| electronic surveillance | surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television) |
electronic warfare
EW | military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum |
| electronic reconnaissance | the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive) |
electronic countermeasures
ECM | electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum |
electronic counterountermeasures
ECCM | electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare |
electronic warfare-support measures
ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
| electronic deception | the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information |
manipulative electronic deception
electronic manipulative deception | actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators) |
simulative electronic deception
electronic simulative deception | actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces |
imitative electronic deception
electronic imitative deception | the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions |
jamming
electronic jamming
jam | deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
bulletin board system
bulletin board electronic bulletin board
bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
component
constituent
element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
electric organ
electronic organ
Hammond organ
organ | (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
| electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
| electronic converter | (telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another |
| electronic device | a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically |
| electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) |
electronic fetal monitor
electronic foetal monitor
fetal monitor
foetal monitor | an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth |
electronic instrument
electronic musical instrument | a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically |
| electronic voltmeter | a voltmeter whose sensitivity is increased by amplification |
light pen
electronic stylus | (computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated |
| network electronic network | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits |
scanner
electronic scanner | a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition, they used scanners to monitor police radio channels |
transistor
junction transistor
electronic transistor | a semiconductor device capable of amplification |
component
constituent
element
factor
ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
| electronic communication | communication by computer |
electronic mail
e-mail
email | (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in, you cannot send packages by electronic mail |
messaging
electronic messaging | the sending and processing of e-mail by computer |
| electronic text | text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen |
electronic database
on-line database
computer database
electronic information service | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers |
machine readable dictionary
MRD
electronic dictionary | a machineeadable version of a standard dictionary, organized alphabetically |
| electronic signal | a signal generated by electronic means |
electronic data processing
EDP | automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes |
part
portion
component part
component
constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it, he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself, I read a portion of the manuscript, the smaller component is hard to reach, the animal constituent of plankton |
| electronic | of or relating to electronics, concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons, electronic devices |
| electronic | of or concerned with electrons, electronic energy |