consistency groupA set of Symmetrix RDF devices that are configured to act in unison to maintain the integrity of a database.
consistency modelThe method a service uses to achieve high availability. For example, it could involve replicating data across multiple servers in a data center.
consolidated carrierA carrier authorized to provide telecommunications services both within and outside World Zone 1 using the yyNorth American Numbering Plan (NANP)and the…
Consolidated Command Center (CCC)A single command center from which USCINCSPACE/CINCNORAD can direct all his assigned missions, to include BMD.
Consolidated Intelligence Watch (CIW)A consolidation of intelligence watch functions within the Intelligence Operations Center (IOC) consisting of the USSPACECOM ITW Center, the NORAD…
Consolidated Space Test Center (CSTC)Series of centers at Onizuka AFB, CA (Sunnyvale), which support launch and initial on-orbit checkout of operational satellites, operate R&D satellites…
constA reserved Java keyword not used by current versions of the Java programming language.
constantA variable whose value may not be changed. In Java, these are implemented by final variables.
constant luminanceIn video, an image coding system that derives a luminance signal and two bandwidth-limited color-difference signals, to provide luminance information that…
Constellation Size (CSIZE)The number of satellites of a particular system placed in orbit about the earth.
constraintsLimits imposed on a model. For example, in an interaction model, specifying that the number of trips generated from an origin to all destinations cannot…
constructAn engineered chimeric DNA designed to be transferred into a cell or tissue. Typically, the construct comprises the gene or genes of interest, a marker…
ConstructionThe process of creating a Target of Evaluation [ITSEC].
constructorA constructor is automatically called when an instance of its class is created.
consultation holdA service feature that allows a speaker on an extension instrument to place one call on hold and to speak with another caller on a separate line.
contactAn Active Directory object that represents a user who is outside of the Exchange organization.
Contact FuseDevice used to detonate warhead on physical contact with another object.
ContactsThe Lotus Notes feature that provides a repository for information about people and groups, and that provides a way to create mailing lists.
ContainerIn the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
container-managed persistenceThe mechanism whereby data transfer between an entity bean's variables and a resource manager is managed by the entity bean's container.
container-managed sign-onThe mechanism whereby security information needed for signing on to a resource is supplied by the container.
container-managed transactionA transaction whose boundaries are defined by an EJB container. An entity bean must use container-managed transactions.
ContaminationTo make impure, infected, corrupt, etc, by contact with or addition of something; to pollute something.
contentIn an XML document, the part that occurs after the prolog, including the root element and everything it contains.
Content aggregationThe bringing together of content from multiple source repositories for retrieval at a later time.
Content ConnectorA content connector extracts content from an external content repository (file systems, content management systems, databases, collaboration applications)…
content conversionThe process of transforming e-mail messages from one format to another for the purpose of mail flow or storage, such as MAPI to MIME, or uuencode to…
content databaseThe Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, or WMSDE database that contains the content for one or more SharePoint sites.
content delivery network (CDN)A network, or that portion of a network, built specifically to speed the delivery of Web-based content across the public Internet or private intranets.
Content FilteringThis filter allows a user to search incoming messages for certain words or string of words to either delete, so it never reaches its final destination, or…
content hierarchy levelsThe nested units of information into which a media stream can be decomposed. [T1.801.04-1997]
Content IntegrationAdvertising woven into editorial content or placed in a special context on the page, typically appearing on portals and large destination sites.
content labelA rating provided by a rating service that defines or categorizes the contents of a Web site. [Bahorsky]
Content management system (CMS)A software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation and publishing of documents and other content.
content providerAny company in the business of aggregating or producing content for delivery via the Internet.
Content routingIn a large search system the index is split into multiple columns/partitions. It is often desired to choose different algorithms for routing of content to…
content sourceThe starting point for crawling a file system, database, or Web site in order to include content in an index. See also: build, crawl
contentionA condition that arises when two or more data stations attempt to transmit at the same time over a shared channel, or when two data stations attempt to…
contextThe surroundings, or environment. The context given by the surrounding code determines what kind of data a particular "expression" is expected to return.
context (of documentary material)The organizational, functional, and operational circumstances in which documentary material is created and/or received and used.
context attributeAn object bound into the context associated with a servlet.
Context relevancyOne dimension of search relevancy. The importance of a term/phrase/entity match depends on the matching context.
context rootA name that gets mapped to the document root of a Web application.
