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  1. CTR Cooperative Threat Reduction (Treaty negotiation term).
  2. CTR - Click Through Rate Click Through Rate is a measure of the number of clicks received from the number of ad impressions delivered.
  3. CTRS Centers
  4. CTS (1) Clear To Send ( TelComm /Computer term). (2) Contact Test Set (USA IFTE term).
  5. CTS (Cartridge Tape Subsystem) forms the data path between the cartridge library and the host system. It includes tape control units and tape cartridge transports.
  6. CTSS Computer and Telecommunications Staff.
  7. CTT Commanders Tactical Terminal (US Army).
  8. CTT-H/R Commanders Tactical Terminal Hybrid Receiver (USA term).
  9. CTV Control Test Vehicle(s).
  10. CTX Abbreviation for Centrex® service.
  11. cubic feet Measurement of volume for records and manuscripts, 1'x1'x1'; also shown as cu. ft. or c.f.
  12. cubic foot See records storage box.
  13. CUDIXS Common User Digital Information Exchange System.
  14. Cued Operation The directing of one sensor based upon the data received from another sensor.
  15. Cueing Command The command within a tactic, which specifies the sensor elements coverage volume.
  16. Cueing Data Cueing data is a subset of object tracks within a sensor elements coverage volume.
  17. CUI Common User Interface.
  18. Cultural and Society The characteristics of societies and cultures. For example, resources describing natural settlements, anthropology, archaeology, traditional beliefs…
  19. cumulative index An index in which successive entries are added or interfiled as the records collection grows
  20. Cumulative Match Characteristic (CMC) A method of showing measured accuracy performance of a biometric system operating in the closed-set identification task.
  21. cumulative transit delay The total transit delay applicable for a data call obtained by summing the individual transit delays of all component portions of the data connection. [T1.
  22. curly brackets See block.
  23. current billing The combined amount of changes billed, excluding arrears. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  24. current package The "package" in which the current statement is compiled. Scan backwards in the text of your program through the current lexical scope or any enclosing…
  25. current record See active record.
  26. current working directory See "working directory".
  27. currently selected output channel The last "filehandle" that was designated with select(FILEHANDLE); "STDOUT", if no filehandle has been selected.
  28. cursor A graphic pointer used with a mouse to point to a location on a terminal screen.
  29. Curvature error A change in track shape that results in a bowed or S-shaped track. This becomes a problem if the playback head is not able to follow the track closely…
  30. curvature loss Synonym macrobend loss.
  31. curve-fitting compaction Data compaction accomplished by substituting an analytical expression for the data to be stored or transmitted.
  32. custody Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of…
  33. custom address list An address list created to help users who need a custom view of recipients within an Exchange organization.
  34. Custom error page You can customize the content and the look-and-feel of the default page that is displayed on your web server when a 404 File Not Found error occurs.
  35. custom local area signaling service (CLASS) One of an identified group of network-provided enhanced services. Note: A CLASS group for a given network usually includes several enhanced service…
  36. custom phrase A word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to evaluate the content of an e-mail message and apply appropriate filter…
  37. custom recipient In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange.
  38. Customer 1. The person or organization that purchases a Target of Evaluation [ITSEC]. 2. The corroboration that the source of data received is as claimed.
  39. customer access In an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the portion of the ISDN access that a network provider supplies to connect the customer, i.e.
  40. customer dialed charge traffic Traffic which is both (a) handled to completion through pulses generated by the customer and (b) for which either a message unit charge, bulk charge or…
  41. Customer Experience Improvement Program A Microsoft program that invites customers to provide Microsoft with more detailed information about how the software is used including the type and…
  42. customer gateway A router or software application on your side of a VPN tunnel that is managed by Amazon VPC.
  43. customer installation (CI) All telecommunication equipment and wiring on the customer side of the network interface. [T1.Rpt37-1994]
  44. customer management complex In network management, a complex that (a) is controlled by a customer and (b) is responsible for, and performs, maintenance for the customer installation.
  45. customer office terminal Termination equipment that (a) is located on the customer premises and (b) performs a function that may be integrated into the common carrier equipment.
  46. customer owned and maintained equipment (COAM) Deprecated term. See customer premises equipment.
  47. customer premises equipment (CPE) Terminal and associated equipment and inside wiring located at a subscriber's premises and connected with a carrier's communication channel(s) at the…
  48. customer premises wire The segment of wiring from the customer's side of the protector to the customer premises equipment. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  49. customer service unit (CSU) A device that provides an accessing arrangement at a user location to either switched or point-to-point, data-conditioned circuits at a specifically…
  50. customer-provided equipment Deprecated term. See customer premises equipment.
