BLACK
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Designation applied to encrypted information and the information systems, the associated areas, circuits, components, and equipment processing that information. See also RED.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
Wordset Dictionary
(board games) the darker pieces
Wordset Dictionary
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Wordset Dictionary
total absence of light
Classifications
Entity Type
Capability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- blacknessinkinesslightlessnesspitch blackness
- alternatephrasing
- Black
- plural
- BLACKS
- possessive
- BLACK'S
- pluralpossessive
- BLACKS'