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
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- loadshipment
- plural
- Payloads
- possessive
- Payload's
- pluralpossessive
- Payloads'