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  1. C<sup>2</sup>SC Command and Control Simulation Center.
  2. C<sup>2</sup>Sims Command and Control Simulations.
  3. C<sup>2</sup>STN Command and Control System Test Network
  4. C<sup>2</sup>TED Theater Exploitation Demonstration.
  5. C<sup>2</sup>V Command and Control Vehicle (USA term)
  6. C<sup>2</sup>W Command and Control Warfare
  7. C<sup>3</sup> Command, Control, and Communications.
  8. C<sup>3</sup>CM See Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures.
  9. C<sup>3</sup>I See Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
  10. C<sup>3</sup>IIT C3I Integration Test.
  11. C<sup>3</sup>TED C3 Theater Exploitation Demonstration.
  12. C<sup>4</sup> Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems.
  13. C<sup>4</sup>I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence.
  14. C<sup>4</sup>I Sufficiency USAF Program to cut C4I redundancy and O&M costs.
  15. C<sup>4</sup>ID Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Dissemination.
  16. C<sup>4</sup>IFTW Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence For The Warrior (OJCS term).
  17. C<sup>4</sup>ISR Command, Control Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
  18. C<sup>4</sup>S Command, Control, Communication, and Computer Systems.
  19. CA Cloud-to-Air lightning.
  20. CA (Certificate Authority) The link that allows a server and client to communicate. A CA vouches for the identity of a server and client by issuing certificates stamped with the…
  21. CA (certification authority) An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other…
  22. CA (Certified Archivist) An archivist who has successfully met all criteria for membership in the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA) Note: Certified Archivists demonstrate…
  23. CA Certificate The CA's certificate. This certificate is used to verify signature on certificates issued by the CA.
  24. CA Signing Policy The CA signing policy is used to place constraints on the information you trust a given CA to bind to public keys.
  25. CA/CRL Custody Authorization/Custody Receipt List.
  26. CAA Cold Air Advection
  27. CAB Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the…
  28. CAB VTC Cost Analysis Board Video Teleconference.
  29. cable An assembly of one or more insulated conductors, or optical fibers, or a combination of both, within an enveloping jacket.
  30. cable assembly A cable that is ready for installation in specific applications and usually terminated with connectors.
  31. cable cutoff wavelength (&lambda;cc) For a cabled single-mode optical fiber under specified length, bend, and deployment conditions, the wavelength at which the fiber's second order mode is…
  32. cable fill factor The ratio of cable conductor or cable pair kilometers in use to total cable conductor or cable pair kilometers available in the plant, e.g.
  33. cable headend Synonym [in cable television] headend.
  34. cable jacket See sheath.
  35. cable modem In CATV systems, a bidirectional high-speed digital communications interface, located on a subscriber's or user's premises, and used, for example, for…
  36. cable television relay service (CARS) station A fixed or mobile station used for the transmission of television and related audio signals, signals of standard and FM broadcast stations, signals of…
  37. cable TV (CATV) A broadband communications technology in which multiple television channels, as well as audio and data signals, may be transmitted either one way or…
  38. CAC Combat Arms Command (USA, Ft. Levenworth, KS).
  39. Cache A type a computer memory that temporarily stores frequently used information for quick access.
  40. cache memory A buffer, smaller and faster than main storage, used to hold a copy of instructions and data in main storage that are likely to be needed next by the…
  41. Cached Exchange Mode A feature that lets a Microsoft Outlook user who has a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account work offline, either by choice or due to a connection problem.
  42. CAD Coronary artery disease. A disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the…
  43. CAD drawing The digital equivalent of a drawing, figure or schematic created using a CAD system. For example, a drawing file or DWG file in AutoCAD.
  44. cadastre Public record of the extent, value and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation.
  45. CADCI Common Air Defense Communications Interface.
  46. CADE Combined Allied Defense Experiment/Effort.
  47. CAE (1) Computer-Aided Engineering. (2) Component Acquisition Executive.
  48. CAESAR CONUS Attack Engagement Systems Requirements Simulation.
  49. CAG Collective Address Group.
  50. Cage Where the casino cashier is located.
  51. CAI Computer-Aided Inspection.
  52. CAIG Cost Analysis Improvement Group.
  53. CAIS Common Airborne Instrumentation System.
  54. CAIV Cost As an Independent Variable.
  55. Calacanis, Jason Founder of Weblogs, Inc. Also pushed AOL to turn Netscape into a Digg clone. See also: Calacanis.com - Jason's blog
  56. Calendar The calendar is the daily list of all cases scheduled for hearing. In Housing Court, it is computerized and usually includes notations written by the…
  57. Calendar Attendant An Exchange Server feature that automatically places meetings marked Tentative on the recipient's calendar without requiring the intervention of any…
  58. Calendar Concierge A set of calendar enhancements that enable users to schedule people and resources quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
  59. Calendar profile A document that lets you customize your calendar and indicate the times that you are available for meetings.
