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Quarantine

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

Store files containing malware in isolation for future disinfection or examination.

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

Senses

Wordset Dictionary

isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease, sometimes forced by law

Classifications

Entity Type

Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Quarantines
possessive
Quarantine's
pluralpossessive
Quarantines'