Mechanisms
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An assessment object that includes specific protection-related items (e.g., hardware, software, or firmware) employed within or at the boundary of an information system.
Framework senses
- §1
- An assessment object that includes specific protection-related items (e.g., hardware, software, or firmware) employed within or at the boundary of an information system.
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- An assessment object that includes specific protection-related items (e.g., hardware, software, or firmware) employed within or at the boundary of an information system.
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- the technical aspects of doing something
- §2
- device consisting of a piece of machinery
- §3
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- §4
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- §5
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction