care maintenance upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
scheduled maintenance | maintenance at a regularly scheduled time |
electronic surveillance | surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television) |
maintenance criminal maintenance | the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community, unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit |
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 |
sustenance sustentation sustainment maintenance upkeep | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence, they were in want of sustenance, fishing was their main sustainment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
service staff maintenance staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
repairman maintenance man service man | a skilled worker whose job is to repair things |
alimony maintenance | court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated |
health maintenance organization HMO | group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians |
maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group |
electronic data processing EDP | automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes |
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 |