arrival
reaching | accomplishment of an objective |
| arrival | the act of arriving at a certain place, they awaited her arrival |
locomotion
travel | self-propelled movement |
travel
traveling
travelling | the act of going from one place to another, he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel |
air travel
aviation
air | travel via aircraft, air travel involves too much waiting in airports, if you've time to spare go by air |
spaceflight
space travel
spacefaring | a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere |
water travel
seafaring | travel by water |
| information gathering | the act of collecting information |
information warfare
IW | the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries, not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare |
| arrival gate | gate where passengers disembark |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
| superhighway information superhighway | an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form |
toilet kit
travel kit | a kit for carrying toilet articles while traveling |
| travel iron | a small lightweight iron that can be carried while traveling |
information
selective information
entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome, the signal contained thousands of bits of information |
| information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
travel plan
itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
| information theory | (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing |
information technology
IT | the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information |
information science
informatics
information processing
IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
instruction manual
instructions
book of instructions
operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
travel guidebook
itinerary | a guidebook for travelers |
| information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
electronic database
on-line database
computer database
electronic information service | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers |
information
info | a message received and understood |
details
inside information | true confidential information, after the trial he gave us the real details |
| intelligence intelligence information | secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy), we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage |
tip
lead steer
confidential information
wind
hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
| insider information | important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public, use for personal profit is illegal |
| information bulletin | a bulletin containing the latest information |
| information | formal accusation of a crime |
change of location
travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
National Technical Information Service
NTIS | an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information |
Defense Technical Information Center
DTIC | the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors |
| travel agency | an agency that arranges personal travel |
Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
data
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |
arrival
arriver
comer | someone who arrives (or has arrived) |
| travel agent | someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers |
| travel bargain | a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes) |
travel allowance
travel reimbursement | a sum allowed for travel |
| travel expense | (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer |
expense account
travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses |
| information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
MIPS
million instructions per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system), MIPS is ,, instructions per second |
| travel time | a period of time spent traveling, workers were not paid for their travel time between home and factory |
arrival time
time of arrival | the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination |
| information age | a period beginning in the last quarter of the th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks |