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Castle Rock Broadcast Center: The facility which provides directv with television reception, playback, encoding, and up-linking.

Off Center: Not centered: offset, eccentric, or inaccurate.

Off Center PPI: Offsets the sweep from the center of the screen to a location on the edge of the ppi to permit better viewing of a specific area without changing range selections. Also called sector display . . . View Full Definition

On Center (OC): The measurement of spacing for studs, rafters, and joists in a building from the center of one member to the center of the next.

National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC): As of October 1995, the responsibilities of this Center were divided into two branches, the Storm Prediction Center and the Aviation Weather Center.

National Meteorological Center (NMC): Now incorporated into the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, it was the division of the National Weather Service that produced, processed, handled, and distributed meteorological . . . View Full Definition

National Centers For Environmental Prediction (NCEP): As part of the National Weather Service, the centers provide timely, accurate, and continually improving worldwide forecast guidance products. Some of the centers include the Aviation Weathe . . . View Full Definition

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC): The agency that archives climatic data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as other climatological organizations.

National Hurricane Center (NHC): A branch of the Tropical Prediction Center, it is the office of the National Weather Service that is responsible for tracking and forecasting tropical cyclones over the North Atlantic, Carib . . . View Full Definition

One Percenter: Many years ago, the AMA stated that 99% of motorcyclists are law abiding people and only 1% are causing trouble. Those riders who felt they were in that 1% assumed the name One Percenters an . . . View Full Definition