Wikipedia:Federal Standard 1037C terms

The following terms are defined in Federal Standard 1037C, which is essentially a dictionary of technical terms promulgated by the United States government, and available to view here: Federal Standard 1037C. This page and its many many subpages are in dire need of attention. The articles linked from here were created in early stages of Wikipedia. They were just copied directly from the Federal publication with only minimal wikification, and were originally just dictionary definitions. Some have expanded as time has passed, and many have the potential to become good articles, or to be merged into new or existing articles. Others clearly can never be more than a dictionary definition, and should be deleted or moved to Wiktionary.

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Satellites

Security

access -- anti-jam -- anti-spoof -- authenticate -- authentication -- authenticator -- automated information systems security -- between-the-lines entry -- BLACK -- BLACK signal -- browsing -- bug -- certification -- clipper chip -- code -- communications deception -- communications-electronics (C-E) -- communications intelligence (COMINT) -- communications protection -- communications security (COMSEC) -- compromise -- computer security (COMPUSEC) -- COMSEC equipment -- configuration management -- controlled area -- controlled security operation -- controlled space -- data security -- electronic emission security -- emanations security (EMSEC) -- emission security -- end-to-end security -- environmental security -- information security -- information systems security (INFOSEC) -- label -- limited protection -- monitoring -- NAK attack -- operations security -- password -- penetration -- privacy -- scrambler -- secure communications -- secure transmission -- security -- security filter -- security kernel -- security management -- self-authentication -- sensitive information -- server -- signals security -- transmission security key (TSK) -- trusted computing base (TCB) -- trusted computer system (TCS) -- Warner exemption

Services and Service Features

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Standards

ANSI/EIA/TIA-568 -- ASCII -- basic mode link control -- basic rate interface (BRI) -- de facto standard -- frequency standard -- functional profile -- GOSIP -- group -- industry standard -- interface standard -- International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5 (ITA-5) -- interoperability standard -- message handling system (MHS) -- National Electrical Code® (NEC) -- network terminal number (NTN) -- NTSC standard -- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) -- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)--architecture -- Open Systems Interconnection Specification (OSI)--Protocol -- Open Systems Interconnection--Reference Model (OSI--RM) -- Open Systems Interconnection Definitions (OSI)--Service -- Open Systems Interconnection Management (OSI)--Systems -- POSIX -- precise frequency -- primary frequency standard -- proprietary standard -- p × 64 -- quarter common intermediate format (QCIF) -- R interface -- rubidium clock -- rubidium standard -- secondary frequency standard -- secondary time standard -- serial -- Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) -- SONET -- standard -- standard optical source -- standard time and frequency signal service (STFS) -- system standard -- terminal adapter -- time standard -- V-series Recommendations -- X.-series Recommendations

Storage

accumulator -- archiving -- arithmetic overflow -- arithmetic register -- arithmetic underflow -- associative storage -- auxiliary storage -- buffer -- cache memory -- CD-ROM -- channel -- clear -- computer program origin -- direct access -- direct address -- diskette -- disk pack -- disk sector -- elastic buffer -- erase -- field -- file -- file transfer, access, and management (FTAM) -- hard sectoring -- head -- interblock gap -- internal memory -- loader -- machine-readable medium -- magnetic card -- magnetic core storage -- magnetic drum -- magnetic tape -- main storage -- medium -- memory -- off-line storage -- optical disk -- overlay -- overload -- packing density -- permanent storage -- phase-encoded recording (PE) -- phase flux reversal -- print-through -- programmable read-only memory (PROM) -- queue -- queue traffic -- queuing -- random access memory (RAM) -- read head -- reading -- read-only memory (ROM) -- read-only storage -- record -- record communication -- record information -- record medium -- regeneration -- register -- rotational position sensing -- sectoring -- seek -- seek time -- shift register -- simple buffering -- skew -- soft sectoring -- spooling -- storage -- storage cell -- store-and-forward (S-F) -- store-and-forward switching center -- streaming tape drive -- streaming tape recording -- tag image file format (TIFF) -- tape relay -- track -- track density -- tracking error -- variable length buffer -- virtual memory -- virtual storage -- volatile storage -- volume -- work space -- write

Synchronization

Telegraphy

A-condition -- Baudot code -- cable -- chad tape -- characteristic distortion -- character-stepped -- common battery -- double-frequency shift keying (DFSK) -- end distortion -- equal-length code -- frequency-shift telegraphy -- internal bias -- local battery -- mark -- narrative traffic -- neutral direct-current telegraph system -- neutral operation -- polar direct-current telegraph transmission -- polarential telegraph system -- polar operation -- push-to-type operation -- radiotelegram -- radio telegraphy -- record communication -- reperforator -- sending-end crossfire -- space -- tape relay -- telegram -- telegraphy -- teleprinter -- teletypewriter (TTY) -- terminal equipment -- tone diversity -- TTY/TDD -- twinplex -- two-tone keying -- voice-frequency telegraph (VFTG) -- word

