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The purpose of this lexicon, more informative than definitive, is to provide a convenient Internet-accessible source for space and electronic warfare terms, acronyms, abbreviations, and related reference material for use by those who have an interest in such information. ( Of late, I have included various other material which I have discovered and deemed to be of possible interest to users of this site. This material includes a summary of naval signal flags, International Morse Code, a Cold War civil defense manual, and even a World War I song book. ) The glossary contains terms used in Electronic Warfare (EW), Command, Control, Communications, & Intelligence (C3I), and related fields, and also terms related to emerging technologies relating to space, EW and other areas having military implications such as the Internet and non-lethal weaponry. Sources includes the "Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms," Joint Pub 1-02, 1 December 1989 (formerly JCS Pub 1) as well as additional terminology introduced by the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff in his Memorandum of Policy (MOP) 30 and the unclassified APPENDIX B from MOP 6, the unclassified APPENDIX B from MOP 6. Many terms and abbreviations come from DoD's Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL), published every few years. However, the bulk of the terms and acronyms come from technical periodicals and, in some cases, relevant web sites (these are cited in the Bibliography.) The Lexicon originally contained only written definitions, internally cross-referenced, but the power of the Internet has allowed me to include numerous hyperlinks to related web sites, as well as to diagrams and sound tracks associated with some of the terms. Because of the rising interest and DoD involvement in the field of Nonlethal Warfare, which includes various types of electronic/acoustic devices, I have decided to address that area as well. Photographs and video clips will be used when available. I hope that visitors to this site who have access to such enhancements will contribute to the lexicon so that it can achieve its potential as a comprehensive, useful, and interesting source of information for both researchers and casual browsers. Finally, although I review the links from time to time, the dynamics of the Web will result in some disappointment when encountering a discontinued link. If you encounter such a problem (or any other situation needing correction), please notify me via e-mail, and I will attend to the problem immediately by locating the new URL, or, failing that, removing the link.
Joe Cyr Echoplex@ieee.org
Not generally included in a standard English dictionary.
Of general significance to space and electronic warfare, military technology or emerging technologies.
Used in dialogue, part of the jargon, or found in recent professional literature pertaining to space & electronic warfare, military technology, C3I, computers, the Internet, weaponry, and related fields.
In addition to terminology, this site contains "EXCURSION" links to information of historical interest (e.g., period from 1913 through the 1960s).
The structure of the glossary is as follows:
(1) Entries in the glossary are arranged alphabetically, ignoring spaces and non-alphanumeric characters.
(2) If a term has more than one definition, or is defined in more than one source, the various definitions are listed with numerical prefixes. Definitions from multiple sources are included only when they differ sufficiently to provide additional insight.
(3) Many definitions have accompanying examples or explanatory notes.
(4) When appropriate, the following cross-reference expressions are used to show a term's relationship to other terms in the glossary.
(a) Contrast with refers to a term with an opposite or substantially different meaning.
(b) Synonymous with refers to a synonymous term.
(c) See refers the reader to a preferred synonymous term, which introduces the definition.
(d) See also refers to a related term.
(e) Hyperlinks are shown as blue underlined text, and are used liberally to allow immediate access to cited terms.
Brackets [] following a definition contain a citation to the source for that definition. If more than one source defines a term, the definition from the source highest on the list shown below is used. A few definitions appearing in this Glossary are abridged or are substantially paraphrased to reduce complexity and save space (these are marked by an asterisk ( * ) in the source citation). Specific editions or articles within principal sources are indicated by a number following a colon in the brackets (e.g., "[4:3]"). The bibliography lists all of these citations. The principal sources are:
[1] Joint Pub. 1-02, "Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms," Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, December 1, 1989.
[2] NWP 1 (Revision A), "Strategic Concepts of the U.S. Navy," Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy.
[3] IEEE Standard 100-1992, "The New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms," 5th Edition, The IEEE, Inc., January 15, 1993.
