advanced research and development activity

1. 1.

   an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology

   SynonymsARDA

   Broaderagency

   Part ofIntelligence Community

Questions about advanced research and development activity

What does advanced research and development activity mean?

advanced research and development activity means "an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology".

What is another word for advanced research and development activity?

Close synonyms include ARDA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is advanced research and development activity a common word?

advanced research and development activity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.