Telephony

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Television

advanced television (ATV) -- aspect ratio -- cable TV (CATV) -- cable television relay service station (CARS) -- chroma keying -- chrominance signal -- closed captioning -- closed circuit -- composite video -- distribution-quality television -- extended-definition television (EDTV) -- fixed microwave auxiliary station -- freeze frame television -- full-motion operation -- ghost -- head end -- high-definition television (HDTV) -- improved-definition television (IDTV) -- lip synchronization -- minimum picture interval -- PAL -- PAL-M -- picture black -- picture white -- raster -- reference black level -- reference white level -- RGB -- scanning -- SECAM -- studio-to-transmitter link (STL) -- television (TV) -- video

Time/Timing

absolute delay -- cesium clock -- channel time slot -- coasting mode -- coherence time -- coordinated clock -- coordinated time scale -- data transfer time -- date-time group (DTG) -- dating format -- DoD master clock -- equipment clock -- external timing reference -- false clock -- heterochronous -- hierarchically synchronized network -- homochronous -- independent clocks -- indirect control -- isochronous -- isochronous demodulation -- isochronous modulation -- isochronous signal -- local clock -- master clock -- master-slave timing -- mesochronous -- mutually synchronized network -- mutual synchronization -- near real time -- nodal clock -- nonsynchronous network -- oligarchically synchronized network -- plesiochronous -- precise time -- precise time and time interval (PTTI) -- primary time standard -- principal clock -- protection interval (PI) -- pull-in frequency range -- reference clock -- release time -- remote clock -- secondary time standard -- slave clock -- standard frequency and time signal-satellite service -- standard frequency and time signal service -- standard frequency and time signal station -- standard time and frequency signal service (STFS) -- station clock -- synchronism -- synchronous network -- synchronous TDM -- time ambiguity -- time instability -- time interval error (TIE) -- time jitter -- time marker -- time of occurrence -- time-out -- timing recovery -- timing signal -- timing tracking accuracy -- transmit-after-receive time delay -- transmitter attack-time delay -- transmitter release-time delay -- uniform time scale -- unit interval

Traffic

activity factor -- adaptive channel allocation -- busy hour -- busy season -- calling rate -- call-second -- connections per circuit hour (CCH) -- directionalization -- Frequency of Optimum Transmission (FOT) -- frequency prediction -- grade of service (GOS) -- group busy hour (GBH) -- high-usage trunk group -- holding time -- interconnect facility -- line traffic coordinator (LTC) -- loading -- minimize -- narrative traffic -- net control station (NCS) -- off-line recovery -- overflow -- queue -- queue traffic -- queuing -- record traffic -- scanning -- short haul toll traffic -- switch busy hour -- traffic

Transmission and Transmission lines

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Video

average picture level (APL) -- block distortion -- blurring -- color errors -- continuous presence -- contrast -- control field -- edge busyness -- error blocks -- field -- frame -- freeze frame -- image -- interlaced scanning -- jerkiness -- mosquito noise -- motion compensation -- motion response degradation -- motion video -- object -- object persistence -- object retention -- panning -- p × 64 -- quarter common intermediate format (QCIF) -- scene cut -- scene cut response -- smearing -- spatial application -- spatial edge noise -- still image -- still video -- temporal application -- temporal edge noise -- transmission service channel -- windowing

Waves

coherence area -- guided wave -- indirect wave -- left-hand polarized wave (anti-clockwise) -- material scattering -- polarization diversity -- propagation -- pulse carrier -- radio beam -- reflection loss -- right-hand polarized wave (clockwise) -- signature -- spurious response -- tropospheric wave -- waveguide scattering -- wavelength stability -- wave trap

