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No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

MWENIST SP 800-171r3

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativecki_proposal_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
hidden files
possessive
hidden file's
pluralpossessive
hidden files'