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Technology terms
Operational EvaluationThe test and analysis of a specific end item or system, insofar as practicable under Service operating conditions, in order to determine if quantity…
operational keyKey intended for use over-the-air for protection of operational information or for the production or secure electrical transmission of key streams.
Operational Level of WarThe level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or areas…
operational loadThe total power requirements for communications facilities.
Operational ModeThe configuration of the defense system element or segment. Refers to the operational environment of system, i.e.
Operational ReadinessThe capability of a unit/formation, ship, weapon system or equipment to perform the missions or functions for which it is organized or designed.
operational recordRecords that relate to the substantive activities an organization undertakes to accomplish its mission or mandate See also administrative record.
Operational ReliabilityThe reliability of a system or software subsystem in its actual use environment.
Operational RequirementNavy document, which describes major characteristics of the alternative selected by OPNAV.
Operational Requirements Document (ORD)Documents the users objectives and minimum acceptable requirements for operational performance of a proposed concept or system. DoDI 5000.1 and DoD 5000.
operational service periodA period during which a telecommunications service remains in an operational state.
operational service stateDuring any performance measurement period, a telecommunications service condition that existed when the calculated values of specified performance…
Operational SuitabilityThe degree to which a system can be placed satisfactorily in field use with consideration given to availability, compatibility, transportability…
Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E)That T&E conducted to estimate a system's military utility, operational effectiveness, and operational suitability, as well as the need for any…
Operationally Ready1. Capable of performing the missions or functions for which organized or designed (as applied to a unit, ship or weapon system).
operationsThe term denoting the general classifications of services rendered to the public for which separate tariffs are filed, namely exchange, state toll and…
Operations and Support (O&S) CostsThose resources required to operate and support a system, subsystem, or a major component during its useful life in the operational inventory.
operations codeCode composed largely of words and phrases suitable for general communications use. [INFOSEC-99]
Operations ProfileAn identification of all participants in an operation, their actions, and the time those actions occur in the operation.
operations security[The] process denying to potential adversaries information about capabilities and/or intentions by identifying, controlling and protecting generally…
operations security (OPSEC)[The] Process denying information to potential adversaries about capabilities and/or intentions by identifying, controlling, and protecting unclassified…
Operations Security (OPSEC) SurveyThe method of evaluating the protection afforded a given operation. It is composed of multiple functional outlines that identify possible weaknesses or…
operations systemA system that performs operations system functions (OSFs), that is, supports the processing of information related to operations, administration…
operatorA prokaryotic regulatory element that interacts with a repressor to control the transcription of adjacent structural genes.
operator overloadingA kind of "overloading" that you can do on built-in operators to make them work on objects as if the objects were ordinary scalar values, but with the…
operator service providerThe company accepting the billing information, initiating the validation process, and recording the details of the call. [T1.230-1992]
Operator Service Provider (OSP)A common carrier that provides services from public phones, including payphones and those in hotels/motels.
operator servicesA set of services including toll and assistance, listing services and intercept, associated with the originating connection network capability. [After T1.
operator systemA stored program electronic system associated with one or more toll switching systems which provides centralized traffic service position functions for…
operator trunksA general term, ordinarily applied to trunks between manually operated switchboard positions and local dial central offices in the same wire center.
OPINEThe condensation product of an amino acid with either a keto-acid or a sugar, produced by the plant host as a result of Agrobacterium infection, and used…
OPKA set of tools, documentation, and samples that enable OEMs to preinstall Windows efficiently on new computers according to the terms of the OEM Licensing…
Optical Airborne Measurement Program (OAMP)A program involving an aircraft-mounted research platform to conduct surveillance experiments that can be used to design future defensive systems.
optical fiber nuclear hardeningDesign allowances made to prevent or ameliorate the effects of gamma or high-energy neutron radiation or bombardment, that causes some optical fibers to…
optical filterIn the optical regime, an element that selectively transmits or blocks a range of wavelengths, polarizations, etc., or selectively displaces a beam, e.g.
optical interconnectionIn an integrated circuit or electronic module, the use of opto-electronic devices to make or facilitate connections, in lieu of a direct connection…
optical interfaceIn a fiber optic communications link, a point at which an optical signal is passed from one equipment or medium to another without conversion to an…
optical isolatorA device that uses a short optical transmission path to accomplish electrical isolation between elements of a circuit.
optical junctionAny physical interface in a fiber optic system. Note: Source to fiber, fiber to fiber, fiber to detector, beam to prism (or lens), fiber to lens, lens to…
optical line codeSequences of optical pulses suitably structured to permit information transfer over an optical link.
optical line pair1. In optical measurements or specifications, a pair of usually straight contiguous stripes of equal width and having a defined degree of contrast, and…
optical linkAn optical transmission channel, including any repeaters or regenerative repeaters, designed to connect two electronic or opto-electronic communications…
optical mixingOptical beating, i.e., the mixing, i.e., heterodyning, of two lightwaves (incoming signal and local oscillator) in a nonlinear device to produce a beat…