-A-A AND R: Advance and retreat, information Birkoff will be updating during the Shanghai mission (LFM)
ABEYANCE: Status of a Section One operative who has been disciplined, one step away from cancellation (Noise)
ABORT: To cancel a mission (Nikita)
ABORT, FAIL, RETRY, TERMINATE: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ABSORPTION TESTS: Tests Walter ran on the chemicals picked up from
Gdansk (CAM)ACCELERATED CLOCK: Timetable that is faster than is normally required (BIS)
ACCEPTABLE COLLATERAL: Innocent hostages that Section accepts will be killed in order to achieve the mission goals (Simone)
ACCESS CARD: Card that allows entrance to private levels of Section One; it is an example of a possessed object access control method of security. ex. Michael steals one from Nikita (TANM) A security access card that Nikita takes from Williams’ guard (SES)
ADRIAN'S GARDEN: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ADVANCED DIGITAL SENSOR SYSTEM: Device protecting a computer file from being downloaded or copied, it shuts down when it encounters any electromagnetic activity (OTB)
AGENCY: Organization in charge of security for Jovan Mijovich but was breached (Friend), was in charge of Suba, but was undermined by a double agent (Treason)
A-I PROGRAM: Artificial intelligence program used by Birkoff (Innocent)
AIR TACTICAL: Support from the air for a Section One mission (LFM)
ALARM FREQUENCY: Frequency that received an alarm from the missing mission team before communications were shut down (Noise)
ALIVE 2000: Cosmetics line Madeline and Nikita sell in Klodno (Rescue)
A.L.L.: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, terminal disease that afflicted Sarah Gerard (BIS)
ALL GOOD THINGS: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ALLIANCE, THE: Transient tactical group (BIS)
ALPHA LEVELS: Stages of adjustment to being recruited into Section One, everything from denial to suicide (HL)
ALPHA POINT: Site of the mission van during an active mission (Mercy)
ALPHA SECURE: High level of authenticity on a transmission (TET)
ALTERNATE COVER: Secondary identity given to Section operatives to protect them after the Directory was stolen (Gray)
ALTERNATE ROUTES: Alternative retreat to be used by a Section One operative when surveillance is assumed (Voices)
ALUMINUM OXIDE: Alumina: the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum. Walter's sure it was not used on a device because "it would have vaporized" (TPR)
ANCHOR: Group of operatives working at Section One to help an active team (Simone)
APPROACHING ZERO: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ANY MEANS NECESSARY: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ARBITRARY: Status of a Section One operative who is under suspicion (BTP)
ARMORED TRANSPORT: What Nikita is looking for on a satellite image as a ruse to make an unauthorized iris-scan (LFM)
ARTWORK: Drawings, photographs or video data. There was no "artwork" on Elder (Voices)
ASNI GROUP: Independent agency Section One hires to assassinate George (VOTG)
ASSAULT TEAM: Group of Section One operatives that can be used to assault the target (Treason)
ASSEMBLY TRACKER: Device found on Tyco during a raid on Glass Curtain (IRP)
ATHENS: Site where Section One looked for David Fanning's book (Obsessed)
AUXILIARY SECTIONS: Sections other than Section One. Three were activated during the Y Director (VOTG)
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BABY GLOCK: Type of gun Nikita requests from Walter (TOP)
BACK CHANNEL LIST: File Madeline gives George as evidence against Operations, it confirms he was working with Brulois (TET)
BACK FILING: Creating a backup story for a mission (SES)
BACKFILL: To create a false story and insert it in a file to cover up the past truth (TANM)
BACK OUT, TO: To find a back way out of a mission to avoid hostiles (TPR)
BACK TRACE: To trace information or material back to its source (TP)
BADENHEIM: Terrorist group responsible for bombings in Kosovo and Latvia (LAC)
BAKUNIN: Author of "Tyranny of the State," J.B.'s favorite author (Simone) Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) was a Russian anarchist philospher.
