MIL-STD-130M Change 1 :: DEFINITIONS


3.41 Registration number. The number assigned by the Government to an individual unit or a group of items. The number indicates Government ownership, responsibility, and accountability (e.g., vehicle registration numbers).

3.42 Selected items. (see 3.4)

3.43 Serial number. An assigned designation that provides a means of identifying a specific individual item.
NOTE: Characters are normally numeric or alphanumeric, with special characters as allowed by established standards.

3.44 Set. A unit or units and necessary assemblies, subassemblies and parts connected together or used in association to perform an operational function. (e.g., radio receiving set; sound measuring set, which include parts, assemblies and units such as cables, microphone and measuring instruments, radar homing set.) (“Set” is also used to denote a collection of like parts such as a tool set, or a set of tires.)

3.45 Source control items. (see 3.4)

3.46 Special characteristics. The pertinent rating, operating characteristics, and other information necessary for identification of the item.

3.47 Specification data. Information such as specification number, type, grade, class, or other identifying data.

3.48 Subassembly. Two or more parts that form a portion of an assembly or a unit replaceable as a whole but having a part or parts that are individually replaceable (e.g., gun mount stand, window sash, recoil mechanism, floating piston, telephone dial, Intermediate Frequency (IF) strip, terminal board with mounted parts.) (see ASME Y14.100)

3.49 Supplier. The party that produces, provides, or furnishes an item and warrants item compliance with the part numbered design drawing specifications and warrants the uniqueness of the part number within the enterprise.

3.50 Text element identifier (TEI). A set of characters that precede and identify a specific data element that follows. TEIs consist of three capital letters followed by a single space. TEIs fall in the category of data qualifiers.

3.51 Unique Item Identifier (UII). The set of data elements marked on items that are globally unique, unambiguous, and robust enough to ensure data information quality throughout life and to support multi-faceted business applications and users.

3.52 Unique identification (UID). A system of establishing globally unique and unambiguous identifiers within the Department of Defense, which serves to distinguish a discrete entity or relationship from other like and unlike entities or relationships.

3.53 Unit. An assembly or any combination of parts, subassemblies, and assemblies mounted together normally capable of independent operation in a variety of situations. (e.g., hydraulic jack, electric motor, electronic power supply, internal combustion engine, electric generator, radio receiver.)

NOTE: The size of an item is a consideration in some cases. An electric motor for a clock may be considered a part because it is not normally subject to disassembly. (see ASME Y14.100)

3.54 Unit pack. The first tie, wrap, or container applied to a single item, or a quantity thereof, or to a group of items of a single stock number, preserved or unpreserved, which constitutes a complete or identifiable package. (see MIL-STD-129).

3.55 U.S. The abbreviation used on items (e.g., vehicles and industrial production equipment) to denote Government ownership and to comply with public law or other Government regulations. Alternate version is US without periods.

3.56 U.S. military property. Government owned property within DoD jurisdiction.

3.57 Vendor item controlled items. (see 3.4)

3.58 Warranty. The contractual agreement between the Government and the contractor relative to the nature, usefulness, or condition of the item(s) furnished under the contract. Warranty duration is expressed in terms of hours, days, months, number of operations, etc. Warranty markings give notice to a user whether the item(s) is subject to the warrant provisions.

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