Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA): A 1994 law granting law enforcement agencies the ability to wiretap new digital networks and requiring wireless and wireline carriers to enable surveillance equipment use in digital networks.

 

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Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA): A 1994 law granting law enforcement agencies the ability to wiretap new digital networks and requiring wireless and wireline carriers to enable surveillance equipment use in digital networks.

Positive Symptoms: Reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions. Includes delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET): (poz-ih-tron e-mish-en toe-mog-ra-fe) A technique used to evaluate the activity of brain tissues. PET scanning is used as a research tool in schizophrenia, cerebral palsy, and similar types . . . View Full Definition

Post Office Protocol (POP): POP (Post Office Protocol) was the recommended method for accessing your mail before IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). POP is a basic store and forward mail handling system. When you . . . View Full Definition

Potato: Has an unpleasant taste of raw potato.

Portamento: A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.

Port Replicator: A device used in mobile computing that plugs into the laptop and provides all the ports for connecting external devices. External devices can be left connected to the port replicator even wh . . . View Full Definition

Polyptoton: Repetition of the same word in different forms, achieved by varying the case, adding affixes, etc.

Polysyndeton: A figure of speech where successive clauses or phrases are linked by one or more conjunctions.

Polytonality: The simultaneous use of two or more keys, common in twentieth century music.