BANC MONTAGUE: Bank in Switzerland in which David Fanning hid his book (Obsessed)
BASE CAMP FOUR: Name of Freedom League's headquarters in Lyons (HL)
BASE SYSTEM: Part of a computer system that Nikita orders Hillinger to check when a sensor in the van goes down (TET)
BASMATI: Special rice that Elena cooks for dinner with Nikita (ONJ)
BEACON: Signal from a downed mission team (Noise)
BEFORE I SLEEP: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
BERETTA 92F: Type of gun Nikita requests from Walter (TOP)
BEYOND THE PALE: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
BIN BACKUP: Area of Section One from which Birkoff detects random signals (TANM)
BIO-ENGINEERING: Process Red Cell used to alter Abby’s face and skeletal structure (CAM)
BIO-TECH: Department of Section One (BIS)
BIOTHALMIDE: Toxic material Brevich plans to pick up at NíKar (GOH)
BIT STREAM: Data flow that Birkoff tried to re-route in order to stop Tyco (IRP)
BLACK MARCH: Group that freelances for various terrorist organizations, motivated by making money and the sheer joy of causing pain and chaos (TOP)
BLACKOUT RADIUS: Area in which satellite surveillance is scrambled (Noise)
BLACK SUN: Name used by Karl and Simon Peruze (UTI)
BLACK TIME: Time during which Section One cannot conduct surveillance on its own operatives (BTP)
BLACK TRACK: Method of secretly tracking computer activities that Birkoff used to trap Hillinger (TET)
BLOOD COVER: A deep cover mission that involves creating a relationship with a target of Section One, Michael’s marriage to Elena is called a "blood cover" (ONJ)
BLUE TEAM: Designation of a group of Section One operatives during a mission (Choice, Gambit)
B-NET: A communications channel that can contain messages from a team during a blackout (Noise)
BOOBY TRAP: Bomb attached to Stanley Shays to foil an escape or rescue (Mercy)
BOOK, THE: A book containing information damaging to Western interests held by David Fanning (Obsessed)
BOUILLABAISSE: What Jericho Perez is making when captured by Section One, it takes longer than soup (Escape)
BRAINWASH: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
BRANCH CHAIN REACTION: A characteristic of the explosive created by Shays
(Mercy)BRANCH MISSION: Secondary mission during a Section One mission that branches out from the effects of the main mission (OBT)
BREACHED: Status when a Section One mission operative’s cover is detected "We've been breached." (Nikita to Section One) (Noise)
BREACH INDICATOR: What Michael claims to be looking into (SID)
BREAK: To leave an assigned position during a mission because of a complication. (Nikita)
BREAMARE: Company for whom Raymond worked (WOB)
BRIDGE: A person or method that allows Section One to get closer to the main source (Charity)
BRISTOL COLLEGE: College Schtoppel claims he went to for dental school (PWF)
BROAD SPECTRUM TAGS: Method Birkoff uses to try to locate Brulois (TET)
BROAD SWEEP: Search method that involves a large area (PWF)
BROWNING 28 TRACKING DEVICE: A surveillance device used by the Israelis and Section One (Charity)
BTARI REBELS: Group founded by Gustav Pogue (SID)
BUFFER: Area surrounding a target. "I’d leave a five kilometer buffer." (Birkoff to Nikita) (Noise)
BUTANE TORCH: What Madeline used to frighten Tossi into talking (Voices)
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C-4: Explosive device used to blow up the Freedom League site (Mercy)
C-9: Section One computer for which Birkoff wants Hillinger to pre-format the Galloway File (OTB)
CANCEL: To kill (Nikita)
CARBON FIBER LOCK: Type of lock used on John Wicke's safe (Mother)
CARBON PLASMA: What Stanley Shays will use to grow a diamond for Nikita
(Mercy)CASPAR PROJECT: Mind-control project that Madeline wants to try in order to bring down the Peruze brothers (UTI)
CASSAR'S FILE: Work that gets abandoned in order to concentrate on the nuclear warhead (Innocent) Note: Jon Cassar is a director for LFN.
