Joint Publication 1-02 DoD Dictionary of Military ... - AcqNotes.com

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
prisoner of war camp — An installation established for the internment and administration
of prisoners of war.
private sector — An umbrella term that may be applied in the United States and in foreign
countries to any or all of the nonpublic or commercial individuals and businesses,
specified nonprofit organizations, most of academia and other scholastic institutions,
and selected nongovernmental organizations. (JP 3-57)
privity of contract — The legal relationship that exists between two contracting parties, for
example, between the government and the prime contractor (JP 4-10)
probability of damage — (*) The probability that damage will occur to a target expressed
as a percentage or as a decimal. Also called PD.
probe — In information operations, any attempt to gather information about an automated
information system or its on-line users. See also information; information
operations; information system. (JP 3-13)
procedural control — A method of airspace control which relies on a combination of
previously agreed and promulgated orders and procedures. (JP 3-52)
procedures — Standard, detailed steps that prescribe how to perform specific tasks. See
also tactics; techniques. (CJCSI 5120.02)
procedure word — A word or phrase limited to radio telephone procedure used to facilitate
communication by conveying information in a condensed standard form. Also called
proword. (JP 3-09.3)
processing — A system of operations designed to convert raw data into useful information.
(JP 2-0)
processing and exploitation — In intelligence usage, the conversion of collected
information into forms suitable to the production of intelligence. See also intelligence
process. (JP 2-01)
process owner — The head of a Department of Defense component assigned a
responsibility by the Secretary of Defense when process improvement involves more
than one Military Service or Department of Defense component. (JP 4-0)
procurement lead time — The interval in time between the initiation of procurement
action and receipt into the supply system of the production model (excludes prototypes)
purchased as the result of such actions. It is composed of two elements, production
lead time and administrative lead time. See also production lead time; receipt into
the supply system. (JP 4-10)
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