List of Glossary Terms -- A
TERMS
3 PLUS 3
(missile defense)
3D-iD
4GL - See FOURTH
GENERATION LANGUAGE
5GL - See FIFTH
GENERATION LANGUAGE
A
A-POLE
ABLATION
ABSORPTION
ABSORPTION HIDING
ABSORPTIVE CHAFF
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCOMPANYING JAMMING -- See ESCORT JAMMING.
ACK EMMA
ACOUSTIC BULLET
ACOUSTIC
DETECTION SENSOR (ADS)
ACOUSTIC INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION - See SONOFUSION
ACOUSTIC
INTELLIGENCE (ACINT or ACOUSTINT)
ACOUSTIC JAMMING
ACOUSTIC PARITY
ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE
ACOUSTIC WEAPON
ACOUSTICS
SIGNATURE CONTROL
ACOUSTO-OPTIC (AO)
RECEIVER
ACOUSTO-OPTICS
ACTIVE
AEROELASTIC WING (AAW)
ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE
ACTIVE ARMOR
ACTIVE ARRAY RADAR
ACTIVE CANCELLATION
ACTIVE DENIAL SYSTEM
(ADS)
ACTIVE
ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES
ACTIVE EXPENDABLE
DECOY(AED)
ACTIVE HOMING
GUIDANCE
ACTIVE INFRARED
SENSOR
ACTIVE
INTERROGATION
ACTIVE LOADING
ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARING (AMB)
ACTIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (AMLCD)
ACTIVE MAWS
ACTIVE NETWORK GUIDANCE IN
EMERGENCY LOGIC (ANGEL)
ACTIVE
NETWORK INTRUSION DEFENSE (ANID)
ACTIVE
OPTICS
ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM (APS)
ACTIVEX
AD
HOC NETWORK
ADAPTIVE
BATTLESPACE AWARENESS (ABA)
ADAPTIVE CONTROL
ADAPTIVE FILTER
ADAPTIVE OPTICS
SYSTEMS
ADAPTIVE SCHEDULER
ADDRESS HYGIENE
ADVANCED BATTLESPACE
INFORMATION SYSTEM (ABIS)
ADVANCED CLOSE AIR
SUPPORT SYSTEM (ACASS)
ADVANCED
DISCRIMINATING LADAR [Technology] (ADLT)
ADVANCED
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM (AEOS)
ADVANCED ENCLOSED MAST/SENSOR
(AEM/S)
ADVANCED
EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY (AEHF)
ADVANCED GUN SYSTEM (AGS)
ADVANCED
INTELLIGENT NETWORK (AIN)
ADVANCED
JOINT EFFECTIVENESS MODEL (AJEM)
ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT INFLUENCE
SWEEP SYSTEM (ALISS)
ADVANCED MULTIFUNCTION RADIO
FREQUENCY SYSTEM (AMRFS)
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY
(ARPA) LINCOLN
C-BAND OBSERVABLE RADAR (ALCOR)
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY
(ARPA)
LONG-RANGE TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION RADAR (ALTAIR)
ADVANCED
SWIMMER DELIVERY SYSTEM (ASDS)
ADVANCED TERMINAL EMULATION (See SCREEN SCRAPING)
ADVANCED
TETHERED VEHICLE (ATV)
ADVANCED THREAT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (ATIRCM)
ADVANCED
UNITARY PENETRATOR (AUP)
ADVERSE
WEATHER AERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM (AWADS)
AERIAL
DIVERSIONARY DEVICE
AEROSOL
AEROSTAT
AFFORDABLE
MOVING SURFACE TARGET ENGAGEMENT (AMSTE)
AGENT
AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION (ABMS)
AGENT-BASED SOCIAL SIMULATION (ABSS)
AGILITY
AIRBEAM TECHNOLOGY
AIRBORNE
COMMUNICATIONS NODE (ACN)
AIRBORNE DATA RELAY
(ADR)
AIRBORNE
ELECTRONIC ATTACK (AEA)
AIRBORNE LASER (ABL)
AIRBORNE
LASER MINE-DETECTION SYSTEM (ALMDS)
AIRBORNE
MINE-NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEM (AMNS)
AIRBORNE OPTICAL
ADJUNCT (AOA)
AIRBORNE
