DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Synonyms:

Defense Information Systems Agency; DISA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Defense Information Systems Agency" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Defense Information Systems Agency" is a part of...):

Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)

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