" echelons "

 [ "echelon" ]

1: An elite group of fans completely dedicated to the service of the Mars Army. Thirty Seconds To Mars fanbase

  * e.g.,  ... What's with the facination with the Echelon? 

 [ "echelon" ]

2: (see 30STM)

 [ "Echelon" ]

1: The codename for the NSA's (National Security Agency) high-tech information-interception system. Echelon has a collection of satellite dishes (supposedly Echelon is made up of a network of satellite dishes)overseas, basically in all english-speaking countries (including America, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand...).

  * e.g.,  ... "Don't worry about the Echelon system keeping a record of your e-mails! They don't really read all of'em. Stop being paranoid and live your life! >_< " 

 [ "Echelon" ]

2: Echelon is said to intercept, on a daily basis, billions of e-mails, phonecalls, downloads, satellite transmissions, faxes, and any other form of digital media. This is used to help locate possible terrorists in the new age of cyber warfare.

  * e.g.,  ... -me 

 [ "Echelon" ]

3: Echelon was made popular, and positively (as in, in a good way), by Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. ^_^

 [ "Echelon" ]

1: Computer system operated by NSA for purposes of locating possible threats through scanning of electronic communications.

  * e.g.,  ... The system takes random samplings of all communication types including voice, and scans them for keywords, such as anthrax, in most languages. If it finds one, whatever uplink you used will be listened to more often, and common occurances of keywords may promt the system to alert a human operator. 

 [ "Echelon" ]

1: Echelon is a group of high executives that are merciless and vicious. But the do be looking spiffy tho

  * e.g.,  ... echelarge: Yo i heard the echelon is bout to take over japan 

 [ "echelon" ]

1: A word used by a knobhead to describe a level in business to which they aspire to achieve but lack the ability to obtain.

  * e.g.,  ... Jimmy: "If I'm not in that echelon, you can all get fucked.!" Everyone else: "Fuck off Jimmy, you knobhead!" 

 [ "echelon" ]

1: US company working in the microelectronic industry.

  * e.g.,  ... Why does Echelon products claimed to be so cheap but they are so expensive ? 

 [ "echelon" ]

2: Created the neuron chips , implementing the Lontalk protocol , a seven layers protocol for embedded equipement.

 [ "upper echelon" ]

1: It is the higher level of any group.

  * e.g.,  ... upper echelon in the military refers to people of higher ranks (usually officers) in everyday life it is in references to bosses and managers and the like 

 [ "Echelon 2000" ]

1: The Echelon 2000 was designed by AG to keep a constant flow of “Sexy text” (See Definition) to females of AG's choice. The system is automated and utilises AG's mobile phone address book to constantly 'poll' a list of phone numbers with sms messages. The system is set-up to favour AG's friends sisters and has the ability to 'hack' their mobiles if extra information about them is needed.

  * e.g.,  ... Scenario: Someone's sister has has split with their boyfriend 

 [ "Project Echelon" ]

1: A world project witch aims to tap all major modes of data transfer and Freedom of speech. Many people belive that project echelon threatens the freedom of future generations, and is the ground work for the right wing states of the future.

  * e.g.,  ... Oh noe's project echelon is on to us. lets get the hell out of here. 

 [ "upper echelon" ]

1: The way Spencer Owen (SpencerFC) describes top corner

  * e.g.,  ... That goal was right in the upper echelon