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Payload

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The input data to the CCM generation-encryption process that is both authenticated and encrypted.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

Payload is the actual application data a packet contains.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

The section of fundamental data in a transmission. In malicious software this refers to the section containing the harmful data/code.

Wordset Dictionary

goods carried by a large vehicle

Wordset Dictionary

the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

Classifications

Entity Type

Data0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
loadshipment
plural
Payloads
possessive
Payload's
pluralpossessive
Payloads'