  51. customer-replaceable unit (CRU) Any field-replaceable unit (FRU) that can be replaced by the customer.
  52. Cut To divide a deck into two parts.
  53. cut off See file break.
  54. cutback technique A destructive technique for determining certain optical fiber transmission characteristics, such as attenuation and bandwidth, by (a) performing the…
  55. Cutoff An impervious construction by means of which water is prevented from passing through foundation material.
  56. cutoff attenuator A waveguide, of adjustable length, which varies the attenuation of signals passing through it.
  57. cutoff frequency The frequency either above which or below which the output of a circuit, such as a line, amplifier, or filter, is reduced to a specified level. 2.
  58. cutoff mode The highest order mode that will propagate in a given waveguide at a given frequency.
  59. cutoff wavelength The wavelength corresponding to the cutoff frequency. 2. In an uncabled single-mode optical fiber, the wavelength greater than which a particular…
  60. cutover The physical changing of circuits or lines from one configuration to another.
  61. Cutts, Matt Google's head of search quality. See also: Matt Cutts blog Interview of Matt Cutts SEO Videos by Matt Cutts
  62. CV (1) Carrier Vehicle. (2) USN Aircraft Carrier. (3) Curriculum Vitae.
  63. CV/BM Carrier Vehicle/Battle Management.
  64. CVBG USN aircraft carrier battle group.
  65. CVE SEE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.
  66. CVHG Carrier, Aircraft (V/STOL), Guided missile.
  67. CVISC Combat Visual Information Support Center.
  68. CVL Copper Vapor Lasers.
  69. CVM (Compact Virtual Machine) The Compact Virtual Machine (CVM) is an optimized Java virtual machine (JVM) that is used by the CDC.
  70. CVN USN nuclear powered aircraft carrier. 69
  71. CVSD Abbreviation for continuously variable slope delta modulation.
  72. CW (1) Continuous Wave. (2) Chemical Weapon/Warfare. (3) Carrier Wave.
  73. CWAR Continuous Wave Acquisition Cycle (Hawk).
  74. CWBS Contract Work Breakdown Structure.
  75. CWDD Continuous Wave Deuterium Demonstrator.
  76. CWIPT Cost Working group integrated Product Team.
  77. CX Abbreviation for composite signaling.
  78. CX signaling Synonym composite signaling.
  79. cxr Abbreviation for carrier.
  80. CY Calendar Year. 71
  81. cyber Loosely, a prefix referring to anything related to computers or networking. Note 1: For example, a "cyber cafe" is a coffee shop that offers computer…
  82. Cyber Command The U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy run independent centers to protect assets and track attacks, including those by foreign governments and entities.
  83. Cyber Crime Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and/or a network, where the computers may or may not have played an…
  84. cyber security See information security.
  85. Cyber warfare Using computers and the Internet to attack others via their computer systems. Targets may include military computer networks, power grids, banks, and…
  86. Cyber warriors Military specialists, law enforcement officials, computer forensics experts and civil engineers who defend national and economic security assets.
  87. cybercommunity 1. The aggregate of participants in the use of a portion of cyberspace. 2. A special-interest group (SIG) of cyberspace participants.
  88. cybermall An electronic site shared by a number of commercial interests, and at which users can browse, shop, and place orders for the products listed at that site.
  89. cybernaut 1. One who uses the Internet. 2. Synonym Web surfer.
  90. Cybernetics A term derived from the Greek word for "steersman" that was introduced in 1947 to describe the science of control and communication in animals and…
  91. Cybersecurity Measures taken to protect computers or critical infrastructure, although some experts suggest that it is about protecting everything of value.
  92. Cyberspace An environment in which digitized information is distributed on networks of computers.
  93. Cybersquatting Registering domains related to other trademarks or brands in an attempt to cash in on the value created by said trademark or brand.
  94. Cycle In alternating current, the current goes from zero potential or voltage to a maximum in one direction, back to zero, and then to a maximum potential or…
  95. cyclic distortion In telegraphy, distortion that (a) is periodic and (b) is not characteristic, not biased, and not fortuitous.
  96. cyclic redundancy check (CRC) An error-checking technique that helps ensure accurate transmission of digital data in a network.
  97. Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) A method to ensure data has not been altered after being sent through a communication channel.
  98. D Dust
  99. D channel In ISDN, the 16-kb/s segment of a 144-kb/s, full-duplex subscriber service channel that is subdivided into 2B+D channels, i.e.
  100. D layer See D region, ionosphere.