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Def Classic Mix A style of House Music remix, usually applied to a pop recording post-production. The style was invented by famed remixer Frankie Knuckles and further developed by his business partner and fellow famous DJ David Morales.
Def FX Def FX (1990-1997) were an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry (also a visual artist) and vocalist Fiona Horne (A famous Wiccan and environmentalist).
Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. Artists signed by Def Jam include Nas, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Joe Budden, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, The Roots, Slayer and Fabolous.
Def Jam: Icon Def Jam: Icon is an upcoming fighting game, the third in Electronic Arts's Def Jam-licensed hip hop video game series. The game is being developed by EA Chicago, developers of Fight Night: Round 3 and is the first Def Jam game not to be developed by Aki Corporation.
Def Jef Def Jef (born Jeffrey Fortson) is an American alternative hip hop artist and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet With a Soul, which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats.
Def P & The Beatbusters Def P & The Beatbusters was a temporary Dutch music group consisting of rapper Def P of the Amsterdam old-school hip-hop band Osdorp Posse and ska band The Beatbusters from the rural Betuwe area of The Netherlands.
Def Poetry Def Poetry, also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam, is an HBO television series produced by hip-hop music entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The series presents performances by poets who are established in the world of slam poetry, as well as up-and-coming ones.
Def Wish Cast Def Wish Cast are a Sydney hip hop group who released their first LP Knights of the Underground Table in 1992. Though they only released one album, they remain legendary in the Sydney and Australian hip hop scene as pioneers, they achieved notable success in Europe.
Def, Dumb and Blonde Def, Dumb and Blonde was when Debbie Harry became Deborah Harry, and has stayed ever since. This was her third solo album, and was produced by herself, ex lover and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein and Mike Chapman, who had previously produced the last 5 Blondie albums.
Defacement (flag) Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to another flag. For example, the Canadian Red Ensign was the British Red Ensign defaced with the shield of the Arms of Canada.
Defacement (vandalism) In common usage, to deface something refers to marking or removing the part of an object (especially images, be they on the page, in illustrative art or as a sculpture) designed to hold the viewers attention. Example acts of defacement could include scoring a book cover with a blade, splashing paint over a painting in a gallery, smashing the nose of a sculpted bust.
Defaka The Defaka (sometimes called Afakani) are a small ethnic group of south-western Nigeria, numbering less than a thousand people. They live in the eastern part of the Niger Delta, Rivers State, Bonny District; part of them in the Afakani quarter of Nkoroo town in close relationship with the Nkoroo people, and another part of them on the isolated island of Iwoma Nkoro, near Kono.
Defalcation Defalcation is a term used by the United States Bankruptcy Code to describe a category of bad acts that taint a particular debt such that it cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. The division is different from both criminal and civil rules describing permitted and unpermitted acts.
Defamiliarization Defamiliarization or ostranenie (ĐľŃтранение) is the artistic technique of forcing the audience to see common things in an unfamiliar or strange way, in order to enhance perception of the familiar. A basic satirical tactic, it is a central concept of 20th century art, ranging over movements including Dada, postmodernism, epic theatre, and science fiction.
Defanging the snake "Defanging the snake" is a common term regarding a variety of defensive techniques versus an armed opponent, in which said opponent is forced to drop his weapon due to massive tissue disruption, thereby rendering the weapon hand useless -- sometimes permanently.
Defatting Defatting is a food preparation technique intended to reduce the fat content of a meal. It consists of trimming excess fat, using lean meat, skimming excess fat off the surface of a soup or boiled carcass, using unsaturated oils and substituting for high fat ingredients with low fat alternatives.
Default (band) Default is a post-grunge band from Vancouver, the same city where Nickelback's career started in 1995. They are famous for supplying songs for the popular computer/console games by EA Sports, and are known for their sizable US rock and mainstream radio hit "Wasting My Time".
Default (computer science) A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices.
Default constructor A default constructor is a constructor that can be called with no arguments. C++] and [[Java (programming language)|Java, if (and only if) no constructors (default or non-default) are explicitly defined for a class, then the compiler will provide an implicit default constructor, which is equivalent to a default constructor which is blank.
Default route A default route, also known as the gateway of last resort, is the network route used by a router when no other known route exists for a given IP packet's destination address. All the packets for destinations not known by the router's routing table are sent to the default route.
Default rule In legal theory, a default rule is a rule of law that can be superseded by a contract, trust, will, or other legally effective agreement. Contract law, for example, can be divided into two kinds of rules: default rules and mandatory rules.
Default-free zone In the context of Internet routing, the default-free zone (DFZ) refers simultaneously to both the collection of all Internet networks that do not use a default route and therefore have "full" BGP tables, and the "full BGP tables" themselves.
Defauly Creek Defauly Creek is located near Spuzzum, British Columbia, Defauly Creek is a small salmon-spawning creek that feeds into the Fraser River. The easiest access point to the creek is found about 2km south of the village of Spuzzum where it can be found crossing under the Trans-Canada Highway through a large culvert.
Defeasance Defeasance, or defeazance (Fr. défaire, to undo), in law, is an instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate; as distinguished from condition, that which in the same deed is called a condition is a defeasance in another deed.
Defeasible reasoning Defeasible reasoning is the study of forms of reasoning that, while convincing, are not as formal and rigorous as deductive reasoning. It has been discussed in philosophy and, more recently, in artificial intelligence.
Defeat in detail Defeat in detail is a military phrase referring to the tactic of bringing a large portion of one's own force to bear on small enemy units in sequence, rather than engaging the bulk of the enemy force all at once. This exposes one's own units to a small risk, yet allows for the destruction of an entire enemy force.
Defeating Jihad Defeating Jihad: How the War on Terror May Yet Be Won, in Spite of Ourselvesis a book by counter-terrorist analyst and expert on Islam Serge Trifkovic]. The book is a follow up to his best-selling book [[The Sword of the Prophet.
Defecation Defecation or feceation is the act or process by which organisms eliminate solid or semisolid waste material from the digestive tract. Humans remove waste anywhere from several times daily to a few times weekly; sloths can go for a week or more without eliminating.
Defect (geometry) In geometry, the defect of a vertex of a polyhedron is the amount by which the sum of the angles of the faces at the vertex falls short of a full circle. If the sum of the angles exceeds a full circle, as occurs in some vertices of most (not all) non-convex polyhedra, then the defect is negative.
Defect detector A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect and signal problems in passing trains. The detectors are normally integrated into the tracks and often include sensors to detect several different kinds of problems that could occur.
Defect of Birth Defect of Birth was, under former Roman Catholic canon law, a canonical impediment to ordination, stemming from illegitimacy. Under the current 1983 Code of Canon Law, illegitimacy no longer has any canonical implications or consequences.
Defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. Defect tracking is important in software engineering as complex software systems typically have tens or hundreds of thousands of defects: managing, evaluating and prioritizing these defects is a difficult task: defect tracking systems are computer database systems that store defects and help people to manage them.
Defection In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another. The term is usually used as a synonym for traitor, in documents that support the act of defection/treason (see below).
Defective matrix In linear algebra, a defective matrix is a square matrix that does not have a complete basis of eigenvectors, and is therefore not diagonalizable. In particular, for an n times n matrix, the matrix is defective if (and only if) it does not have n linearly independent eigenvectors.
Defeminization Defeminization is a term in developmental biology, especially zoology, referring to an aspect of the process of sexual differentiation by which a potential female-specific structure, function, or behavior is prevented from developing by one of the processes of male development. Although the term might seem to imply "removal" of female characteristics, in nearly all biological contexts it refers to prevention of an aspect of female development.
Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act 1943 The Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act (1943) was federal Australian law passed on 26 January 1943 which provided for the use of Australian conscripts in the South-Western Pacific Zone (SWPZ) during the period of war. The Act also provided that this approval would lapse within six months of Australia ceasing to be involved in hostilities.
Defence and Research Development Organisation (India) The Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Government of India which deals with military technology and its development in India. It is responsible for developing weapons systems such as the Akash surface-to-air missile and the Agni ballistic missile.
Defence Analytical Services Agency The Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) compiles staffing, financial and logistical statistics and provides a planning and forecasting service to the British Armed Services. It also provides a statistical service to Ministers and senior officials from the MoD.
Defence Authority Degree College for Men Defence Authority Degree College for Men started functioning on adhoc basis in the then SKBZ High School building in September 1988, with the aim of providing excellent facilities to the students in a healthy academic environment. The college was shifted to its present campus on 3rd September 1990.
Defence Aviation Repair Agency The Defence Aviation Repair Agency, better known as DARA, is an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, responsible for the maintenance and repair of Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's aircraft.
Defence Bills Agency The Defence Bills Agency is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) which pays the bills from MOD contracts, invoices and collects MOD receipts and provides financial management information to budget holders. It is responsible to the Minister for Defence Procurement.
Defence class battleship The Defence Class of ironclad battleships were the class which historically immediately followed the first two British ironclads, HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince. The class consisted of two ships, HMS Defence and HMS Resistance.
Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering The Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) was formed on 1 April 2004 and is one of five Federated Defence Colleges. Its mission is to provide training for all aircraft tradesmen across the 3 Armed Forces.
Defence Colony Defence Colony is an upscale neighborhood in South Delhi, India. It is a desirable residential location because of its leafy properties, its well-regarded market, and its proximity to other South Delhi neighborhoods.
Defence Council of the United Kingdom The Defence Council of the United Kingdom is the body legally entrusted with the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories and with control over the British armed forces, and is part of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence Estates Defence Estates is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the built and rural estate. It is controls 2,400 square kilometres which is about 1% of the area of the UK (244,820 km²).
Defence Export Services Organization The Defence Export Service Organization (DESO) is a UK government department of 500 civil servants that is dedicated to helping private companies sell arms. The organization is headed by a seconded arms industry executive, presently Alan Garwood, who has a formal role of advising government ministers on arms exports.
Defence for Children International Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Defence Helicopter Flying School The Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, a Royal Air Force station near Shrewsbury, England, trains aircrew from all three of the Armed Forces. Training is undertaken on the Squirrel HT1 and for the Royal Air Force students the Griffin HT1 (a twin engine modern version of the famous "Huey" helicopter).
Defence Housing Authority Defence Housing Authority is administered by Pakistan Army to develop housing for its current and retired personnels. Defence Housing Authority are located in all major cities of Pakistan and they develop Defense Housing Society for army personnels.
