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Technology terms

8801. incidental-radiation device Cite A device that radiates radio frequency energy during the course of its operation although the device is not intentionally designed to generate radio…
8802. INCITS (International Committee for Information Technology Standards) Cite Organization that promotes the effective use of information and communication technology through standardization in a way that balances the interests of…
8803. Inclination Cite The inclination of an orbit is the (dihedral) angle between the plane containing the orbit and the plane containing the earths equator.
8804. inclination of an orbit (of an Earth satellite) Cite The angle determined by the plane containing the orbit and the plane of the Earth's equator. [NTIA] [RR]
8805. inclined orbit Cite Any nonequatorial orbit of a satellite. Note: Inclined orbits may be circular or elliptical, synchronous or asynchronous, and direct or retrograde.
8806. inclusion Cite A foreign object present within, for example, an optical fiber or a crystal.
8807. inclusion/exclusion rules Cite Rules that determine what content should be included or excluded when specific sites are crawled. See also: crawl
8808. incoherent Cite In optics, characterized by a degree of coherence significantly less than 0.88.
8809. incoming access Cite The ability of a user to terminate data calls via an ISDN. [T1.615-1992]
8810. incoming call identification (ICI) Cite A switching system feature that allows an attendant to identify visually the type of service or trunk group associated with a call directed to the…
8811. Incomparable Cite left
8812. inconsistent state Cite A state that an object should not be in. A class needs to be carefully designed in order to ensure that none of its instances can get into an inconsistent…
8813. incorrect block Cite A block successfully delivered to the intended destination user, but having one or more incorrect bits, additions, or deletions, in the delivered block.
8814. increment Cite To increase the value of something by 1 (or by some other number, if so specified).
8815. increment chain Cite A series of incremental backups of the same path.
8816. increment operator Cite An operator (++) that adds one to its operand. It has two forms: pre-increment (++x) and post-increment (x++).
8817. incremental compaction Cite Data compaction accomplished by specifying only the initial value and all subsequent changes.
8818. Incremental Funding Cite The provision (or recording) of budgetary resources for a program or project based on obligations estimated to be incurred within a fiscal year when such…
8819. Incremental indexing Cite Incremental indexing enables an efficient combination of freshness and scalability in a search node.
8820. incremental phase modulation (IPM) Cite In spread-spectrum systems, phase modulation in which one binary code sequence is shifted with respect to another, usually to conduct a synchronizing…
8821. Inculpatory Evidence Cite Evidence which tends to show the defendant’s guilt.
8822. indefinite call sign Cite A call sign that represents a group of facilities, commands, authorities, activities, or units rather than one of these. 2.
8823. independent clocks Cite In communication network timing subsystems, free-running precision clocks used, for synchronization purposes, at the nodes.
8824. Independent Cost Analysis Cite An analysis of program cost estimates conducted by an impartial body disassociated from the management of the program.
8825. Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) Cite A cost estimate prepared by an impartial body outside the chain of authority responsible for acquiring or using the goods or services.
8826. Independent Evaluation Report (IER) Cite Documents the independent evaluation of the system and is based on test data, reports, studies, and simulations.
8827. Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Cite Effort by industry that is not sponsored by, or required in performance of, a contract and which consists of projects falling within the areas of basic…
8828. independent security domains Cite Two security domains are independent if and only if: - they are administered by different administrations, and - no dependency relationship exists between…
8829. Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Cite Verification and validation performed by a contractor or Government agency that is not responsible for developing the product or performing the activity…
8830. Independent Virtual Disk Cite Independent virtual disks are not included in snapshots. Independent virtual disks can in turn be either Persistent or Nonpersistent.
8831. independent-sideband (ISB) transmission Cite Double-sideband transmission in which the information carried by each sideband is different. Note: The carrier may be suppressed.
8832. Index Cite Statistical measure of the state of the stock market or economy based on the performance of stocks or other components.
8833. index coverage Cite The polygon coverage that describes, and is used as a spatial index for, the tile structure of a layer.
8834. index dip Cite In an optical fiber, an undesired decrease in the refractive index at the center of the core.
8835. index of cooperation Cite In facsimile, the product of the total line length and the number of lines per unit length, divided by . 2.
8836. index of refraction Cite Synonym refractive index.
8837. Index profile Cite The configuration file that defines the schema for a searchable index. This includes fields and properties of the index, similar to an XML schema, but…
8838. index queue Cite A list of requests for index reorganization or requests for index refresh to be processed.
8839. index refresh Cite The process of adding new information to an existing index in an enterprise search system. Contrast with index reorganization.
8840. index reorganization Cite The process of building the index in an enterprise search system. Contrast with index refresh.
8841. Index Service Cite An aggregator service in WS MDS that serves as a registry similar to UDDI, but much more flexible.
8842. index workspace Cite A workspace that manages only content sources.
8843. Index-based security Cite The resolution of a repository's document ACL permissions at query time by the index itself through the use of stored meta-data.
8844. index-matching gel Cite Synonym gel.
8845. index-matching material Cite A substance, usually a liquid, cement (adhesive), or gel, which has an index of refraction that closely approximates that of an optical fiber, and is used…
8846. indexing Cite Universal term for Coding and Data Entry.
8847. Indexing latency Cite The time from when a document is added to the search system to when the document is included in the searchable index.
8848. Indication Cite In medicine, a sign, symptom, or medical condition that leads to the recommendation of a treatment, test, or procedure.
8849. Indifferent User Cite An individual who knows his/her biometric sample is being collected and does not attempt to help or hinder the collection of the sample.
8850. indirect access Cite A method of access to records requiring prior use of an external index See also direct access.