CAT AND MOUSE: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
CATCH A FALLING STAR: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
C-BAND: Frequency used to contact the missing Section One team (Noise)
CELL: A small group acting as a unit within a larger organization (War)
CELLO: Musical instrument Michael played to help his son Adam fall asleep (GOH)
CELL TEAM: Team Michael will be heading in the attack on Thomas (BTP)
CENTER: Organization to which Operations is asked temporarily to provide a field perspective, it is considered a promotion of sorts (AGT)
CEREBRAL INHIBITORS: Drugs that Michael needs to help Nikita overcome the Gelman process (ITLG)
CHAIN OF COMMAND: Protocol Michael must follow if Operations is killed (Innocent); delineating who is in charge over whom in the course of any Section situation
CHANDLER FOUNDATION: Charitable organization set up by Alec Chandler to fund his evil deeds (Charity)
CHANNEL: A frequency on which Section One operatives can communicate with headquarters, either audio or video (Innocent)
CHANNEL B: Channel Birkoff asks Nikita to switch to when he can't contact Lonnie (Noise)
CHANNEL D: Communications frequency on which Jamie can contact Nikita if he has problems (WOB)
CHANNEL 4: Video channel that Birkoff asks Nikita to switch to because he's getting static, she does so by adjusting her glasses (Innocent)
CHARACTERISTIC SIGNATURE: A tactic or method that is common to multiple acts and can help pinpoint the perpetrator (TP)
CHARITY: Title of Season One episode. To read transcript, click here.
CHECKPOINT ONE, CHECKPOINT TWO, etc.: Meeting places during a mission (Rescue)
CHINESE PREMIER: Target of attack by those who created the phasing shell
(Brainwash)CHOICE: Title of Season One episode. To read transcript, click here.
C.I.C.L.: short for Covert Identification Correlation List, a document that Section One wants to get from Par Epistemen Taksis, it lists their leaders, their agents, their entire network of local contacts (OTB)
CITY: Architecture school attended by Gray Wellman (Gray)
CITY CENTER PARK: Location where Nikita and Gray are supposed to meet Benko (Gray)
CLASS 10 ACTIVITIES: Missions of a high priority (SID)
CLASS A PRIORITY: Main target. Gustav Pogue was a Class A priority (SID)
CLASS A THREAT: An extremely dangerous threat; ex. Crimson Storm's unpredictability makes it a Class A threat (PWF)
CLASS FIVE STATUS: What Madeline would normally strip from Michael for his failure, but Michael's position is too important (ONJ)
CLASS ONE COLLATERAL: Rudy's status as an expendable innocent (Innocent)
CLASS TEN ACTIVITIES: Type of terrorist activities supplied by Black Sun (UTI)
CLEAN: Status of a mission where there is no hostile activity (LFM)
CLEANING CREW: Group Sparks plans to use to destroy Section One once they break the encryption codes (IRP)
CLEAN PICK: Maneuver that allows Section One to retrieve a hostile without any suspicions arising from the group of which the hostile is a member (AGT)
CLEAN ROOM: Room that is not under surveillance (TPR)
CLIP: Ammunition carrier (Noise)
CLOSE QUARTERS STANDBY: A condition that requires all Section operatives to be ready to go at a moment's notice (Gray)
CM 12 CHIP: A smart missile guidance system (Missing)
COBALT C60: A highly controlled isotope that Kessler plans to use to poison the water system (Gambit)
CODE: Standard operating procedures for Section One that Nikita continues to break (Friend)
COLLATERAL: Euphemism for innocent bystanders who can be killed by terrorists or Section One as part of a mission (Love)
COMMAND CENTER: Main headquarters of an organization (War)
COMM CHECK: A test to see if a tracker is working correctly (Treason)
COMM DIVISION: Section One's communications department (Gray)
COMMITTEE: Area of Section One. Madeline and Operations often meet with George there (LFM)
COMM SET: An electronic device, often hidden in glasses or behind the ear, that allows operatives to communicate with each other and, sometimes, to view a scene through the operative's eyes. They do not work underground (Nikita)
COMPILER: Method of creating software (Brainwash)
COMPROMISED: Status of a Section One operative who has been discovered by an enemy (War). See also: BREACHED
CONDITION BLUE: Area is clear (BTP)
CONDOMS: What Schtoppel wants to borrow from Nikita (SID)
CONFIDENTIAL BROADCAST BAND: A secret frequency; Michael needs a transmitted with a confidential broadcast band from Walter (GOOR)
CONFIRM, A: Record of a Section One mission, it can be obtained visually with a camera. Nikita must provide a confirm to Michael’s poisoning of his wife, Elena. (ONJ)
CONTAINED DISPERSION: Term Nikita used to describe a mission in which Michael broke his position to rescue her (TPR)
