for Other Reasons (ILS term).
  22. MDTT Mean Downtime for Training (ILS term).
  23. MDW Mass Destruction Weapons.
  24. ME/VA Mission Essential/Vulnerable Area
  25. MEA Mission Effectiveness Analysis (JFACC term).
  26. meaconing A system of receiving radio beacon signals and rebroadcasting them on the same frequency to confuse navigation.
  27. MEADS See Medium Extended Air Defense System.
  28. mean power (of a radio transmitter) The average power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during an interval of time sufficiently long compared with the lowest…
  29. mean time between failures (MTBF) A measure of the reliability of an item. Defined as the total functioning life of an item divided by the total number of failures within the population…
  30. mean time between outages (MTBO) In a system, the mean time between equipment failures that result in loss of system continuity or unacceptable degradation.
  31. mean time to repair (MTTR) The total elapsed time for corrective maintenance divided by the total number of corrective maintenance actions during a given period of time.
  32. Mean Time to Restore System (MTTRS) A measure of the system maintainability parameter related to availability and readiness.
  33. mean time to service restoral (MTSR) The mean time to restore service following system failures that result in a service outage.
  34. MEASAT Malaysia East Asia Satellite.
  35. Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) The quantitative expression (sometimes modified by subjective judgment) of the success of a system in achieving a specified objective.
  36. measured blocking threshold A value for measured blocking above which there is a statistically significant probability that the design blocking objective is not being met. [T1.
  37. measured-rate service Telephone service for which charges are made in accordance with the total connection time of the line.
  38. measurement period See performance measurement period.
  39. MEC Mission Essentially Code (ILS term).
  40. mechanical splice Of optical fibers, a splice, i.e., permanent joint, accomplished by aligning the mating fibers in some kind of mechanical fixture.
  41. Mechanical Turk Amazon.com program which allows you to hire humans to perform easy tasks that computers are bad at.
  42. mechanically induced modulation Optical signal modulation induced by mechanical means. Note: An example of deleterious mechanically induced modulation is speckle noise created in a…
  43. mechanically intermateable connectors Connectors that are mechanically mateable, without creating mechanical damage, and without regard to attenuation properties.
  44. Mechanism the means by which an effect or change is produced.
  45. Media Any organization in the business of informing the public with news or commentary.
  46. media converter Synonym medium access unit (MAU).
  47. Media Sanitization A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and extraordinary means.
  48. media stream A sequence of presentation units intended to convey some specific content. [T1.801.04-1997]
  49. mediated search A search for documentary material or information about documentary material during which the person searching is assisted by NARA personnel.
  50. Mediation Mediation is an informal, voluntary method of resolving disputes, in which the parties in conflict meet with a trained, independent third party to come up…
  51. mediation function In telecommunications network management, a function that routes or acts on information passing between network elements and network operations.
  52. medium (pl.: media) 1. In plant tissue culture, a term for the liquid or solid formulation upon which plant cells, tissues or organs develop.
  53. medium access unit (MAU) In a communications system, the equipment that adapts or formats the signal for transmittal over the communication medium.
  54. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Space vehicles characterized by orbits between 400 and 10,000 nautical miles, longer duration revolution (2 to 12 hours), longer visibility envelopes (10…
  55. Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) A lightweight, highly transportable, low-to-medium altitude air defense and theater missile defense system designed to protect critical fixed and…
  56. medium frequency (MF) Frequencies from 300 kHz to 3000 kHz. See electromagnetic spectrum.
  57. medium interface connector (MIC) In communications systems, the connector at the interface point between the bus interface unit and the terminal, i.e., the medium interface point.
  58. medium interface point (MIP) In communication systems, the location at which the standards for the interface parameters between a terminal and the line facility are implemented.
  59. Medium Power Lasers Lasers that radiate power less than 1 MW, normally used to detect, identify, track, and designate a target vehicle.