Defence Housing Authority, Karachi The Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, also known as the Defence Officers Housing Authority, Karachi, or DHA, Karachi, is the foremost development in Pakistan with many exclusive projects to its credit. The biggest setup of its kind in Asia, today DHA is considered to be the first choice residential area for the affluent of Pakistan.
Defence Housing Society Defence Housing Society are developed by Defence Housing Authority in major cities on Pakistan. Defence Housing Authority is administered by Pakistan Army to develop housing for its current and retired personnels.
Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation The Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for the tasking (collection), exploitation (analysis), and dissemination (distribution) of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). DIGO is part of the Australian Department of Defence.
Defence Information Infrastructure Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) is a secure military network owned by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence MoD. It covers the various branches of the armed forces, including army, to airforce and navy.
Defence Intelligence Organisation The Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for assessing intelligence obtained from or provided by other Australian and foreign intelligence agencies, supporting Defence and Government decision-making and the planning and conduct of Australian Defence Force operations. The DIO is located in Canberra.
Defence Intelligence Staff The Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) is an element of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, responsible for collection and assessment of all-source intelligence. The DIS provides advice to the MOD, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, other government departments, NATO and the European Union related to the commitment and employment of UK's armed forces, to inform procurement decisions; and to support military operations.
Defence Logistics Organisation The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), a key element of the UK Ministry of Defence, is responsible for supporting the armed forces throughout the various stages of an operation or exercise; from training, deployment, in-theatre training and conduct of operations, through to recovery and recuperation ready for redeployment.
Defence minister A defence minister (or defense minister, see spelling differences) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. The minister or secretary of defence usually has a very important role in a cabinet.
Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 (no.):Deltagermedaljen/Deltakarmedaljen is the award rewarded to those military and civilian personnel who participated in the fight against the German invasion and occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945.
Defence Minister of Armenia Defence Minister of Armenia The Ministry of Defense established in January 1992 is in charge of political leadership of the Armed Forces, currently headed by Serzh Sargsyan. From 1993 - 1995 there was a concurrent position of the State Minister for Defense held by Vazgen Sargsyan.
Defence Minister of Denmark The Defence Minister of Denmark (Danish: Forsvarsminister) is the Danish political minister who has responsibility for the Danish military and as such is head of the Danish Ministry of Defence. His areas of responsibility are keeping Denmark defended against external threads, waging war on behalf of Denmark (for example the Danish contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq), and the surveillance of the Danish sea and airspace.
Defence Minister of the Russian Federation The Defence Minister of the Russian Federation is responsible for the army and navy of the Russian Federation and presents the President and Prime Minister with information on the condition and requirments of the army and navy. His duties are also involve handling finances in the military and making sure that programs are met.
Defence of Pukekohe East 1863 The Defence of Pukekohe East was an action during the New Zealand Wars. On September 13 and September 14 1863, 11 settlers and 6 militia men inside a half completed stockade around the Pukekohe East church held off a MÄori Taua or war party of approximately 200 men from NgÄti Maniapoto and NgÄti Pou iwi, until they were relieved by detachments of the 18th, 65th and 70th Regiments.
Defence of the Realm Act 1914 The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, during the early weeks of World War I. It gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war period, such as censorship and the power to requisition buildings or land needed for the war effort.
Defence player In many team sports, the defence player (sometimes colloquially called the d or d-man for male players) is a player who is generally charged with preventing the other team's forwards from being able to bear down directly on their own team's goaltender. Such positions exist in ice hockey and many other sports.
Defence Police College The Defence Police College (DPC) at Southwick Park, near Cosham, England, is a tri-service establishment for training the Service Police of the British Armed Forces (Royal Navy Regulating Branch, Royal Marines Police, Royal Military Police, and Royal Air Force Police).
Defence Regulation 18B Defence Regulation 18B, often referred to as simply 18B, was the most famous of the Defence Regulations used by the British Government during World War II. The complete technical reference name for this rule was: Rule 18B of the Emergency Powers Act (1939).
Defence Research and Development Canada Defence Research and Development Canada, or DRDC, is an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence, whose purpose is to respond to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces. The agency is made up of six research centres located across Canada with a corporate office in Ottawa, each focussing on a particular set of scientific and operational requirements.
Defence Research Agency The Defence Research Agency (normally known as DRA), was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation.
Defence Research Establishment The Defence Research Establishments were a number of separate UK Ministry of Defence Research Establishments, dating back to World War II, World War I, or even earlier. Each establishment had its own head; known as the Director or the Superintendent.
Defence Science and Technology Organisation The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is a branch of the |Australian Department of Defence which researches and develops technologies for use in the Australian Defence Industry. DSTO was created in 1974 by amalgamating the Australian Defence Scientific Service with the Science Branch of the Department of Defence.
Defence Services Secretary The Defence Services Secretary is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Located within the Private Secretary's Office, he is responsible for the maintenance of communications between the Sovereign and the armed forces.
Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee The Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is the British advisory body which issues DA-Notices. The secretary is a former 2 star military officer employed from a Ministry of Defence budget and is housed by them (although technically independent) and the committee is made up of senior civil servants and representatives of national media organisations.
