Etym. debrief “obtain information (from someone) at the end of a mission,” 1945, from de- + brief (v.). Related: Debriefed;…
Etym. late 14c., from Late Latin confoederatus “leagued together,” past participle of confoederare “to unite by a league,” from com-…
Etym. conceptual (adj.) 1820, “pertaining to mental conception” (there is an isolated use from 1662), from Medieval Latin conceptualis, from…
Etym. computer (n.) 1640s, “one who calculates,” agent noun from Compute (v.). Meaning “calculating machine” (of any type) is from…
Etym. scenario (n.) 1868, “sketch of the plot of a play,” from Italian scenario, from Late Latin scenarius “of stage…
Note: this term is often not clearly distinguished from Orientation or Prebriefing Etym. “fact or situation of giving preliminary instructions.”…