Acronym for digital access and cross-connect system.

Abbreviation for disk and execution monitor. A procedure that is invoked without being called explicitly whenever an alteration, an addition, or a deletion or other event occurs. [ANSDIT] Pronounced dee' mun. Also spelled demon.

Digital Ad Insertion

Abbreviation for demand assignment multiple access.

1. The progressive diminution with time of certain quantities characteristic of a phenomenon.
2. The progressive decay with time in the amplitude of the free oscillations in a circuit.
3. Energy dissipation mechanisms that reduce the amplification and broaden the vibratory response in the region of a resonance. [T1.329-1995]

In studies of network survivability in an earthquake, the ratio of actual damping to critical damping. [After T1.329-1995]

Set of properties about the external environment for which there is no corresponding vulnerability and therefore no implied risk. [INFOSEC-99]

[A] set of properties about the internal environment for which there is no corresponding threat and, therefore, no implied risk. [INFOSEC-99]

The external current that, under specified biasing conditions, flows in a photoconductive detector when there is no incident radiation.

Abbreviation for digital audio tape. A consumer audio-recording and playback medium/format that maintains a signal quality equal to that of the CD-ROM medium/format.