Defend Colorado Now Defend Colorado Now (DCN) is a ballot initiative introduced in January 2006 to amend the constitution of Colorado to deny non-emergency public services that are not required by federal law to illegal immigrants in Colorado. It is similar to the recently approved Arizona Proposition 200 (2004), which denied public services to illegal aliens and California Proposition 187 (1994) which was declared unconstitutional by the Federal Appeals Court.
Defend Your Castle Defend Your Castle is a browser-based game made by the company XGenStudios. The goal is to keep waves of stick-men from destroying the player's castle for as long as possible by using the mouse cursor to pick up and throw them up into the air and let them fall down to die.
Defendant A defendant or defender is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.
Defender (arcade game) Defender is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game created by Williams Electronics in 1980. It was designed and programmed by Eugene Jarvis (who later formed Vid Kidz and made more of Williams' hits), Larry DeMar, Sam Dicker, and Paul Dussault.
Defender (football) In association football (soccer), a defender is a player whose position of play is behind the midfielders and first and foremost provide support to the goalkeeper. Their primary function is to prevent the opposition from scoring a goal.
Defender of the Crown (album) Defender of the Crown is a full-length released by the epic metal band Brocas Helm and is, as of today, the last release of the band. It was released on digipak and vinyl formats, and some versions came with the bonus track "Drink the Blood of the Priest".
Defender of the Matrimonial Tie The Defender of the Bond, or Defensor Matrimonii in Latin, is a Catholic church official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
Defender Photo Supply Defender Photo Supply was an early leader in manufacturing of black & white sheet film, plates, printing paper and instructional books. Based in Rochester, New York from the turn of the 20th Century in to the 1940s.
Defenders (comics) The Defenders are a Marvel Comics superhero group — usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" each known for following their own agendas — that usually battles mystic and supernatural threats.
Defenders of Oasis Defenders of Oasis is a role-playing game released in 1992 for the Sega Game Gear handheld system. The setting and plot draw heavily from Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian mythology and The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, particularly the stories of Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Defenders of the Faith (Dungeons & Dragons) Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins is an optional rulebook for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, written by published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast and notable for its trade paperback format. It has not been updated to 3.
Defenders of the Realm The Defenders of the Realm is a British organization that opposes Britain's membership in the European Union. They suggest that Britain leaves the union, which it believes are being controlled mostly by France, Germany and Italy, to "regain" it's position in the world as a completely sovereign nation.
Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife is non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1947 out of concern for perceived cruelties of the use of steel-jawed leghold traps for trapping fur-bearing animals. The organization was originally called Defenders of Fur Bearers, and its mission was focused on North American mammals.
Defending Your Life Defending Your Life is a 1991 romantic comedy/fantasy movie about a man who must justify his life-long lack of assertiveness after he dies and arrives in the afterlife. The film was written, directed by, and stars Albert Brooks.
Defendo Defendo is a martial art and self defense system created in 1945 for law enforcement by Bill Underwood, a British born Canadian. Underwood was originally the creator of "Combato", a "non-boxing or wrestling" unarmed combat system which he taught in Montreal, Quebec.
Defenestrations of Prague The Defenestrations of Prague can refer to either of two incidents in the history of Bohemia. The first occurred in 1419 and the second in 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly used to refer to the second incident.
Defense (first-person shooter term) In first-person shooter (FPS) games, defense, in its simplest form, is the protection of a certain element or location in order to gain an advantage, either through passively waiting, or being active. Waiting would require the player to stay in a location overlooking a certain spot, in anticipation of an element (e.
Defense (poker) In poker, certain aggression plays like steals can be very effective; players must occasionally reply to them with defensive plays with hands they might not otherwise play. If, for example, an opponent to a player's right frequently steals when the player has posted a blind, the player can be reasonably sure that the opponent is often doing so with inferior hands (otherwise he wouldn't be doing it so often), the player can likely defend his blind (call or raise back) with more hands than he might otherwise.
Defense (sport) In sport, defense or defence (in some regions, the first syllable is stressed) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense.
Defense Acquisition Board The Defense Acquisition Board is the senior advisory board for defense acquisitions in the United States Military. The board includes the Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs, the service Secretaries, and a number of Undersecretaries of Defense.
Defense Acquisition Guide The Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) is a text developed to aid in the understanding and implementation of United States Department of Defense Acquisition practices under the DoD Directive 5000 series. This text, also available in web-accessed electronic format and web-structered html basis (see http://akss.
Defense Acquisition University The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a United States military training establishment which trains military and civilian Department of Defense personnel in the fields of acquisition (procurement) and management.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA was responsible for funding development of many technologies which have had a major impact on the world, including computer networking (starting with the ARPANET, which eventually grew into the Internet), as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitous graphical user interface.
Defense budget of Japan Even during the Cold War arms race of the 1980s, the Defense budget was accorded a relatively low priority in Japan. According to Japanese security policy, maintaining a military establishment is only one method—and by no means the best method—to achieve national security.
Defense contractor A defense contractor (sometimes called a military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a defense department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems.
Defense Contract Audit Agency The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), is responsible for performing all contract audits for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), and providing accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD Components responsible for procurement and contract administration. These services are provided in connection with negotiation, administration, and settlement of contracts and subcontracts.
Defense Contract Management Agency The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is the United States Department of Defense (DoD) agency responsible for performing contract administration services (CAS) for DoD and other authorized Federal Agencies.