REMOTE OPTICAL SPOTLIGHTING SYSTEM (AROSS)
AIRBORNE STANDOFF MINEFIELD
DETECTION SYSTEM (ATAMIDS)
AIRBORNE TARGETING AND
CROSS-CUEING SYSTEM (ATACCS)
AIR-CHISEL MINE
CLEARING
AIR COMBAT MANEUVERING INSTRUMENTATION (ACMI)
AIRCRAFT/SHIP INTEGRATED SECURE AND
TRANSVERSE (ASIST) SYSTEM
AIR DEFENSE
AIR DEFENSE ALERTING DEVICE (ADAD)
AIR
DELIVERABLE ACOUSTIC SENSOR (ADAS)
AIR-DIRECTED SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE
(ADSAM) ENGAGEMENT
AIR FORCE
DOMAINS
AIRHEAD - See MESH
NETWORK
AIRHOOD - See MESH
NETWORK
AIR SURVEILLANCE
ALIASING ERRORS
ALIEN
ALL
ELECTRIC SHIP (AES)
ALL-GAS CHEMICAL
LASER
ALTAIR
AMIABILITY AGENT
AMPLIFIED RETURN
SIGNAL
AMPLITUDE
AMPLITUDE MODULATION
(AM)
AMPLITUDE
MODULATION EQUIVALENT (AME)
ANALOG RADAR
ANALYZER JAMMING
ANECHOIC TILE
ANESTHETICS ( in
non-lethal weapons)
ANGELS
ANGLE MODULATION
ANGLE OF ARRIVAL
ANODE
ANOMALY DETECTION
ANONYMOUS REMAILER
(e-mail)
ANTENNA
ANTENNA
AUXILIARY SCAN-ON-RECEIVE-ONLY
ANTENNA
POLARIZATION MISMATCH
ANTI-AIR LASER
ANTI-AIR WARFARE
(AAW)
ANTI-ARMOR MATERIALS
ANTI-COMMUNICATIONS
WARFARE
ANTIJAM DATA LINKING
ANTI-MATERIEL
CHEMICALS/BIOLOGICALS
ANTIMATTER
PARTICLE BEAM (APB)
ANTI-PERSONNEL
BEAM WEAPON (APBW)
ANTI-PERSONNEL
ENTANGLEMENTS
ANTI-PERSONNEL
OBSTACLE BREACHING SYSTEM (APOBS)
ANTI-RADIATION
MISSILE (ARM)
ANTI-RADIATION
MISSILE (ARM) DECOY
ANTIREFLECTION
OVERCOAT
ANTISUBMARINE ROCKET (ASROC)
ANTISUBMARINE
WARFARE (ASW)
ANTI-SURFACE
SHIP WARFARE
ANTISURFACE WARFARE
(ASUW)
ANTI-SURVEILLANCE
WARFARE
ANTI-TARGETING
WARFARE
ANTI-TORPEDO TORPEDO
(ATT)
ANTI-TRACTION
LUBRICANT
APPENDING VIRUS - See VIRUS
APPLIQUE
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE
ARCNET See ATTACHED RESOURCE
COMPUTER NETWORK
AREA DENIAL SYSTEM (ADS)
AREA JAMMING SUPPORT
ARMED DECOY
ARMOR MATERIALS
ARMY
TARGET SENSING SYSTEM (ATSS)
ARPA LINCOLN C-BAND OBSERVABLE
RADAR (ALCOR)
ARPA LONG-RANGE TRACKING AND
IDENTIFICATION RADAR (ALTAIR)
ARRAY ANTENNA
ARTIFICIAL EYELID
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE (AI)
ARTIFICIAL TELEPATHY - See VOICE TO SKULL (V2K)
DEVICE
ARTILLERY
DELIVERED ANTIPERSONNEL MINE (ADAM)
ASPHALT ABLATION
ASROC
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
ASYMMETRICAL
MILITARY FORCE
ASYMMETRIC
ENGAGEMENT
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE
ASYNCHRONOUS
COMMUNICATIONS
ATMOSPHERIC
INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS)
ATOMIC-LEVEL
MANUFACTURING
ATTACHED RESOURCE COMPUTER NETWORK
AUTO-ID
AUTOMATED
RADAR PLOTTING AID (ARPA)
AUTOMATIC GAIN
CONTROL (AGC)
AUTOMATIC
GAIN CONTROL DECEPTION
AUTOMATIC
LOCAL OSCILLATOR TUNING
AUTOMATIC SPOT NOISE (ASN)
JAMMING
AUTOMATIC
VIDEO NOISE LIMITING
AUTOMATIC VOICE
NETWORK (AUTOVON)
AUTONOMIC
COMPUTING
AUTONOMIC
HEALING
|AUTONOMOUS
BENTHIC EXPLORER (ABE)
AUTONOMOUS DECOY
AUTONOMOUS
INTELLIGENT NETWORK AND SYSTEMS (AINS)
AUTONOMOUS
NAVAL SUPPORT ROUND (ANSR)
AUTONOMOUS
NEGOTIATING TEAM (ANT)
AUTONOMOUS
TARGET RECOGNITION (ATR)
AUTONOMOUS
UNDERWATER VEHICLE (AUV)
AUTONOMOUS
UNTETHERED VEHICLE (AUV)
AUTOVON
AUTOVON WIDEBAND
AVATAR
AVIONICS
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