CONTAINMENT: Status of having successfully accomplished a mission (Mercy)
CONTINGENCY THREE: Section One protocol that allowed Michael and Davenport to backup Nikita after she is taken hostage (PWF)
CONTROL WINDOW: Time period in which Section One has access to its target (TPR)
COOLERS: Team members working the inside on a mission (Nikita)
COUNTER INTEL: Intelligence designed to counteract the effectiveness of an enemy (War)
COUNTER SURVEILLANCE: Enemy surveillance (Voices)
CR 14: Bioweapon. If even a small drop enters through a pore in the skin, death is instantaneous (ITLG)
CRIMSON STORM: Para-military liberation cell based in Antakya, their kamikaze behavior makes them unpredictable and they consider their fight more noble than political which makes them a "Class A" threat (PWF)
CRYO-STASIS: State of suspended animation; Adrian is kept in cryo-stasis at Section One (TANM)
CRYPTOANALYSIS: Department of Section One (PWF)
CRYSTAL GLOBE: Group claiming responsibility for a bombing in Mexico City (ONJ)
C–TEAM: Section One team that was eliminated in Djakarta (TPR)
CUELLAR: Section One operative replacing Michael and Nikita on a mission to Warsaw (GOH)
CYANIDE: Poison that Felix puts in Birkoff's coffee cup (IOD)
CYANIDE CAPSULE: A captured Legion prisoner used a cyanide capsule hidden in his tooth to commit suicide and during a white-room interrogation by Michael (Friend)
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DAC: Part of an explosive device to which Hillinger added a new pathway (TET)
DARK APPROACH: Method of approaching a target that cuts all communication between an operative on assignment and Section One (PWF)
DARKNESS VISIBLE: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
DATA DUMP: Site where information can be dropped by one person and picked up by another without either being detected (TANM)
DATA SHIELD: Protective system on Section One computers that Tatyana was suspected of compromising (OTB)
DEACTIVATOR: Remote control device that can deactivate a live nuclear warhead (Innocent)
DE-ANZA BUILDING: Building in which Perry Bauer released L-Virus (Love)
DECONVOLUTION FILTER: Device that filters static from a signal (Noise)
DEEP CHANNEL: Communications channel Michael wants Birkoff to re-route (LFM)
DEEPEN HER HISTORY: Enhance Nikita’s cover story to avoid suspicion (SES)
DEFCOM SCENARIO: Defense Communications, a protocol enacted when a nuclear warhead is live (Innocent)
DELTA COM: Communications channel used by Ackerman (HL)
DELTA FILE: File in Data that Operations sends Birkoff to fix (PWF)
DE LURE ELECTRONICS: Factory in Chadwick, England in which the phasing shell was created (Brainwash)
DILUTION PATTERN: Method of deploying a team involved in a search (Noise)
DIMATHIC UNIT: Device that is on standby while the cryo-stasis lab is operating correctly (TANM)
DIRECTORY: The Directory is a file containing the identity and cover of everyone in the Section. (Gray)
DISPOSAL: Reinforced area of Section One to which explosive devices can be sent and neutralized (TOP)
DISPOSABLE LOCATION: Site unconnected to Vacek’s activity, Berenz was hoping that Vacek would meet Michael at a more disposable location, but there wasn't time (ONJ)
DOD: Department of Defense (Innocent) For more information, click here.
DOUBLE DATE: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
DOWN A CROOKED PATH: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
DRONE PROGRAM: Computer virus used to breach Section One's system and to steal the Directory (Gray)
D-SERVER: Computer that Michael claimed was breached (SID)
DUCK: What Michael advises Valery, a heroin dealer, to do once the shooting starts (Choice)
DR&V: Data Retrieval and Verification, a department of Section One (AGT)
DRY MISSION PROFILE: Something Nikita should study so she doesn't screw up again (Treason)
DYNAMIC ADDRESS SCHEME: Method of hiding a source on the internet used by Hester of Glass Curtain (Simone)
DYNAMIC CARRIER FREQUENCY: System Jurgen used to protect his computer files (AZ)
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E-CHANNEL: Communication frequency Nikita will listen in on to help Jamie (WOB)
EGRESS: A way out of a building (Simone)
ELEGRA CORPORATION: A defense contractor in Toronto that is a storage place for Cobalt C60 (Gambit)
ELIMINATE: Euphemism for murdering the enemy and/or its location (PWF)
EMF: Electricro-magnetic feild. At high frequencies, it can knock out power in a targeted building (Choice)
ENCRYPTION CLASS: Program Antonia cannot access while Tyco is loose within Section One (IRP)
ENCRYPTION KEYS: Methods for coding and decoding communications (HL)
END GAME (1): The final stage of a chess game, usually following the exchange of queens and the serious reduction of forces.
END GAME (2): Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ENERGY YIELD: Power of an explosive device (Mercy)
ENGAGE: Order to begin a mission (SID)
E-PROMS: Devices that Gail readies for Birkoff (Noise)
ESCALATE: "Run a recon first and if the information’s consistent: escalate." (Operations to Simon) (Noise)
ESCAPE: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
EVACUATE: Order to leave a site (Simone)
EXCESSIVE COLLATERAL: Too many innocent people killed during a Section One mission (Gambit)
EXIT CORRIDOR: Area planned for Section One operatives to allow them to leave at the end of the mission (LFM)
EXIT POINT: Place where an operative goes to wait to be picked up (Simone)
EXPENDABLE: Adjective for those whose lives can be taken in order to accomplish a mission.
EXPOSED: Status of an operative when they can be tracked by the enemy (Noise)
EXTERMINATED: What will happen to Section One if it does not maintain structural integrity (War)
EXTERNAL VID: External video surveillance used to observe activity around the mission van (TET)
EXTREME ACTION: Euphemism for murder (?), what Procedures would do if they knew Roberta was trying to locate Nikita (WOB)
EXTREME FORCE: Maximum force, including murder, must be cleared by Section One (PWF)
EYE ANALYSIS: Analysis of a subject's eyes. Ex. Michael commanded Birkoff to run an eye analysis on a video recording of Nikita’s eyes. (GOOR)
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FACE IN THE MIRROR: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
FAVORS: Something Birkoff claims he doesn't do (Recruit)
FIBER OPTICS: Birkoff's preferred method of examining the phasing shell (Brainwash)
FIELD LOCATOR: Device Birkoff needs on the Faso mission (ITLG)
FIELD MAN: What Operations thinks Michael is best at being (BTP)
FIELD RECON: Field reconnaissance, a mission that involves surveillance and analysis of a target site (PWF)
FIELD ROUTER: Device coded with all of section's codes and frequencies, Michael and Nikita take one from Section One (BTP)
FIELD SUPPORT: Team of Section One operatives who provide backup to the main team on a mission (LFM)
FIFTH ORDER: Terrorist group in the former Soviet Union attempting to steal nuclear rods (AZ)
FIFTY-MILLIMETER: A gun used from a helicopter to attack Section One agents (Treason)
FIREFIGHT SIM: A program that simulates a gun battle that Jurgen uses to help retrain Nikita (HL)
FIRE TIME: Amount of time a blast of gunfire at a target will last (TPR)
FIREWALL: 1. A partition made of fireroof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another. 2. Hardware or software that works as a barrior to protect computers from penetration by the Internet. (AMN) 3. What Sherrin acts as when he launders money to isolate terrorists from their transactions (HL)
FIRST TEAM: Group of Section One operatives that are the first to deploy on a mission (Noise)
FIRST MISSION: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
FIVE A: Area in Section One in which Michael traps Nikita (TANM)
FIVE PERCENT CLUB: Designation Walter uses for members of Section One who don't get their souls sucked out of them in the first year (TP)
FIVE-YEAR FILE: File on a target that tracks his or her activity for at least five years (SES)
FLASH MISSION: Short notice protocol in which mission profiles are handed to operatives on their way out of Section One headquarters (CAM)
FLT CHIPS: Devices on which Birkoff needs to do a total reprogramming (Noise)
FOLLOW UP: That part of a mission that occurs after the danger is over, including returning to base, debriefing, etc (PWF)
FORCED HYPNOTIC REGRESSION: Torture technique that Jurgen claimed Nikita underwent while a prisoner of the Freedom League (HL)
FORMATTED CAPTURE CARD: Device that Michael wants Nikita to steal from Section One for him (TANM)
FOURIER TRANSFORMER: Device Birkoff uses on surveillance images (Innocent)
FOUR LIGHT YEARS FARTHER: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
FRAME BUFFER: Part of an explosive device that Hillinger claims was fragmenting (TET)
FREEDOM LEAGUE: One of the extremist factions trying to obtain leverage in the Balkans (Mercy)
FREE WILL: "You still believe in free will. In here, there’s no such thing." (Michael to Nikita) (Choice)
FREQUENCY DOMAIN DELTA: Level of electronic noise produced by a device (Noise)
FREQUENCY SPECTRUMS: Areas that the phasing shell affects (Brainwash)
FRIEND: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
FULL INQUIRY: Official investigation into Section One activities conducted by Oversight (LFM)
FULL OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY: Responsibility of the person acting as Operations for Section One (TPR)
FULL STATUS: A Section One operative is on full status when they are not in abeyance or on probation (TP)
FUZZY LOGIC (1): Programming which allows computers to choose more than a yes/no on/off black/white answer
FUZZY LOGIC (2): Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
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G4: Area of Section One to which Michael tracks Tyco (IRP)
GALLOWAY FILE: File Hillinger wants to transfer to Birkoff (OTB)
GAMBIT (1): A tactic in chess in which you sacrifice a pawn to gain a more strategic position (Gambit)
GAMBIT (2): Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
GAME PLAN: Synonym for mission profile, plans for a mission (HL)
GANDIUM FOUR: Grade one bio-weapon that is secretly being produced by Genefex for Red Cell (OBT)
GATE ARRAYS: Characteristics of the phasing shell (Brainwash)
GATES OF HELL: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
GELMAN FILE: Computer file that contains all the information about the Gelman process; the only copy is at Section One headquarters (GOOR)
GEMSTONE FILE: A Section One computer file that shows Operations has been working with Saddam Hussein of Iraq (LFM)
GENE-CODED: A biometric method of security that allows only a person with the correct genetic code access to protected material. (ITLG)
GENEFEX: Pharmaceutical lab and a producer of over-the-counter drugs, working with Red Cell to produce gandium four, a grade-one biological weapon (OBT)
GEO-TECHNICAL DATA: Intel that Birkoff uses to determine the site of unusual activity at De Lure Electronics (Brainwash)
GETTING OUT OF REVERSE: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
G-FOUR: Name of Operations’ umbrella file (GOH)
GLASS CURTAIN: A terrorist group that recruits malcontents, college students, Mensa members, and dropouts through the Internet. The group exists to seek chaos and destruction, led by Errol Sparks. Their message is anarchy, their weapon is technology. Michael's wife, Simone, was killed on a mission involving Glass Curtain. (Simone)
GLOBAL SECURITY EMERGENCY: What would happen if Fifth Order leverages the decryption codes (AZ)
GLOCK 17: Gun that Birkoff wants Walter to provide (ITLG)
GO: A Chinese board game of strategy for two persons, played on a board having 361 intersections on which black and white stones or counters are alternately placed, the object being to block off and capture the opponent’s stones and control the lager part of the board. (SO)
GO DARK: To cut communications between an operative and Section One in order to avoid detection (PWF)
GONE GRAY: Become endangered; ex. Michael says "Retrieval's gone gray" when Nikita is captured during an attempt to escape with the detonators (PWF)
GRADE ONE: Classification level of toxicity for bio-weapons (OBT)
GRADE TWO BREACH: Status when a prisoner has escaped within Section One headquarters (IRP)
GRAY: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
GRAYSTONE: Password for Alec Chandler's computer (Charity)
GREEN DOOR MEETING: Type of meeting Tossi had with the ambassador (Voices)
GREEN LIST: List of people with whom Section One works, they cannot be killed without special permission from Oversight (UTI)
GREEN TEAM: A group of Section One operatives monitoring the isotope room (Gambit)
GRUNEN 412: Explosive device that has a detonator that is pitch and roll sensitive (TOP)
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HALF LIFE: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
HAMAS: Group that gets supplies from Perry Bauer (Charity) Hamas is an acronym for The Islamic Resistance Movement, which issued its initiating statement in 1987, and is fighting for Palestinian independence from Israel. Click here for a web-site containing more information.
HAMMER: "If you're a hammer, you treat everything as if it were a nail." (Michael to Nikita) (TP)
HAND TO HAND: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
HARD LANDING: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
HARD WEDGE: Maneuver Madeline plans to use to deal with Michael and Nikita and their unsanctioned relationship (TPR)
HARD-WIRED DECRYPTION CODES: Material that Fifth Order hoped to get from a downed Norwegian satellite (AZ)
HARD TARGET SEARCH: Search that involves looking for a particular target (PWF)
HARTLEY TRANSFORMER: Device Birkoff uses on surveillance images (Innocent)
HASH TABLE: What Michael is after in Freedom League headquarters (HL)
HEADER BLOCK: Protection against a computer virus scan (Simone)
HEAD STRATEGIST: Position to which Zalman is promoted to over Michael (BTP)
HE CAME FROM FOUR: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
HELIX: Name Section One uses for a mercenary special force responsible for multiple terrorist acts (TP)
HELL HATH NO FURY: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
HEZBOLLAH: (also Hizbollah) Islamic movement in Lebanon with whom Van Vactor is brokering an alliance against Section One. (Nikita) Hizbollah is a Lebanese, Islamic and Arabic group working against the Israeli occupation of parts of Lebanon. Click here for a related web-site.
HOLDING: Section room in which Kudrin was kept while being interrogated (HL)
HOLLOW: Not substantive, this is how Birkoff describes the groups that have taken responsibility for the embassy bombing (SES)
HOOK: Something or someone that Section One can use to gain access to a target organization (Simone)
HOSTILES: Generic word used for the enemy: "Nikita, you've got incoming hostiles," (Birkoff to Nikita) (TPR)
HOST SYSTEM: Main computers used by Freedom League (HL)
HOT ZONE: Area in which surveillance by the enemy is assumed (PWF)
HYLITE-BASED: Describes the type of explosive Shays developed that makes it non-detectable (Mercy)
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IMAGE PROCESSING: Department of Section One that alters Elena's letter to Vacek (SES)
IMITATION OF DEATH: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
IMPEDANCE MATCH: Test Walter wants to run on a newly found device (Brainwash)
IMPORT BUREAU: Office Madeline and Nikita go to get a license to sell cosmetics (Rescue)
IN BETWEEN: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
INCENTIVE SCENARIO: Lie used by Madeline to motivate a Gerard to carry out the mission (BIS)
INCIDENTAL DISPOSAL OF INNOCENTS: Euphemism for Section One's murder of innocents who become aware of its existence (Innocent)
INCUBATE: Euphemism for killing any innocents who become aware of Section One or its activities (Innocent)
INFORMATION: "... is what we do here." (Operations to Michael) (Friend)
INFRARED SCAN: A program Birkoff used to examine the contents of a jet (Innocent)
IN FULL PHASE: Point in a mission beyond which the mission cannot be aborted (BIS)
INGRESS: A way into a building (Simone)
INNOCENT (1): An uninvolved bystander in the interplay between Section One and its targets (Simone)
INNOCENT (2): Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
INSIDE OPERATOR: Member of a terrorist grouping who does not have contact with the public, Simon is the inside operator for Black Sun (UTI)
INSIDE OUT: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
INSULATED: Target that is thoroughly protected from surveillance. Example: Vacek is more insulated than Saddam Hussein or Abu Nidal (ONJ)
INTEL: Short for intelligence, information gathered prior to a mission (Charity).
INTERPOL: Western European police service, Williams knows he was not kidnapped by Interpol because they wouldn't have the resources the clean up the mess they made of his office (SES) To read more about Interpol, click here.
INTO THE LOOKING GLASS: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
INTUITION: "I don't believe in intuition." (Michael to Nikita) (Recruit)
I-O: Input/output. Tyco rewired this during his escape (IRP)
IRA: Irish Republican Army, purchases supplies from Perry Bauer (Love) The IRA is a group that has used arms in trying to remove the British occupation of Northern Ireland.
IRC: Internet relay chat, used as a hook to get to Glass Curtain, a chat room. A place where social misfits log onto the Internet and argue with each other. (Simone)
I REMEMBER PARIS: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
IRIS MATCH: Security method that involves the scanning and identification of a person's iris to allow access (LFM)
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JACKET: Computer profile of a person; Madeline wants the most recent jacket on Renee (IRP)
JACQUES: Michael's code name (CAM)
J-MEV FILES: What Birkoff wants Simon to restore (Noise)
JOSEPHINE: Code name for Nikita (Nikita)
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K4: What Walter recommends Jurgen try next time (SO)
KAPPA SIGNAL: Signal that may indicate surveillance or allow a target to tunnel into Section One's computers, Michael claims he detects a kappa signal during a mission and goes dark (PWF)
KAPPA TRANSMITTER: Device that would allow Navaro to tunnel into Section One's computers (PWF)
KASSACUS: Name of the family that had the wedding in which David Fanning shot the groom (Obsessed)
KAZAKHSTAN EMBASSY: Building in Tajikistan in which Kerensky is being held prisoner (GOOR)
KEY FILE: Computer file Madeline demands from George in return for betraying Operations; it will give her visibility and protection from reprisals (TET)
KICKLIGHTER: Author of an architecture book still used in Design 101 (Gray)
KISS THE PAST GOODBYE: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
KITCHEN: Euphemism for a chemical plant, Section One locates a kitchen outside of Gdansk (CAM)
KLODNO PETROCHEMICAL PLANT: Site of Section One attack in Eastern Europe (Rescue)
KL TRANSFORM: Device Simon used to do a location simulation (Noise)
KOSATZ: Site of a stadium where Tiburon is suspected of holding the Marine's hostage (Escape)
KRAKOW OPERATION: Section mission coordinated by Groves (WOB)
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LAN SAT COVERAGE: Satellite surveillance used to locate a missing team (Noise)
LAST NIGHT: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LAYERED MATRIX: Method of communicating between the Sections, central source, single-accessed with a predetermined grid (AGT)
LEGION, THE: Well-funded, extremely well-connected. Believed responsible for the World Games bombing and three airline crashes. Fun group. Jovan Mijovich had had two Legion members executed for trying to breach one of his offices
LEVEL (1): Level of operative. Section One operatives are assigned different rankings based on training and capabilities. Michael is a Level Five Operative, Nikita became a Level Two operative at the end of Season Three. Irina Kerensky was a Level Four Operative in Latvia. (GOOR)
LEVEL (2): Level of Section. Section One headquarters has several floors or levels.
LEVEL EIGHT: Area of Section One that examined Chernov’s files, area Walter and Nikita suspect that Section One has a genetics lab (IOD)
LEVEL FIVE: Place where Operations expected Birkoff to be when Birkoff was secretly meeting with Michael (GOOR)
LEVEL FOUR: Area of Section One to which Michael and Abby (as Nikita) retreat so they can talk privately (CAM) Also, area of Section One in which Sarah Gerard will live (BIS)
LEVEL NINE: Area in Section One for which Madeline has proposed a new project (ONJ)
LEVEL SEVENTEEN: Level of Section One that contains the Cryo-stasis lab (TANM)
LEVEL SIX: Area of Section One where Michael will be working "with everyone else" after Madeline takes away his office (TPR)
LEVEL THREE: Area of Section One that houses Reprogramming (HL)
LEVEL TWENTY: Level of Section One that Dori is covertly examining, she believes it is an exit (TANM)
LEVEL TWO: Area of Section One in which data anomalies are sent and analyzed (AGT)
LEVERAGE: Anything that gives an operative an advantage on the mission (Charity)
LIBERIA: Where Michael pulled a "stunt" that could have gotten everyone killed (HL)
LIFEGUARD: Nickname Hillinger claims because he's always saving everyone's asses (OTB)
LIGHT UNIT: Small security team. Ex. Davenport requests a light unit when he hears Nikita's moaning (TANM)
LINE IN THE SAND: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LINH SAI P.O.W.: Camp in Vietnam, Paul Wolfe was the senior officer there (Missing)
LINKAGE: Connection. Example: Operations wants Birkoff to find the linkage to Pogue (SID)
LITTLE FELLOW: Insult Alec Chandler calls Michael just before he dies (Charity)
LIVE SIM: Live simulation, a mission that simulates a real mission and takes place in the real world as opposed to inside of Section One (OTB)
LOCATION BETA: The second location to which a Section One operative goes during a security breach (IRP)
LOCATION SIM: Location simulation (Noise)
LOCKED: Engaged in a mission that cannot be changed (SID)
LOOKING FOR MICHAEL: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LOOPED IN: Status of being a part of communications during a mission, Birkoff was not looped in during the Shanghai mission (LFM)
LOVE: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LOVE AND COUNTRY: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LOVE HONOR AND CHERISH: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
LOW FREQUENCY BEAM: Signal Simon sent to notify Section One of the team's location (Noise)
LOWER AGENCIES: Intelligence agencies that can clean up what's left of Vacek’s organization (ONJ)
L-VIRUS: Fast-acting nerve gas agent with a limited shelf life. (Love)
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