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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by Stratoscope on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:18AM (#26330422)
Forgive my ignorance, but I'm probably not the only one who is wondering what COTS and RCS mean here?
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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by bee_rider on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:39AM (#26330800)
COTS = Commercial off the shelf (stuff you could pick up in a Radioshack before they became mini-Bestbuys, basically).

RCS = Radar Cross-section (a bit more field-specific, more or less how "big" the thing looks on radar, but it is a bit jargony -- it depends on things like the material and radar wavelength).

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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by KMag on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:33AM (#26330695)
COTS -> Commercial off-the-shelf

RCS -> Radar cross section

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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by cjhockey on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:32AM (#26330680)
COTS: Commercial off the shelf, stuff you can buy easily.

RCS: Radar Cross Section - how big of a reflection an object makes at radar wavelengths.

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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by whiw on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:38AM (#26330786)
"Customer Off The Shelf" and "Radar Cross Section"
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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by joshyeager on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:32AM (#26330674)
Commercial Off The Shelf

Radar Cross Section

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