Def FX Def FX (1990-1997) were an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry (also a visual artist) and vocalist Fiona Horne (A famous Wiccan and environmentalist).
Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. Artists signed by Def Jam include Nas, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Joe Budden, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, The Roots, Slayer and Fabolous.
Def Jam: Icon Def Jam: Icon is an upcoming fighting game, the third in Electronic Arts's Def Jam-licensed hip hop video game series. The game is being developed by EA Chicago, developers of Fight Night: Round 3 and is the first Def Jam game not to be developed by Aki Corporation.
Def Jef Def Jef (born Jeffrey Fortson) is an American alternative hip hop artist and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet With a Soul, which won critical acclaim for sociopolitical lyrics and original beats.
Def P & The Beatbusters Def P & The Beatbusters was a temporary Dutch music group consisting of rapper Def P of the Amsterdam old-school hip-hop band Osdorp Posse and ska band The Beatbusters from the rural Betuwe area of The Netherlands.
Def Poetry Def Poetry, also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam, is an HBO television series produced by hip-hop music entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The series presents performances by poets who are established in the world of slam poetry, as well as up-and-coming ones.
Def Wish Cast Def Wish Cast are a Sydney hip hop group who released their first LP Knights of the Underground Table in 1992. Though they only released one album, they remain legendary in the Sydney and Australian hip hop scene as pioneers, they achieved notable success in Europe.
Def, Dumb and Blonde Def, Dumb and Blonde was when Debbie Harry became Deborah Harry, and has stayed ever since. This was her third solo album, and was produced by herself, ex lover and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein and Mike Chapman, who had previously produced the last 5 Blondie albums.
Defacement (flag) Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to another flag. For example, the Canadian Red Ensign was the British Red Ensign defaced with the shield of the Arms of Canada.
Defacement (vandalism) In common usage, to deface something refers to marking or removing the part of an object (especially images, be they on the page, in illustrative art or as a sculpture) designed to hold the viewers attention. Example acts of defacement could include scoring a book cover with a blade, splashing paint over a painting in a gallery, smashing the nose of a sculpted bust.
Defaka The Defaka (sometimes called Afakani) are a small ethnic group of south-western Nigeria, numbering less than a thousand people. They live in the eastern part of the Niger Delta, Rivers State, Bonny District; part of them in the Afakani quarter of Nkoroo town in close relationship with the Nkoroo people, and another part of them on the isolated island of Iwoma Nkoro, near Kono.
Defalcation Defalcation is a term used by the United States Bankruptcy Code to describe a category of bad acts that taint a particular debt such that it cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. The division is different from both criminal and civil rules describing permitted and unpermitted acts.
Defamiliarization Defamiliarization or ostranenie (ĐľŃтранение) is the artistic technique of forcing the audience to see common things in an unfamiliar or strange way, in order to enhance perception of the familiar. A basic satirical tactic, it is a central concept of 20th century art, ranging over movements including Dada, postmodernism, epic theatre, and science fiction.
Defanging the snake "Defanging the snake" is a common term regarding a variety of defensive techniques versus an armed opponent, in which said opponent is forced to drop his weapon due to massive tissue disruption, thereby rendering the weapon hand useless -- sometimes permanently.
Defatting Defatting is a food preparation technique intended to reduce the fat content of a meal. It consists of trimming excess fat, using lean meat, skimming excess fat off the surface of a soup or boiled carcass, using unsaturated oils and substituting for high fat ingredients with low fat alternatives.
Default (band) Default is a post-grunge band from Vancouver, the same city where Nickelback's career started in 1995. They are famous for supplying songs for the popular computer/console games by EA Sports, and are known for their sizable US rock and mainstream radio hit "Wasting My Time".
Default (computer science) A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices.
Default constructor A default constructor is a constructor that can be called with no arguments. C++] and [[Java (programming language)|Java, if (and only if) no constructors (default or non-default) are explicitly defined for a class, then the compiler will provide an implicit default constructor, which is equivalent to a default constructor which is blank.
Default route A default route, also known as the gateway of last resort, is the network route used by a router when no other known route exists for a given IP packet's destination address. All the packets for destinations not known by the router's routing table are sent to the default route.
Default rule In legal theory, a default rule is a rule of law that can be superseded by a contract, trust, will, or other legally effective agreement. Contract law, for example, can be divided into two kinds of rules: default rules and mandatory rules.
Default-free zone In the context of Internet routing, the default-free zone (DFZ) refers simultaneously to both the collection of all Internet networks that do not use a default route and therefore have "full" BGP tables, and the "full BGP tables" themselves.
Defauly Creek Defauly Creek is located near Spuzzum, British Columbia, Defauly Creek is a small salmon-spawning creek that feeds into the Fraser River. The easiest access point to the creek is found about 2km south of the village of Spuzzum where it can be found crossing under the Trans-Canada Highway through a large culvert.
Defeasance Defeasance, or defeazance (Fr. défaire, to undo), in law, is an instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate; as distinguished from condition, that which in the same deed is called a condition is a defeasance in another deed.
Defeasible reasoning Defeasible reasoning is the study of forms of reasoning that, while convincing, are not as formal and rigorous as deductive reasoning. It has been discussed in philosophy and, more recently, in artificial intelligence.
Defeat in detail Defeat in detail is a military phrase referring to the tactic of bringing a large portion of one's own force to bear on small enemy units in sequence, rather than engaging the bulk of the enemy force all at once. This exposes one's own units to a small risk, yet allows for the destruction of an entire enemy force.
Defeating Jihad Defeating Jihad: How the War on Terror May Yet Be Won, in Spite of Ourselvesis a book by counter-terrorist analyst and expert on Islam Serge Trifkovic]. The book is a follow up to his best-selling book [[The Sword of the Prophet.
Defecation Defecation or feceation is the act or process by which organisms eliminate solid or semisolid waste material from the digestive tract. Humans remove waste anywhere from several times daily to a few times weekly; sloths can go for a week or more without eliminating.
Defect (geometry) In geometry, the defect of a vertex of a polyhedron is the amount by which the sum of the angles of the faces at the vertex falls short of a full circle. If the sum of the angles exceeds a full circle, as occurs in some vertices of most (not all) non-convex polyhedra, then the defect is negative.
Defect detector A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect and signal problems in passing trains. The detectors are normally integrated into the tracks and often include sensors to detect several different kinds of problems that could occur.
Defect of Birth Defect of Birth was, under former Roman Catholic canon law, a canonical impediment to ordination, stemming from illegitimacy. Under the current 1983 Code of Canon Law, illegitimacy no longer has any canonical implications or consequences.
Defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. Defect tracking is important in software engineering as complex software systems typically have tens or hundreds of thousands of defects: managing, evaluating and prioritizing these defects is a difficult task: defect tracking systems are computer database systems that store defects and help people to manage them.
Defection In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another. The term is usually used as a synonym for traitor, in documents that support the act of defection/treason (see below).
Defective matrix In linear algebra, a defective matrix is a square matrix that does not have a complete basis of eigenvectors, and is therefore not diagonalizable. In particular, for an n times n matrix, the matrix is defective if (and only if) it does not have n linearly independent eigenvectors.
Defeminization Defeminization is a term in developmental biology, especially zoology, referring to an aspect of the process of sexual differentiation by which a potential female-specific structure, function, or behavior is prevented from developing by one of the processes of male development. Although the term might seem to imply "removal" of female characteristics, in nearly all biological contexts it refers to prevention of an aspect of female development.
Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act 1943 The Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act (1943) was federal Australian law passed on 26 January 1943 which provided for the use of Australian conscripts in the South-Western Pacific Zone (SWPZ) during the period of war. The Act also provided that this approval would lapse within six months of Australia ceasing to be involved in hostilities.
Defence and Research Development Organisation (India) The Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Government of India which deals with military technology and its development in India. It is responsible for developing weapons systems such as the Akash surface-to-air missile and the Agni ballistic missile.
Defence Analytical Services Agency The Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) compiles staffing, financial and logistical statistics and provides a planning and forecasting service to the British Armed Services. It also provides a statistical service to Ministers and senior officials from the MoD.
Defence Authority Degree College for Men Defence Authority Degree College for Men started functioning on adhoc basis in the then SKBZ High School building in September 1988, with the aim of providing excellent facilities to the students in a healthy academic environment. The college was shifted to its present campus on 3rd September 1990.
Defence Aviation Repair Agency The Defence Aviation Repair Agency, better known as DARA, is an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, responsible for the maintenance and repair of Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's aircraft.
Defence Bills Agency The Defence Bills Agency is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) which pays the bills from MOD contracts, invoices and collects MOD receipts and provides financial management information to budget holders. It is responsible to the Minister for Defence Procurement.
Defence class battleship The Defence Class of ironclad battleships were the class which historically immediately followed the first two British ironclads, HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince. The class consisted of two ships, HMS Defence and HMS Resistance.
Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering The Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) was formed on 1 April 2004 and is one of five Federated Defence Colleges. Its mission is to provide training for all aircraft tradesmen across the 3 Armed Forces.
Defence Colony Defence Colony is an upscale neighborhood in South Delhi, India. It is a desirable residential location because of its leafy properties, its well-regarded market, and its proximity to other South Delhi neighborhoods.
Defence Council of the United Kingdom The Defence Council of the United Kingdom is the body legally entrusted with the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories and with control over the British armed forces, and is part of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence Estates Defence Estates is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the built and rural estate. It is controls 2,400 square kilometres which is about 1% of the area of the UK (244,820 km²).
Defence Export Services Organization The Defence Export Service Organization (DESO) is a UK government department of 500 civil servants that is dedicated to helping private companies sell arms. The organization is headed by a seconded arms industry executive, presently Alan Garwood, who has a formal role of advising government ministers on arms exports.
Defence for Children International Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Defence Helicopter Flying School The Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, a Royal Air Force station near Shrewsbury, England, trains aircrew from all three of the Armed Forces. Training is undertaken on the Squirrel HT1 and for the Royal Air Force students the Griffin HT1 (a twin engine modern version of the famous "Huey" helicopter).
Defence Housing Authority Defence Housing Authority is administered by Pakistan Army to develop housing for its current and retired personnels. Defence Housing Authority are located in all major cities of Pakistan and they develop Defense Housing Society for army personnels.
Defence Housing Authority, Karachi The Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, also known as the Defence Officers Housing Authority, Karachi, or DHA, Karachi, is the foremost development in Pakistan with many exclusive projects to its credit. The biggest setup of its kind in Asia, today DHA is considered to be the first choice residential area for the affluent of Pakistan.
Defence Housing Society Defence Housing Society are developed by Defence Housing Authority in major cities on Pakistan. Defence Housing Authority is administered by Pakistan Army to develop housing for its current and retired personnels.
Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation The Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for the tasking (collection), exploitation (analysis), and dissemination (distribution) of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). DIGO is part of the Australian Department of Defence.
Defence Information Infrastructure Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) is a secure military network owned by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence MoD. It covers the various branches of the armed forces, including army, to airforce and navy.
Defence Intelligence Organisation The Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for assessing intelligence obtained from or provided by other Australian and foreign intelligence agencies, supporting Defence and Government decision-making and the planning and conduct of Australian Defence Force operations. The DIO is located in Canberra.
Defence Intelligence Staff The Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) is an element of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, responsible for collection and assessment of all-source intelligence. The DIS provides advice to the MOD, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, other government departments, NATO and the European Union related to the commitment and employment of UK's armed forces, to inform procurement decisions; and to support military operations.
Defence Logistics Organisation The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), a key element of the UK Ministry of Defence, is responsible for supporting the armed forces throughout the various stages of an operation or exercise; from training, deployment, in-theatre training and conduct of operations, through to recovery and recuperation ready for redeployment.
Defence minister A defence minister (or defense minister, see spelling differences) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. The minister or secretary of defence usually has a very important role in a cabinet.
Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 (no.):Deltagermedaljen/Deltakarmedaljen is the award rewarded to those military and civilian personnel who participated in the fight against the German invasion and occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945.
Defence Minister of Armenia Defence Minister of Armenia The Ministry of Defense established in January 1992 is in charge of political leadership of the Armed Forces, currently headed by Serzh Sargsyan. From 1993 - 1995 there was a concurrent position of the State Minister for Defense held by Vazgen Sargsyan.
Defence Minister of Denmark The Defence Minister of Denmark (Danish: Forsvarsminister) is the Danish political minister who has responsibility for the Danish military and as such is head of the Danish Ministry of Defence. His areas of responsibility are keeping Denmark defended against external threads, waging war on behalf of Denmark (for example the Danish contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq), and the surveillance of the Danish sea and airspace.
Defence Minister of the Russian Federation The Defence Minister of the Russian Federation is responsible for the army and navy of the Russian Federation and presents the President and Prime Minister with information on the condition and requirments of the army and navy. His duties are also involve handling finances in the military and making sure that programs are met.
Defence of Pukekohe East 1863 The Defence of Pukekohe East was an action during the New Zealand Wars. On September 13 and September 14 1863, 11 settlers and 6 militia men inside a half completed stockade around the Pukekohe East church held off a MÄori Taua or war party of approximately 200 men from NgÄti Maniapoto and NgÄti Pou iwi, until they were relieved by detachments of the 18th, 65th and 70th Regiments.
Defence of the Realm Act 1914 The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, during the early weeks of World War I. It gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war period, such as censorship and the power to requisition buildings or land needed for the war effort.
Defence player In many team sports, the defence player (sometimes colloquially called the d or d-man for male players) is a player who is generally charged with preventing the other team's forwards from being able to bear down directly on their own team's goaltender. Such positions exist in ice hockey and many other sports.
Defence Police College The Defence Police College (DPC) at Southwick Park, near Cosham, England, is a tri-service establishment for training the Service Police of the British Armed Forces (Royal Navy Regulating Branch, Royal Marines Police, Royal Military Police, and Royal Air Force Police).
Defence Regulation 18B Defence Regulation 18B, often referred to as simply 18B, was the most famous of the Defence Regulations used by the British Government during World War II. The complete technical reference name for this rule was: Rule 18B of the Emergency Powers Act (1939).
Defence Research and Development Canada Defence Research and Development Canada, or DRDC, is an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence, whose purpose is to respond to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces. The agency is made up of six research centres located across Canada with a corporate office in Ottawa, each focussing on a particular set of scientific and operational requirements.
Defence Research Agency The Defence Research Agency (normally known as DRA), was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation.
Defence Research Establishment The Defence Research Establishments were a number of separate UK Ministry of Defence Research Establishments, dating back to World War II, World War I, or even earlier. Each establishment had its own head; known as the Director or the Superintendent.
Defence Science and Technology Organisation The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is a branch of the |Australian Department of Defence which researches and develops technologies for use in the Australian Defence Industry. DSTO was created in 1974 by amalgamating the Australian Defence Scientific Service with the Science Branch of the Department of Defence.
Defence Services Secretary The Defence Services Secretary is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Located within the Private Secretary's Office, he is responsible for the maintenance of communications between the Sovereign and the armed forces.
Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee The Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is the British advisory body which issues DA-Notices. The secretary is a former 2 star military officer employed from a Ministry of Defence budget and is housed by them (although technically independent) and the committee is made up of senior civil servants and representatives of national media organisations.
