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81alert order — 1. A crisis action planning directive from the Secretary of Defense, issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that provides essential guidance for planning and directs the initiation of execution planning for the selected course of… …
82Alert state — An alert state is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a State against terrorism or military attack.Examples are the DEFCON levels of the US armed forces, and the BIKINI states of the British.ee also* …
83alert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. watchful, on guard, wary; quick, ready. See care, activity. v. See warning.Ant., inattentive, unaware. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Watchful] Syn. wary, on guard, wide awake; see observant 2 . 2.… …
84alert — • vaksam, uppmärksam, alert, iakttagande, aktgivande, observant …
85alert — [17] Alert comes, via French, from an Italian phrase all’ erta ‘on the look out’, or literally ‘at the (alla) watch tower (erta)’. Erta was short for torre erta, literally ‘high tower’, in which the adjective erta ‘high’ came ultimately from… …
86alert — See: on the alert …
87alert — a. 1. Watchful, vigilant, circumspect, wary, heedful, on the alert, on one s guard, on the watch, on the lookout, on the qui vive. 2. Active, brisk, nimble, agile, smart, lively, sprightly, spirited, supple, quick, ready, prompt. See spry …
88alert — adj 1. wide awake, aware, Inf. heads up, Inf. on the ball, Inf. on the stick, Inf. on one s toes; astir, up and about, up and doing, bright and early; smart, bright, sharp, keen, quick, Inf. quick on the trigger. 2. vigilant, watchful, Argus eyed …
89alert button — /əˈlɜt bʌtn/ (say uh lert butn) noun 1. a small electronic alarm signal generator which can be attached to one s belt, bag, etc., to summon help in an emergency. 2. Computers a button on a web page which allows the user to arrange for an email… …
90alert log — In Microsoft Windows 2000, a System Monitor log used to monitor counters that exceed user specified limits. When such a limit is exceeded, the event is logged into the alert log. See also counter log; System Monitor; trace log …