Other

attack time -- vox

Orphans

Access charge -- Aeronautical Emergency Communications System Plan -- Adaptive communications -- Adder-subtracter -- Address message -- AIOD leads -- Air-ground worldwide communications system -- Alarm sensor -- Alternate party -- Area broadcast shift -- Arithmetic shift -- Articulation score -- Asynchronous communications system -- Audible ringing tone -- Audio response unit -- Automatic call distributor -- Automatic callback -- Automatic switching system -- Back-to-back connection -- Balance return loss -- Bandwidth compression -- Bit-count integrity -- Bit-sequence independence -- Bit inversion -- Bit slip -- Bit synchronous operation -- Black noise -- Blind transmission -- Block check character -- Bridge-to-bridge station -- Call-sign allocation plan -- Call collision -- Call delay -- Call duration -- Call processing -- Call set-up time -- Camp-on busy signal -- Carson bandwidth rule -- Centrex service -- Channel reliability -- Character-count integrity -- Circuit reliability -- Circuit restoration -- Circulator -- Clear message -- Closed-loop transfer function -- Closed waveguide -- Coded set -- Command and control warfare -- Commonality -- Communications blackout -- Communications jamming -- Communications subsystem -- Communications system engineering -- Companding -- Compatible sideband transmission -- Computer conferencing -- Computer network operating system -- Conduction band -- Conference operation -- Configuration control -- Conservation of radiance -- Control of electromagnetic radiation -- Convoy internal communications -- Cryptochannel -- Curve-fitting compaction -- DOD master clock -- Data access arrangement -- Data bank -- Data element -- Data forwarder -- Data service unit -- Decollimation -- Dejitterizer -- Demand assignment -- Desensitation -- Design objective -- Dielectric strength -- Digital milliwatt -- Disengagement originator -- Distributed-queue dual-bus network -- Disturbance voltage -- Dropout -- Dual in-line package -- Duplexer -- Effective data transfer rate -- Effective transmission rate -- Efficiency factor -- Electro-optic effect -- Electro-optics -- Electromagnetic interference control -- Electromagnetic radiation and health -- Electromagnetic survivability -- Electronic deception -- Electronic warfare support measures -- Endurability -- Exempted addressee -- Extended superframe -- Extinction ratio -- FCC registration program -- Facsimile converter -- Fading distribution -- Fall time -- Flywheel effect -- Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence -- Forward echo -- Four-wire circuit -- Four-wire terminating set -- Frame slip -- Framing bit -- Frequency-exchange signaling -- Frequency averaging -- Frequency compatibility -- Frequency frogging -- Frequency sharing -- Frequency shift -- Gaussian beam -- Ground constants -- Ground loop -- High-performance equipment -- Hop count -- Hybrid balance -- Identification, friend or foe -- Injection laser diode -- Interchangeability -- Inverse-square law -- Ionospheric sounding -- Justify -- Kerr electro-optic effect -- Key pulsing -- Lambert's cosine law -- Loading characteristic -- Loading coil -- Local call -- Lockout (telecommunication) -- Long-haul communications -- Long-term stability -- Longitudinal voltage -- Low-performance equipment -- Low-power communication device -- Magneto-optic effect -- Maintainability -- Maximal-ratio combiner -- Maximum user signaling rate -- Mean time between outages -- Medium-power talker -- Message format -- Modulation factor -- Multiport repeater -- Nuclear hardness -- Nyquist rate -- Operating time -- Operational service period -- Optical attenuator -- Optical density -- Optical switch -- Out-of-band signaling -- Output rating -- Packet-switching node -- Par meter -- Password length equation -- Password length parameter -- Path quality analysis -- Phantom circuit -- Phase inversion -- Photocurrent -- Planck's law -- Proceed-to-select -- Psophometric voltage -- Pulsating direct current -- Pulse link repeater -- Quasi-analog signal -- Radio equipment -- Radio fix -- Radiometry -- Randomizer -- Receive-after-transmit time delay -- Receiver attack-time delay -- Recorder warning tone -- Reference circuit -- Reflectivity -- Reframing time -- Repeating coil -- Ringaround -- Ringback signal -- Ringdown -- Ringer equivalency number -- Round-trip delay time -- Schematic -- Second dialtone -- Separate channel signaling -- Serial access -- Simplex circuit -- Simplex signaling -- Slant range -- Slave station -- Specific detectivity -- Speckle pattern -- Speed of service -- Standard telegraph level -- Standard test signal -- Steady-state condition -- Tactical communications system -- Teletraining -- Ternary signal -- Thermodynamic temperature -- Third-order intercept point -- Time-assignment speech interpolation -- Tactical data information link--A -- Time-domain reflectometer -- Time code ambiguity -- Toll switching trunk -- Traffic-flow security -- Transmission coefficient -- Transmit flow control -- Turnkey -- UPT environment -- UPT service profile -- User information bit -- Video teleconferencing unit -- Virtual call capability

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Federal Standard 1037C articles that need to be checked

ADP/AIS/MIS

Antennas

Codes/Coding

Computer Graphics

Computer Hardware

Computer Programming/Languages/Software

Control/Error Correction/Handshaking

Distortion/Dispersion/Diffraction

Encryption/Decryption

Facsimile

Fiber Optics

Filters

Frequency

Frequency Allocation/Assignment

Gain

Interfacing

Interference

Internet

Loss/Attenuation

Modems

Modulation

Multiplexing

Networks and networking

NS/EP

Organizations

PCS/UPT/cellular mobile

Power

Power (Electrical)

Protocols

Radio

Routing