| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
| protection tribute | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence, every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
regulation
regulating | the act of controlling or directing according to rule, fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians |
regulation regularization
regularisation | the act of bringing to uniformity, making regular |
| protection | the activity of protecting someone or something, the witnesses demanded police protection |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
| protection trade protection | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, he made trade protection a plank in the party platform |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
auspices
protection aegis | kindly endorsement and guidance, the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| data multiplexer | a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
general anesthetic
general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic
inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
| link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
| naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
sun protection factor
SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
| equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
public knowledge
general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
| data conversion | conversion from one way of encoding data to another way |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
| general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
rule
regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior, it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast, short haircuts were the regulation |
internal medicine
general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy
general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity
general theory of relativity
general relativity theory
Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
file
data file | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together |
input file
input data | (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program |
format
formatting
data format
data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
regulation
ordinance | an authoritative rule |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist
General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
National Climatic Data Center
NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
general delivery
poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |