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Technology terms

Street Name Alias n alternative or abbreviated name for a street. Examples of this include MISS for Mississippi or MLK for Martin Luther King Jr.
strength member Any component of a communication cable, metallic or optical, the function of which is to protect the transport medium, i.e.
strength of mechanism 1. A measure of the effectiveness of a security mechanism to prevent a breach of the System Security policy, assuming it has been correctly implemented…
Stress The response of the body to physical, mental, or emotional pressure. This may make a person feel frustrated, angry, or anxious, and may cause unhealthy…
stressed environment In radiocommunications, an environment that is under the influence of extrinsic factors that degrade communications integrity, such as when (a) the benign…
STRICOM Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (USA term).
string A series of alphanumeric characters of any length enclosed by quotes.
string context The situation in which an expression is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a "string". See also "context" and "numeric context".
string-to-sign Before you calculate an HMAC signature, you first assemble the required components in a canonical order. The pre-encrypted string is the string-to-sign.
stringification The process of producing a "string" representation of an abstract object.
striping When speaking about GridFTP transfers, striping refers to having multiple network endpoints at the source, destination, or both participating in the…
Striping (RAID 0) Spreads data evenly over multiple drives to enhance performance. Because there is no redundancy scheme, it does not provide data protection.
stroke In medicine, a loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which damages brain tissue.
stroke edge In character recognition, the line of discontinuity between a side of a stroke and the background, obtained by averaging, over the length of the stroke…
stroke speed In facsimile systems, the rate at which a fixed line perpendicular to the direction of scanning is crossed in one direction by a scanning or recording…
stroke width In character recognition, the distance between the two edges of a stroke, measured perpendicular to the stroke centerline.
strong authentication Authentication by means of cryptographically derived credentials. [After X.509]
strong password A password that provides an effective defense against unauthorized access to a resource.
struct C keyword introducing a structure definition or name.
Structural analysis Structural analysis allows documents to be classified based on structure and linguistic analysis (for example, the home page of an Internet service…
Structure Changes in the shape of the bottom of lakes, rivers, or impoundments, especially those that influence fish behavior.
structure (of documentary material) The physical or logical form of a documentary material or a set of documentary material.
Structured Attack An attack in which the arrival of warheads on their diverse targets is precisely timed for maximum strategic impact.
Structured Design A disciplined approach to software design that adheres to a specified set of rules based on principles such as top-down design, stepwise refinement, and…
structured development Development of a system or part of a system where components at lower levels are traceable from those at the higher level [CESG].
Structured Program A program constructed of a basic set of control structures, each one having one entry point and one exit.
structured programming A style of programming usually associated with languages such as C, Fortran, Pascal and so on.
Structured Query Language (SQL) (SQL) A syntax for defining and manipulating data from a relational database. Developed by IBM in the 1970s, it has become an industry standard for query…
structured text Text for which a well-defined, unambiguous internal structure is defined. Such text shall be human readable and interpreted identically by all conforming…
structured-functional filing system A filing system in which records are under primary subject headings according to the basic activities or functions of the organization
STRV Space Technology Research Vehicle.
STS See Sequence\-tagged site.
STSC Software Technology Support Center. 281
STT (1) Small Tactical Terminal (USAF term). (2) Stockpile-to-Target (US Army term).
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer.
STU Secure Telephone Unit.
stub A replica or copy of a Notes application that has not yet been filled with documents.
stub network A network that conveys data only among local hosts. Note: Even if the local hosts are connected to more than one other network, these hosts do not carry…
studio-to-transmitter link (STL) A communications link used for the transmission of broadcast material from a studio to the transmitter.
stuffing See bit stuffing, de-stuffing.
stunt box A device that controls the nonprinting functions of a printer at a terminal.
STW Strike Warfare.
STWC Strike Warfare Commander.
STWG Simulation Tools Working Group.
STX Abbreviation for start-of-text character.
SUB Under or subordinate to.
sub class A class that extends its super class. A sub class inherits all of the members of its super class.
sub type A type with a parent super type. The sub-type/super-type relationship is more general than the sub-class/super-class relationship.
sub-band adaptive differential pulse code modulation (SB-ADPCM) Modulation in which (a) an audio frequency band is split into two sub-bands, i.e.
sub-registration authority (SRA) [An] Individual with primary responsibility for managing the distinguished name process. [INFOSEC-99]
subarray An array that is inside another array.
Subassembly Two or more parts joined together to form a unit, capable of disassembly, which is only a part of a complete machine, structure, or other article.
subcarrier A carrier used to modulate another carrier. Note: The modulated carrier can be used to modulate another carrier, and so on, so that there can be several…
subclass Each asset class - stock, bonds, and cash equivalents, for example - is made up of a number of different groups of investments called subclasses.