Defend Colorado Now Defend Colorado Now (DCN) is a ballot initiative introduced in January 2006 to amend the constitution of Colorado to deny non-emergency public services that are not required by federal law to illegal immigrants in Colorado. It is similar to the recently approved Arizona Proposition 200 (2004), which denied public services to illegal aliens and California Proposition 187 (1994) which was declared unconstitutional by the Federal Appeals Court.
Defend Your Castle Defend Your Castle is a browser-based game made by the company XGenStudios. The goal is to keep waves of stick-men from destroying the player's castle for as long as possible by using the mouse cursor to pick up and throw them up into the air and let them fall down to die.
Defendant A defendant or defender is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.
Defender (arcade game) Defender is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game created by Williams Electronics in 1980. It was designed and programmed by Eugene Jarvis (who later formed Vid Kidz and made more of Williams' hits), Larry DeMar, Sam Dicker, and Paul Dussault.
Defender (football) In association football (soccer), a defender is a player whose position of play is behind the midfielders and first and foremost provide support to the goalkeeper. Their primary function is to prevent the opposition from scoring a goal.
Defender of the Crown (album) Defender of the Crown is a full-length released by the epic metal band Brocas Helm and is, as of today, the last release of the band. It was released on digipak and vinyl formats, and some versions came with the bonus track "Drink the Blood of the Priest".
Defender of the Matrimonial Tie The Defender of the Bond, or Defensor Matrimonii in Latin, is a Catholic church official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
Defender Photo Supply Defender Photo Supply was an early leader in manufacturing of black & white sheet film, plates, printing paper and instructional books. Based in Rochester, New York from the turn of the 20th Century in to the 1940s.
Defenders (comics) The Defenders are a Marvel Comics superhero group — usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" each known for following their own agendas — that usually battles mystic and supernatural threats.
Defenders of Oasis Defenders of Oasis is a role-playing game released in 1992 for the Sega Game Gear handheld system. The setting and plot draw heavily from Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian mythology and The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, particularly the stories of Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Defenders of the Faith (Dungeons & Dragons) Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins is an optional rulebook for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, written by published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast and notable for its trade paperback format. It has not been updated to 3.
Defenders of the Realm The Defenders of the Realm is a British organization that opposes Britain's membership in the European Union. They suggest that Britain leaves the union, which it believes are being controlled mostly by France, Germany and Italy, to "regain" it's position in the world as a completely sovereign nation.
Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife is non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1947 out of concern for perceived cruelties of the use of steel-jawed leghold traps for trapping fur-bearing animals. The organization was originally called Defenders of Fur Bearers, and its mission was focused on North American mammals.
Defending Your Life Defending Your Life is a 1991 romantic comedy/fantasy movie about a man who must justify his life-long lack of assertiveness after he dies and arrives in the afterlife. The film was written, directed by, and stars Albert Brooks.
Defendo Defendo is a martial art and self defense system created in 1945 for law enforcement by Bill Underwood, a British born Canadian. Underwood was originally the creator of "Combato", a "non-boxing or wrestling" unarmed combat system which he taught in Montreal, Quebec.
Defenestrations of Prague The Defenestrations of Prague can refer to either of two incidents in the history of Bohemia. The first occurred in 1419 and the second in 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly used to refer to the second incident.
Defense (first-person shooter term) In first-person shooter (FPS) games, defense, in its simplest form, is the protection of a certain element or location in order to gain an advantage, either through passively waiting, or being active. Waiting would require the player to stay in a location overlooking a certain spot, in anticipation of an element (e.
Defense (poker) In poker, certain aggression plays like steals can be very effective; players must occasionally reply to them with defensive plays with hands they might not otherwise play. If, for example, an opponent to a player's right frequently steals when the player has posted a blind, the player can be reasonably sure that the opponent is often doing so with inferior hands (otherwise he wouldn't be doing it so often), the player can likely defend his blind (call or raise back) with more hands than he might otherwise.
Defense (sport) In sport, defense or defence (in some regions, the first syllable is stressed) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense.
Defense Acquisition Board The Defense Acquisition Board is the senior advisory board for defense acquisitions in the United States Military. The board includes the Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs, the service Secretaries, and a number of Undersecretaries of Defense.
Defense Acquisition Guide The Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) is a text developed to aid in the understanding and implementation of United States Department of Defense Acquisition practices under the DoD Directive 5000 series. This text, also available in web-accessed electronic format and web-structered html basis (see http://akss.
Defense Acquisition University The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a United States military training establishment which trains military and civilian Department of Defense personnel in the fields of acquisition (procurement) and management.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA was responsible for funding development of many technologies which have had a major impact on the world, including computer networking (starting with the ARPANET, which eventually grew into the Internet), as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitous graphical user interface.
Defense budget of Japan Even during the Cold War arms race of the 1980s, the Defense budget was accorded a relatively low priority in Japan. According to Japanese security policy, maintaining a military establishment is only one method—and by no means the best method—to achieve national security.
Defense contractor A defense contractor (sometimes called a military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a defense department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems.
Defense Contract Audit Agency The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), is responsible for performing all contract audits for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), and providing accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD Components responsible for procurement and contract administration. These services are provided in connection with negotiation, administration, and settlement of contracts and subcontracts.
Defense Contract Management Agency The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is the United States Department of Defense (DoD) agency responsible for performing contract administration services (CAS) for DoD and other authorized Federal Agencies.
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