detection catching espial spying spotting | the act of detecting something, catching sight of something |
detection detecting detective work sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
security intelligence | intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism |
censoring censorship security review | counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy |
security security measures | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc., military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising |
Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S., includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance |
buffer buffer storage buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
clothing store haberdashery haberdashery store mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
computerized axial tomography scanner CAT scanner | a tomograph that constructs a -D model of an object by combining parallel planes |
computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery confectionary candy store | a confectioner's shop |
convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
department store emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house discount store discounter wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
explosive detection system EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
explosive trace detection ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
florist florist shop flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
hardware store ironmonger ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
magazine powder store powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
munition ordnance ordnance store | military supplies |
package store liquor store off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
positron emission tomography scanner PET scanner | a tomograph that produces cross-sectional Xays of metabolic processes in the body |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
radar microwave radar radio detection and ranging radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
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 |
scanner | a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area |
scanner digital scanner image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
security blanket | a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety |
security blanket | anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety |
security system security measure security | an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in |
security system | (computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks |
ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
shoe shop shoe-shop shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
storehouse depot entrepot storage store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
thriftshop second-hand store | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
detection sensing | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists, early detection can often lead to a cure |
department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
signal detection detection | the detection that a signal is being received |
Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
security surety | a guarantee that an obligation will be met |
security | freedom from anxiety or fear, the watch dog gave her a feeling of security |