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Technology terms

13901. PMIT Cite PATRIOT Missile Integration Team (PAC-3 Program term).
13902. PMJEG Cite Performance Measurement Joint Evaluation Group.
13903. PMO Cite Program Management Office
13904. PMP Cite (1) Parts, Materiel and Processes (US Army term) (See also MPP). (2) Program Master Plan. (3) Prime Mission Product. (4) Program Management Plan.
13905. PMR Cite (1) Program Management Review. (2) Pacific Missile Range. (3) Program Managers Review (PAC-3 term).
13906. PMRF/KTF Cite Pacific Missile Range Facility/Kauai Test Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, HI.
13907. PMS Cite (1) Planned Maintenance System (ILS term). (2) Performance Measurement System.
13908. PMTC Cite Pacific Missile Test Center, Pt. Mugu , CA.
13909. PMWG Cite Producibility and Manufacturing Working Group.
13910. PNE Cite Peaceful Nuclear Explosion.
13911. PNET Cite One of a group of cancers that develop from the same type of early cells, and share certain biochemical and genetic features.
13912. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Cite Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is an image format offering lossless compression and storage flexibility.
13913. PO Cite (1) [Acquisition] Program Office. (2) Purchase Order.
13914. POA Cite Power of Attorney - formal assignment to another of the right to legally act on your behalf
13915. POA&M Cite Plan of Actions and Milestones.
13916. POC Cite (1) Point of Contact. (2) Proof of Concept.
13917. POC/ET Cite Proof of Concept/Experimental Test (e.g., modular USSTRATCOM ground mobile command post).
13918. Pockels cell Cite An electro-optic device in which birefringence is modified under the influence of an applied voltage.
13919. POCT Cite Passive Optical Component Technology.
13920. POD Cite (1) Plan of the Day. (2) Probability of Detection. (3) Port of Debarkation.
13921. PODIUM Cite Project Origination Design, Implementation and Maintenance.
13922. POE Cite (1) Program Office Estimate. (2) Projected Operating Environment.
13923. POET Cite A consortium of scientist and engineers from FFRDCs providing technical support to the MDA. (Formerly referred to as the Phase One Engineering Team.)
13924. POI Cite Abbreviation for point of interface.
13925. point Cite An amount equal to one percent of the principal amount of a mortgage. Loan discount points are a one-time charge assessed at closing by the lender to…
13926. Point Attribute Table / Polygon Attribute Table (PAT) (PAT) Cite A coverage can have either a point attribute table or a polygon attribute table, but not both.
13927. Point attribute table or polygon attribute table (PAT) (PAT) Cite A coverage can have either a point attribute table or a polygon attribute table, but not both.
13928. point code (PC) Cite A unique address code that identifies a service provider (SP) within a signaling network. [T1.234-1993]
13929. Point Defense Cite The defense or protection of special vital elements and installations; e.g., command and control facilities, air bases, etc.
13930. Point Defense System Cite A terminal defense system using radars and large numbers of guided projectiles to defend ICBMs. This concept was considered in the early 1980s.
13931. point event Cite See event.
13932. point in call (PIC) Cite A state in a basic call-state model. [T1.667-1999]
13933. point of access Cite A subscriber's entrance to the telecommunications network. A logical view of this point of access has a relationship with the termination point as defined…
13934. point of interface (POI) Cite In a telecommunications system, the physical interface between the local access and transport area (LATA) access and inter-LATA functions.
13935. Point of Presence (POP) Cite A remote location that provides network connectivity back to the core of the network for users within its service area.
13936. point of termination (POT) Cite The point of demarcation between (exchange) carriers that establishes the technical interface, test points, and division of operational responsibility.
13937. point of train Cite In infrared transmission systems, a steady infrared light that is used (a) to assist the transmitter in locating a receiving station and (b) for keeping…
13938. Point source Cite Any discernible, confined, or discrete conveyance from which pollutants are or may be discharged, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel…
13939. point-in-polygon Cite A topological overlay procedure which determines the spatial coincidence of points and polygons.
13940. point-to-multipoint connection Cite A distinctive type of multipoint connection, composed of a central connection endpoint (central CE) and other, peripheral, CEs, and in which data…
13941. Point-to-Point Cite Direct connection between the backplane and the storage device, allowing for the high-performance, full utilization of bandwidth.
13942. point-to-point configuration Cite A configuration where there are only two access points. [T1.620-1991] 2. A communication circuit having only two nodes.
13943. point-to-point link Cite A dedicated data link that connects only two stations.
13944. point-to-point messaging system Cite A messaging system built on the concept of message queues. Each message is addressed to a specific queue; clients extract messages from the queues…
13945. point-to-point transmission Cite Communications between two designated stations only.
13946. Pointer Cite A pointer is an index entry in the directory of a disc (or other storage medium) that identifies the space on the disc in which an electronic document or…
13947. pointers Cite A single octet that indicates the beginning of each mandatory variable parameter and optional part. [TI.110-1987]
13948. Pointing Cite The treatment of joints between bricks, stone, or other masonry components by filling with mortar; also, called tuck-pointing
13949. poison message queue Cite A persistent queue that isolates messages that are detected as potentially fatal to an Exchange Server 2007 server. This queue is typically empty.
13950. poison queue Cite Queue to isolate messages that are detected as potentially harmful to the Exchange 2007 system after a server failure.
13951. Poison Word Cite Words which were traditionally associated with low quality content that caused search engines to want to demote the rankings of a page.
13952. Poisson distribution Cite A mathematical statement of the probability that exactly k discrete events will take place during an interval of length t, expressed by where k is a…
13953. POL Cite Petroleum, Oil, and Lubrication. 227
13954. POLAD Cite Political Advisor.
13955. polar direct-current telegraph transmission Cite A form of binary telegraph transmission in which positive and negative direct currents denote the significant conditions.
13956. polar operation Cite A telegraph system in which marking signals are formed by current or voltage pulses of one polarity and spacing signals by current or voltage pulses of…
13957. polar orbit Cite An orbit for which the angle of inclination is 90o. Note: A satellite in polar orbit will pass over both the north and south geographic poles once per…
13958. polar relay Cite A dc relay in which the direction of movement of the armature depends on the direction of the current flow.
13959. polarential telegraph system Cite A direct-current telegraph system employing polar transmission in one direction and a form of differential duplex transmission in the other.
13960. polarization Cite Of an electromagnetic wave, the property that describes the orientation, i.e., time-varying direction and amplitude, of the electric field vector.
13961. polarization diversity Cite Diversity transmission and reception wherein the same information signal is transmitted and received simultaneously on orthogonally polarized waves with…
13962. polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber Cite An optical fiber in which the polarization planes of lightwaves launched into the fiber are maintained during propagation with little or no cross-coupling…
13963. polarization-preserving (PP) optical fiber Cite Synonym polarization-maintaining optical fiber.
13964. Police District Cite Police jurisdictions. See also Police Service Areas (PSA).
13965. Police Service Area (PSA) Cite Every resident lives in a Police Service Area, and every PSA has a team of police officers and officials assigned to it.
13966. Policy Cite The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
13967. Policy Management Authority (PMA) Cite Body established to oversee the creation and update of Certificate Policies, review Certification Practice Statements, review the results of CA audits for…
13968. policy manual Cite A publication that states the course of action to be followed by an organization, unit, or department in conducting its activities.
13969. Policy Mapping Cite Recognizing that, when a CA in one domain certifies a CA in another domain, a particular certificate policy in the second domain may be considered by the…
13970. policy, folder policy Cite Restrictions placed on a folder or other object that limit access to it, or that limit operations that can be performed on the object.
13971. policy-based automation Cite policies automate resource management based on business-defined conditions such as time of day, trouble alarms, and capacity or availability issues by…
13972. Policy-based Management Cite A method of managing system behavior or resources by setting "policies" (often in the form of "if-then" rules) that the system interprets.
13973. Politeness Window Cite In order not to overburden any particular server, most search engine spiders limit their access to each server.
13974. polling Cite The process of repeatedly testing until a condition becomes true. Polling can be inefficient if the time between tests is short compared with the time it…
13975. polygon Cite A coverage feature class used to represent areas. A polygon is defined by the arcs that make up its boundary and a point inside its boundary for…
13976. polygon overlay Cite A topological overlay procedure which determines the spatial coincidence of two sets of polygon features and creates a new set of polygons based on…
13977. polygon-arc topology Cite The topological data structure ARC/INFO uses to represent connectivity between arcs to form polygons.
13978. polyinstantiation Cite In cryptography, the existence of a cryptographic key in more than one secure physical location. [After X9.49]
13979. polymer Cite (PAH-lih-mer) A molecule made up of small identical molecules called monomers. The monomers are joined together in a repeating pattern.
13980. polymer-clad silica fiber Cite Synonym plastic-clad silica fiber.
13981. polymorphism Cite (PAH-lee-MOR-fih-zum) A common variation or mutation in DNA.
13982. POM Cite Program Objectives Memorandum.
13983. POMCUS Cite Pre-positioning Of Materiel Configured to Unit Sets.
13984. Pooling Cite Combining of assets of different entities, i.e., two or more counties, for efficient investment purposes while maintaining separate accounting trails.
13985. Pooling Administrator (PA) Cite The term Pooling Administrator refers to the entity or entities responsible for administering a thousands-block number pool (FCC 00-104, § 52.
13986. POP Cite Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters.
13987. Pop-under Cite A pop-up that appears underneath the currently active web browser window. An annoying, if not shady, tactic used by some web advertisers.
13988. Pop-up Cite A web page that displays within a new, typically smaller, web browser window, rather than the currently active browser window.
13989. POP3 Cite This is a computing standard that enables emails to be retrieved from a remote mailbox.
13990. POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) Cite A mail protocol that allows clients running it to retrieve mail from a host mail server also running the protocol. You can enable POP3 on a Domino server.
13991. Popped strand Cite A strand of tape protruding from the edge of a wound tape pack. Print through: The condition where low frequency signals on one tape winding imprint…
13992. popular ranking Cite A ranking type that adds to a document's existing ranking based on the document's popularity.
13993. Population Cite the totality of items or units of material under consideration.
13994. popup menu Cite A menu of actions that is normally not visible on the screen until a mouse button is clicked.
13995. Port Cite An implanted device through which blood may be withdrawn and drugs may be infused without repeated needle sticks. Also called port-a-cath.
13996. Port address translation (PAT) (PAT) Cite Port address translation.
13997. Port Covers Cite Mechanism for thrust termination of solid-propellant systems.
13998. port operations service Cite A maritime mobile service in or near a port, between coast stations and ship stations, or between ship stations, in which messages are restricted to those…
13999. Port Scanning Cite Using a program to remotely determine which ports on a system are open (e.g., whether systems allow connections through those ports).
14000. port station Cite A coast station in the port operations service. [NTIA] [RR]