  60. Calibration the set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring…
  61. Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
  62. call abandoned See abandoned call.
  63. call acceptance The mechanism that allows a user to be alerted on one terminal and to choose to answer the call on any terminal, not necessarily the one through which…
  64. call accepted signal A call control signal sent by the called terminal to indicate that it accepts the incoming call.
  65. Call Agent The Call Agent provides call processing, call control, feature control and Operations Administration Maintenance & Provisioning to manage services for a…
  66. call answering A voice mail application that answers a call so that a message can be left. [Exchange 2007]
  67. call associated signaling (CAS) Signaling required for supervision of a bearer service between two end points, including support for the functions of call origination, call delivery, and…
  68. call attempt In a telecommunications system, a demand by a user for a connection to another user.
  69. call back [The] procedure for identifying and authenticating a remote information-systems (IS) terminal, whereby the host system disconnects the terminal and…
  70. call by reference An "argument"-passing mechanism in which the "formal arguments" refer directly to the "actual arguments", and the "subroutine" can change the actual…
  71. call by value A semantics of passing an argument to a method in which a copy of the actual argument value is taken and placed in a separate memory location, represented…
  72. call collision The contention that occurs when a terminal and data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) specify the same channel at the same time to transfer a call…
  73. call completion rate The ratio of successfully completed calls to the total number of attempted calls.
  74. call control character One of a set of control characters used in call-control signaling. Note: The signals representing call control characters may be used under defined…
  75. call control function (CCF) The network intelligence that provides call/connection processing and control. [T1.667-1999]
  76. call control signal A member of the set of network management signals used to establish, maintain, or release a call.
  77. call data channel (CDC) The logical link between the device performing an electronic surveillance access function and the LEA (law enforcement agency) that primarily carries…
  78. call delay The delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call. 2.
  79. call detail recording (CDR) A service feature in which call data on a specific telephone extension or group of subscribers are collected and recorded for cost-of-service accounting…
  80. call duration The time between (a) the instant a connection, i.e., off-hook condition at each end, is established between the call originator and the call receiver and…
  81. call forwarding A service feature, available in some switching systems, whereby calls can be rerouted automatically from one line, i.e.
  82. Call Gap CG is a code control that regulates the maximum rate at which calls are released toward a destination code.
  83. call hold A service feature in which a user may retain an existing call while accepting or originating another call using the same end instrument.
  84. call identifier A network utility that consists of a name assigned by the originating network for each established or partially established virtual call.
  85. call intensity Synonym traffic intensity.
  86. call management 1. In telegraphy, route selection, signaling, and circuit usage and availability for a call. 2.
  87. call originator An entity, such as a person, equipment, or program that originates a call. Synonym calling party.
  88. call pickup A service feature of some switching systems enabling a user, by dialing a predetermined code, to answer incoming calls that are directed to another user…
  89. call processing The sequence of operations performed by a switching system from the acceptance of an incoming call through the final disposition of the call. 2.
  90. call progress signal A call control signal transmitted by the called data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) to the calling data terminal equipment (DTE) to report (a) the…
  91. call progress tone An audible signal returned by a network to a call originator to indicate the status of a call.
  92. call receiver An entity, such as a person, equipment, or program to which a call is directed. Synonym called party.
  93. call record Recorded data pertaining to a single call.
  94. call release time In communication systems, the time interval from initiation of a clearing signal by a terminal until the available-line condition appears on originating…
  95. call restriction A switching system service feature that prevents selected terminals from exercising one or more service features otherwise available from the switching…
  96. call segment A specific portion of the processing of a call. [T1.667-1999]
  97. call set-up error probability The ratio of total call attempts that result in call set-up error to the total call attempts in a population of interest. [T1.504-1989]
  98. call set-up failure probability The ratio of total call attempts that result in call set-up failure to the total call attempts in a population of interest. [T1.504-1989]
  99. call set-up time 1. The overall length of time required to establish a circuit-switched call between users. 2.
  100. call sign A station or address designator represented by a combination of characters or pronounceable words that is used to identify such entities as a…