An assembly of one or more components intended to limit or divert surges; the device contains at least one nonlinear component. [T1.321-1995] Synonyms arrester, surge protector.

Synonyms arrester, surge protective device, surge protector.

See discretionary access control.

1. The use of (usually) electronic means, passive or active, to obtain information about the nature, position, or movement of, e.g., aircraft (cooperative or non-cooperative, friendly or unfriendly), sources of electromagnetic emissions, etc.
2. Nonintrusive monitoring of digital signals in real time to recognize performance degradations and failures and system intrusion attempts. [After T1.231-1997]

See path survey.

A property of a system, subsystem, equipment, process, or procedure that provides a defined degree of assurance that the named entity will continue to function during and after a natural or man-made disturbance; e.g., nuclear burst.
Note: For a given application, survivability must be qualified by specifying the range of conditions over which the entity will survive, the minimum acceptable… (Read More →)

See survivability.

A mobile station in the maritime mobile service or the aeronautical mobile service intended solely for survival purposes and located on any lifeboat, life-raft or other survival equipment. [NTIA] [RR]

In electronic warfare, the degree to which electronic equipment is affected by electromagnetic energy radiated by an enemy's equipment, such as jamming transmitters.

1. The amount of undesired signal power required at the input terminals of a receiver to cause barely perceptible interference at the receiver output terminals.
2. In cryptology, the level above which a system has the ability to continue to process critical applications in spite of the fact that it has suffered disruptive or damaging effects (such as contamination with… (Read More →)