Variant
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
One of two or more code symbols having the same plain text equivalent.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
something a little different from others of the same type
Wordset Dictionary
a variable quantity that is random
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an event that departs from expectations
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(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
Classifications
Entity Type
Data60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- chance variablerandom variablestochastic variablestrainvariancevariatevariation
- plural
- Variants
- possessive
- Variant's
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