  60. Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) A ballistic missile with a range from about 600 to 1,500 nautical miles.
  61. Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) Thermal radiation emitted by a source in the electromagnetic spectrum encompassing infrared wavelengths of 3 to 6 microns. 180
  62. medium-power talker A hypothetical talker, within a log-normal distribution of talkers, whose volume lies at the medium power of all talkers determining the volume…
  63. medium-term bit error rate Bit error rate that can be encountered for relatively short time periods (e.g., minutes), due to temporary malfunctions of, for example, transmission…
  64. Meeting Workspace A specialized Sharepoint Services site. Can be created directly in SPS or in Outlook as a part of a meeting request.
  65. Meeting Workspace site A Web site based on a Meeting Workspace site template that is used for planning, posting, and working together on meeting materials, and following up…
  66. MEF Marine Expeditionary Force.
  67. Megabyte A unit of information or computer storage abbreviated as M orMB, equal to 1,024 x 1,024 = 1,048,576 bytes.
  68. megahertz (MHz) A unit of frequency denoting one million (106) Hz.
  69. MEILSR Minimum Essential ILS Requirements (NSA term).
  70. MEL (1) Maintenance Expenditure Limit. (2) Mobile Erector Launcher.
  71. MEM (1) Mission Effectiveness Model. (2) Mission Equipment Modernization.
  72. member Member means any person who has been admitted to membership in the Connecticut credit union in accordance with state law.
  73. member data See "instance variable".
  74. member resources See resource.
  75. Meme In The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins defines a meme as "a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.
  76. Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (1) In contract administration, an agreement between a program manager and a Contract Administration Office, establishing the scope of responsibility of…
  77. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) A formal document that states the intentions and/or responsibilities of the signatory parties.
  78. Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement (MOU/A) A document established between two or more parties to define their respective responsibilities in accomplishing a particular goal or mission.
  79. memory Data storage in the form of chips, or the actual chips used to hold data; storage is used to describe memory that exists on tapes or discs.
  80. memory leak A situation in which memory that is no longer being used has not been returned to the pool of free memory.
  81. memory scavenging The collection of residual information from data storage. [INFOSEC-99]
  82. menu A list of options, each of which performs a desired action such as choosing a command or applying a particular format to a part of a document.
  83. MEO Medium Earth Orbit.
  84. MER Manpower Estimate Report.
  85. MERCAST Acronym for merchant-ship broadcast system.
  86. merchant-ship broadcast system (MERCAST) A maritime shore-to-ship broadcast system in which the ocean areas are divided into primary broadcast areas each covered by a high-powered shore radio…
  87. Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HCT) Infrared sensing material.
  88. meridian (meh-RID-ee-un) In traditional Chinese medicine, one of 20 channels that form a network through which qi (the body's vital energy) flows and that connect…
  89. meridional ray In fiber optics, a ray that passes through the optical axis of an optical fiber (in contrast with a skew ray, which does not).
  90. MES Military Essential Support.
  91. MESAR Multifunction Electronically Scanned Adaptive Radar (UK).
  92. MESFET Metal Schottky -Gate Field Effect Transistor.
  93. mesh network See network topology.
  94. mesh point One sample point in the array of sample points in a lattice. Each mesh point is located at a constant sampling interval in the x and y directions relative…
  95. mesh topology See network topology.
  96. mesochronous The relationship between two signals such that their corresponding significant instants occur at the same average rate.
  97. Mesosphere The atmospheric shell between about 20 km and about 70 to 80 km, extending from the top of the stratosphere (the stratopause) to the upper temperature…
  98. message In the Java Message Service, an asynchronous request, report, or event that is created, sent, and consumed by an enterprise application and not by a human.
  99. message alignment indicator In a signal message, data transmitted between the user part and the message transfer part to identify the boundaries of the signal message.
  100. message authentication Determining that a message has not been changed since leaving its point of transmission, where: (a) the identity of the originator is verified, and (b)…

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