Contextual AdvertisingAdvertising programs which generate relevant advertisements based on the content of a webpage.
Contextual entity extractionExtracted entities (see Entity extraction) can be automatically annotated to semantic structures in the text, such as paragraphs or sentences.
contextual informationData about the creation, receipt, storage, or use of a document and its relationship to other records See also metadata.
Contextual InsightNext generation search intelligenceÃÂ that dynamically identifies relationships so that the users can quickly find facts and answers to questions like…
contiguityThe topological identification of adjacent polygons by recording the left and right polygons of each arc. See also polygon-arc topology.
contiguous namespaceA domain namespace in which all computers use the Active Directory domain name as their primary Domain Name System (DNS) suffix.
continental clusterA group of clusters that use routed networks and/or common carrier networks for data replication and cluster communication to support package failover…
Contingency Deployment Plan (CDP)An executable plan designed to deploy an early missile defense capability and reduce deployment time.
contingency key[A] key held for use under specific operational conditions or in support of specific contingency plans. [INFOSEC-99]
Contingency PlanManagement policy and procedures designed to maintain or restore business operations, including computer operations, possibly at an alternate location, in…
contingency procedureA procedure that is an alternative to the normal path of a process if an unusual but anticipated situation occurs. [2382-pt.8]
continuationa second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and filed before the first application becomes abandoned or…
continueA Java keyword used to resume program execution at the end of the current loop. If followed by a label, continue resumes execution where the label occurs.
continue statementA statement that may only be used inside the body of a loop. In the case of a while loop or do loop, control passes immediately to the loop's terminating…
continuity checkA check made of a circuit to verify that a communication or power path exists.
continuity check transponderA device that is used to interconnect the Go and Return paths of a circuit at the incoming end, and through which the detection of an incoming check tone…
Continuity of CommandThe degree or state of being continuous in the exercise of the authority vested in an individual of the armed forces for the direction, coordination, and…
Continuity of OperationsThe degree or state of being continuous in the conduct of functions, tasks, or duties necessary to accomplish a military action or mission in carrying out…
Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)A predetermined set of instructions or procedures that describe how an organizations essential functions will be sustained for up to 30 days as a result…
Continuity of Support PlanThe documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures mandated by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-130 that describe how to…
Continuous AccessA facility provided by the Continous Access software option available with the HP StorageWorks E Disk Array XP series.
continuous custodyan archival principle of added value, holding that the continuous and unbroken retention of any record or set of records in the keeping and for the use of…
continuous dataA surface for which each location has a specified or derivable value. Typically represented by a tin or lattice (e.g., surface elevation).
continuous operationOperation in which certain components, such as nodes, facilities, circuits, or equipment, are in an operational state at all times.
continuous presenceIn teleconferencing, the concurrent presence of two or more video images, such as two images that may appear on a single monitor on a split screen or on…
continuous simulationIn a continuous simulation, time ticks past at a regular rate that is applicable to the particular simulation scenario.
Continuous ToneAn image (e.g. a photograph) which has all the values of gray from white to black.
continuous tone copyIn facsimile, an object, i.e., an original, or a recorded copy, that contains shades of gray, i.e.
contour intervalThe difference in surface values between contours.
contour lineAn imaginary line joining points of equal elevation.
contouringIn digital facsimile, density step lines in the recorded copy resulting from analog-to-digital conversion when the object, i.e.
Contract Administration Office (CAO)The activity identified in the DoD Directory of Contract Administration Services Components assigned to perform contract administration responsibilities.
Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)Document used to order (buy) and require delivery of data. Tells contractor what data to deliver, when and how it will be accepted, where to look for…
Contract DefinitionA funded effort, normally by two or more competing contractors, to establish specifications, to select technical approaches, to identify high-risk areas…
Contract Work Breakdown StructureThe complete WBS for a contract developed and used by a contractor within the guidelines of MIL-STD 881A, and in accordance with the contract statement of…
Contracting Officer (CO)A person with the authority to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.
ContrastThe difference between the brightness of an object compared to that of its immediate background.
contributionIn B-ISDN applications, the use of broadband transmission of audio or video information to the user for post-production processing and distribution.
Contributor site groupCan submit content to categories and can add content to existing document libraries and lists.
Controla test with predictable results performed with an experimental procedure to confirm the reliability of the experimental results.
Control Abstraction(Software) The process of extracting the essential characteristics of control by defining abstract mechanisms and their associated characteristics while…