8851. indirect control Cite In digital data transmission, the use of a clock rate of 2n times the modulation rate, where n is an integer greater than one.
8852. indirect entry Cite A principle of indexing wherein headings are incorporated under a hierarchical structure leading from broad to specific concepts See also direct entry and…
8853. indirect filehandle Cite An "expression" that evaluates to something that can be used as a "filehandle": a "string" (filehandle name), a "typeglob", a typeglob "reference", or a…
8854. indirect object Cite In English grammar, a short noun phrase between a verb and its direct object indicating the beneficiary or recipient of the action.
8855. indirect object slot Cite The syntactic position falling between a method call and its arguments when using the indirect object invocation syntax.
8856. indirect recursion Cite Recursion that results from method Y calling method X, when an existing call from X to Y is still in progress.
8857. indirect wave Cite A wave, such as a radio wave or sound wave, that arrives at a given point by reflection or scattering from surrounding objects, rather than directly from…
8858. indirection Cite If something in a program isn't the value you're looking for but indicates where the value is, that's indirection.
8859. Indium Antimonide Cite Infrared sensing material.
8860. Individual Cite An object or instance of a class.
8861. Individual Acceptance Test Cite A test of predetermined critical items to verify their operational characteristics prior to assembly into subsystems.
8862. individual line Cite A line that connects a single user to a switching center.
8863. individual reception (in the broadcasting-satellite service) Cite The reception of emissions from a space station in the broadcasting-satellite service by simple domestic installations and in particular those possessing…
8864. Individuals Cite Instances of classes; properties may be used to relate individuals to each other.
8865. Induced Environments Cite Induced environments are defined at the system level as the disturbances in the natural environments caused by BMD system influences on other BMD assets…
8866. Induced Radioactivity Cite Radioactivity that is created by bombarding a substance with neutrons in a reactor or with charged particles produced by particle accelerators.
8867. inductive coupling Cite The transfer of energy from one circuit to another by virtue of the mutual inductance between the circuits.
8868. Industrial Resource Analysis (IRA) Cite A quick-turnaround or a detailed analysis of industrial and/or specific factory capabilities to determine the availability of production resources…
8869. industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) applications (of radio frequency energy) Cite Operation of equipment or appliances designed to generate and use locally radio-frequency energy for industrial, scientific, medical, domestic or similar…
8870. industry standard Cite A voluntary, industry-developed document that establishes requirements for products, practices, or operations.
8871. industry standard architecture Cite See x86 architecture.
8872. Inertial Guidance Cite A guidance system designed to project a missile over a predetermined path, wherein the path of the missile is adjusted after launching by devices wholly…
8873. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Cite A guidance mechanism designed to project a missile over a predetermined path, wherein the path of the missile is adjusted after launching by devices…
8874. InetOrgPerson Cite An Active Directory object that is similar to the Windows user object, but has extended attributes to improve compatibility with directory services that…
8875. INETS Cite Integrated Effects Tests for Survivability.
8876. INEWS Cite Integrated Electronic Warfare System (Navy term).
8877. INF Cite Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (Treaty term). Also the name of U.S./USSR Treaty.
8878. Inference Cite Process of deriving a conclusion from premises; in semantic web it is performed by a reasoner software and is used to extract explicit knowledge from…
8879. inferred hierarchy Cite The class hierarchy constructed by or inferred by a resonaer; as opposed to the asserted hierarchy that is manually created by the author of an ontology.
8880. InfiniBand Cite InfiniBand is the next generation switch fabric architecture that enables increased network bandwidth (10Gbps), redundant connectivity support, shared…
8881. infinite loop Cite A loop whose termination test never evaluates to false. Sometimes this is a deliberate act on the part of the programmer, using a construct such as…
8882. infinite recursion Cite Recursion that does not terminate. This can result from any of direct recursion, indirect recursion or mutual recursion.
8883. infix Cite An "operator" that comes in between its operands, such as multiplication in 24 * 7.
8884. INFO Cite A tabular DBMS used by ARC/INFO to store and manipulate feature attribute tables and other related tables.
8885. INFO database Cite The contents of a set of INFO data files, feature attribute tables, and related files stored in each ARC/INFO workspace under a subdirectory named INFO.
8886. infobahn Cite A slang term for The Internet or NII. See National Information Infrastructure.
8887. infobot Cite Synonym droid.
8888. Information Cite Accusatory document, filed by a prosecutor, detailing misdemeanor charges against a party.
8889. Information Architecture Cite Designing, categorizing, organizing, and structuring content in a useful and meaningful way.
8890. Information Architecture (IA) Cite A description of the information that is needed to support command and control decision making and battle management, where it comes from, the processing…
8891. Information Assurance Cite Measures that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and…
8892. information bit Cite See user information bit.
8893. information digit(s) Cite A single-digit data element in the 7-digit format that is outpulsed by the network to indicate the numbering plan digit (NPD) and CESID (caller's…
8894. information extraction Cite A type of concept extraction that automatically recognizes significant vocabulary items, such as names, terms, and expressions, in text documents.
8895. information feedback Cite The return of received data to the source, usually for the purpose of checking the accuracy of transmission by comparison with the original data.
8896. information field Cite In data transmission, a field assigned to contain user information. Note: The contents of the information field are not interpreted at the link level.
8897. information flow Cite See Covert Channel [CESG].
8898. information flow control Cite [In COMSEC, a] procedure to ensure that information transfers within an information system (IS) are not made from a higher security level object to an…
8899. information hiding Cite The practice of ensuring that only as much information is revealed about the implementation of a class as is strictly required.
8900. information integrity Cite In a frame-relaying network, the condition when all frames relayed by the network satisfy the frame check sequence check. [After T1.606-1990]