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Parent topics

• Information theory [r]: Theory of the probability of transmission of messages with specified accuracy when the bits of information constituting the messages are subject, with certain probabilities, to transmission failure, distortion, and accidental additions. ^[e]
• Flow control [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Connection admission control [r]: Technique for resource management in information systems, in which new units of work (e.g., telephone calls) are not allowed to enter the system if there are inadequate resources to process them; analogous to metering cars onto a highway ^[e]
• Traffic engineering [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Transmission Control Protocol [r]: (TCP) A protocol that reliably delivers bytes across an internet. As long as the connection is up, bytes will be delivered without bit errors and in the order they were sent. It does not guarantee latency. ^[e]
• Random Early Detection [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Filtering [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Filter failure [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Situational awareness [r]: The state of being aware of all relevant information in one's environment, prioritizing the information, and not being distracted by irrelevancies ^[e]
• John Boyd [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • OODA loop [r]: A human knowledge acquisition and decision process defined by John Boyd: repeated cycles of Observe-Orient-Decide-Act ^[e]
• Fratricide (military) [r]: The killing of one's brother, but in a military context, the killing of one's own forces ("friendly fire"). ^[e]
• Fighter aircraft [r]: Military aircraft which are essentially used in air-to-air combat. ^[e]
• Span of control [r]: The number of individuals, and discrete tasks, that the average individual can manage ^[e]
• Command and control [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Centers of gravity (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Common operational picture [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Blue Force Tracker [r]: A U.S. military command and control system, including soldier- and vehicle-level workstations, originally designed for battalion and brigade, but, with network improvements, capable of reaching to higher headquarters and rear areas ^[e]
• Electronic countermeasures suite controller [r]: A computer aboard a protected vehicle, which both aids in situational awareness of weapon and sensor threats to the vehicles, and reduces crew workload in countering the threats. Practical implementations usually include at least one electronic warfare function in the controller, such as a radar warning receiver or electronic warfare expendables dispenser. ^[e]
• Deconfliction [r]: The process of avoiding mutual interference, or destruction, among resources under one's control ^[e]
• Battle of Los Angeles [r]: Peculiar occurrence of wartime hysteria experienced by the City of Angels in the early hours of February 25, 1942. ^[e]
• Air combat maneuvering [r]: Add brief definition or description