Protected Distribution System

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Wire line or fiber optic system that includes adequate safeguards and/or countermeasures (e.g., acoustic, electric, electromagnetic, and physical) to permit its use for the transmission of unencrypted information through an area of lesser classification or control.

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Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

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Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: PDS
plural: Protected Distribution Systems
possessive: Protected Distribution System's
pluralpossessive: Protected Distribution Systems'

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