Subcontractor A contractor who enters into a contract with a prime contractor.
subform A form-building shortcut that lets designers store regularly used fields, sections, actions, and other form elements together.
subheading A secondary heading used as the division of a subject to delineate a particular group under the major heading See also secondary subject.
Subject The Subject of an email message should be a short summary of its contents. Email clients usually display it in a mailbox display together with the sender.
subject authority An authority recognized in a Security Domain as a trusted source of security information concerning security subjects (human beings and Applications)…
subject classification system A plan for the classification and coding of documents by subject See also classification system, file classification system, and taxonomy.
subject entry A heading under a person, place, or thing that represents the content of the item being indexed
subject filing A file system in which each document relates to a specific subject matter and is arranged in alphabetic order by subject
Subject Security Level A subject's security level is equal to the security level of the objects to which it has both read and write access.
Subject-Matter Expert (SME) A subject-matter expert (SME) is a person knowledgeable about a given topic or subject area.
sublayer In a layered open communications system, a specified subset of the services, functions, and protocols included in a given layer. 2.
Submarine- Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) A ballistic missile launched from a submarine, with a range of 3,000 to 6,000 miles.
Submission any single delivery of evidence in a specific investigation.
Submission queue A persistent queue that is used by the categorizer in Exchange Server 2007 to gather all messages that have to be resolved, routed, and processed by…
Submission Service Any agent which submits your site to many search engines and directories. Useful to get listed with many of the minor search engines, but don't rely on…
Submitting submitting a web page address to a search engine in the hopes that it will index it.
subnet A segment of the IP address range of a VPC that EC2 instances can be attached to.
Subnet Address In computer networks, a subnetwork or subnet is a range of logical addresses within the address space that is assigned to an organization.
subnet mask A number that is used to identify a subnetwork so that IP addresses can be shared on a local area network.
subnetwork 1. A collection of equipment and physical transmission media that forms an autonomous whole and that can be used to interconnect systems for purposes of…
Subordinate Certification Authority (CA) In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority whose certificate signature key is certified by another CA, and whose activities are constrained by that…
subordinate inner class An inner class that performs well-defined subordinate tasks on behalf of its enclosing class.
subordinate station Synonym slave station.
subpattern A component of a "regular expression" pattern.
SUBROC Submarine Rocket.
subroutine A named or otherwise accessible piece of program that can be invoked from elsewhere in the program in order to accomplish some sub-goal of the program.
subscribe In computer conferencing, to add one's address to a distribution list, or to join a forum. [2382-pt.35]
Subscribed Edge Transport server An Edge Transport server that has been subscribed to the Exchange Server 2007 organization.
Subscriber A party who receives a credential or token from a CSP and becomes a claimant in an authentication protocol.
subscriber access number A number that is configured in a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) that allows a subscriber to access their Microsoft Exchange mailbox over the telephone.
subscriber data key See subscriber key.
subscriber key A key encrypting key or data key transported in a multiple center CSM for eventual distribution to a pair of subscribers. [After X9.28]
subscriber line Synonym loop. 2. A communication channel between a telephone station, PBX or TWX station and the central office which serves it. Synonym exchange line.
Subscriber Line Charge (SLC) A monthly fee paid by telephone subscribers that is used to compensate the local telephone company for part of the cost of installation and maintenance of…
subscript A "value" that indicates the position of a particular "array" "element" in an array.
subscription A request for notification when changes are made to a document, the contents of a folder, a category, or a search results list.
subscription aggregator source An aggregator source (included in WS MDS) that collects data from a WSRF service via WSRF subscription/notification.
subscription application A Notes application (HEADLINE.NSF) stored in the Notes data directory that contains subscription information
Subscription button An HTML-coded button that enables an easy way to charge customers a recurring fee.
subseries A division of records within a larger system that is readily separable in terms of physical form, type, subject, or filing arrangement
Subsite A named subdirectory of the top-level Web site that is a complete Web site. Each subsite can have independent administration, authoring, and browsing…
substantive records See program records.
substitute character (SUB) A control character that is used in the place of a character that is recognized to be invalid or in error or that cannot be represented on a given device.
substitution Replacement of one nucleotide in a DNA sequence by another nucleotide or replacement of one amino acid in a protein by another amino acid.
substitution method In optical fiber technology, a method of measuring the transmission loss by (a) using a stable optical source, at the wavelength of interest, to drive a…
Substrate 1. A compound that is altered by an enzyme. 2. Food source for growing cells or micro-organisms. 3. Material on which a sedentary organism lives and grows.