[4] The International Countermeasures Handbooks, (ICH, 2nd through 13th editions), EW Communications, Inc.; (14th through 16th editions), Cardiff Publishing.
[5] The C3I Handbooks, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd editions, Defense Electronics, 1986, 1987, & 1988.
[6] NWIP 10-3(C), "Naval Terminology," November 1, 1971, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
[7] Other Department of Defense Publications.
[8] Van Brunt, Leroy B., The Glossary of Electronic Warfare, EW Engineering, Inc., August 1984.
[9] Glossary - Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms, Defense Systems Management College, Department of Defense, July 1987.
[10] Other sources, principally from current periodicals and professional literature.
[11] Contributions from users.
[12] Department of Defense, "Militarily Critical Technologies List"
[] No source identified, or a definition gleaned from context of multiple sources.
Many Thanks to the Elaine Baskin, PhD, Publisher, Communications Standards Review, for allowing a link to the Communications Standards Review Acronym Glossary website; to Ben from Ben's Planet for a link to descriptions of HTML tags; to DSMC Webmaster, Mark Crabill, and to Chrissie, for providing the links to the Defense Systems Management College sites; to Wil Dixon for allowing links to the DTMF site and DTMF telephone tone audio sites; to Hal Gershanoff and Don Herskovitz from the Journal of Electronic Defense (JED) for allowing a link to the Journal of Electronic Defense (JED) EW Reference Shelf; to Denis Howe for permission to link to the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing; to Vern Larson, Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Point Mugu, for allowing links to the NAWC EW and Radar Systems Engineering Handbook, and Glossary of M&S Terms; to Albert LaFrance for links to his A Secret Landscape - The Cold War Infrastructure of the Nation's Capital Region site, and for permission to use his AUTOVON map; to Ren L'Ecuyer for a link to the Pinetree Line site; to Joseph Lovece, Publisher Periscope Military Database for permission to link to the U.S. Naval Institute Military Database; to Mike Molloy, Acronym Finder Webmaster to allow a link to the Searchable Database of Acronyms and Abbreviations on general subjects; to Beverly Mowery, Associate Publisher of SIGNAL magazine for allowing links to their AFCEA SIGNAL magazine site; to ParticleMan for permission to link to his Secret Hackers Society (SHS) Acronym 1.01 for the Web site; to Kevin Hulvey, Webmaster at HQ AFDC/CCXC for suggesting the DoD Dictionary of Military Terms; to Gabe Sorzano for permission to link to the Army's Digital Training and Doctrine library Acronym Listing; and to Norman H. Wiswell, U.S. Army New Systems Training Office for permission to link to the Lexicon of Military Terms and Acronyms. Thanks to Ashley Glover for suggesting the links grouped under the heading Defense Industry Portals.
My thanks also to Richard LaCroix, who kindly gave permission to link a number of the glossary definitions to his electronic jamming-signal audio clips as well as links to the JETDS system, X-Codes, and Z-codes.
In June, 2001, David Massey, Webmaster of "Tribute to the Telephone" and "A Memorial to the Bell System," http://www.navyrelics.com/tribute/, was kind enough to lend me three government cold-war era publications to scan and upload to this lexicon: Publication H-6, "Fallout Protection - What you should know and do about nuclear attack" published in 1961, as well as Publication H-14 rev, "in time of EMERGENCY," and Publication SM 2-11 rev, "Personal and Family Survival," a Civil Defense adult education course student manual. Be sure to visit Mr. Massey's remarkable web site.
An interesting online database of camouflage schemes used by US Navy warships during World War II is provided by Snyder & Short Enterprises in their fascinating website at www.shipcamouflage.com/warship_camouflage.htm.
An appreciative mention to Atomic Arts, "a Great Place for Free Banners, Buttons and Graphics!" for permission to use their specialty graphics.
January 09, 2005 01:59 PM -0500
