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Acrylic AcidnounMWEan unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resinsverified
Act of GodnounMWEa natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of eventsverified
act onverbMWEto regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or adviceverified
Acting OutnounMWEa usually irritating impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adultverified
Actinic KeratosisnounMWEan overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sunverified
Actinide SeriesnounMWE(chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrenciumverified
action itemnounMWEA documented event, task or action that needs to take place. Action items are discreet units that can be handled by a single person.verified
Action OfficernounMWEthe case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)verified
Action PaintingnounMWEa New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractionsverified
action plannounMWESteps that must be taken, or activities that must be performed well, for a strategy to succeed. An action plan has three major elements: (1) Specific tasks: what will be done and by whom. (2) Time horizon: when will it be done. (3) Resource allocation: what specific funds are available for specific activities.verified
Action PotentialnounMWEthe local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmittedverified
Action ReplaynounMWEthe immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotapeverified
Action SpectrumnounMWEthe efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiationverified
actionable intelligencenounMWEInformation that can be acted upon to address, prevent or mitigate a cyber threat. The sum of an information system’s characteristics in the broad categories (software, hardware, network, processes and human) which allows an attacker to probe, enter, attack or maintain a presence in the system and potentially cause damage to an FMI. A smaller attack surface means that the FMI is less exploitable and an attack less likely.verified
Activating AgentnounMWE(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineralverified
Activation DatanounMWEPrivate data, other than keys, that are required to access cryptographic modules.verified
Activation EnergynounMWEthe energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occurverified
Active Air DefensenounMWEair defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasuresverified
active attacknounMWEAn attack on the authentication protocol where the Attacker transmits data to the Claimant, Credential Service Provider, Verifier, or Relying Party. Examples of active attacks include man-in-the-middle, impersonation, and session hijacking.verified
Active BirthnounMWEchildbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participantverified
Active CitizennounMWEa citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)verified
active contentnounMWESoftware in various forms that is able to automatically carry out or trigger actions on a computer platform without the intervention of a user.verified
active entitynounMWEThe subject role in an access control model — an entity (generally an individual, process, or device) that causes information to flow among objects or changes system state, as opposed to a passive entity that merely contains or receives information. It is distinguished from a passive object by being the initiating party that requests access to an object or the data within an object; it may be a user, program, or process acting to accomplish a task. The field uses the active/passive distinction to anchor access controls — the security features that govern how users and systems communicate and interact with other systems and resources. The contrast class is equally stable: an object (passive entity) contains information and may be a computer, database, file, program, directory, or field in a table.verified
Active ImmunitynounMWEa form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigensverified
Active LearningnounMWEActive learning (also called “query learning,” or sometimes “optimal experimental design” in the statistics literature) is a subfield of machine learning and, more generally, artificial intelligence. The key hypothesis is that, if the learning algorithm is allowed to choose the data from which it learns—to be “curious,” if you will—it will perform better with less training.verified
Active Learning AgentnounMWE[a machine learning algorithm that can] decide what actions to take [with regards to its training data, in contrast to a passive learning agent, which is limited to a fixed policy].verified
Active PlacebonounMWEa placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effectsverified
Active Security TestingnounMWESecurity testing that involves direct interaction with a target, such as sending packets to a target.verified
Active TransportnounMWEtransport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradientverified
Active VoicenounMWEthe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verbverified
Activity MonitorsnounMWEActivity monitors aim to prevent virus infection by monitoring for malicious activity on a system, and blocking that activity when possible.verified
activity reportingnounMWEThe action of providing an description of an account holder's activity.verified
Actual DamagesnounMWE(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensatedverified
Acute Anterior PoliomyelitisnounMWEan acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cordverified
Acute Brain DisordernounMWEany disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)verified
Acute GlossitisnounMWEglossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and painverified
Acute Hemorrhagic EncephalitisnounMWEencephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasationverified
Acute Inclusion Body EncephalitisnounMWEcommon form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1verified
Acute Kidney FailurenounMWErenal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tractverified
Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemianounMWEacute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and bloodverified
Acute Lymphocytic LeukemianounMWEacute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and bloodverified
Acute Myelocytic LeukemianounMWEacute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytesverified
Acute Myeloid LeukemianounMWEacute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytesverified
Acute Organic Brain SyndromenounMWEany disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)verified
Acute Renal FailurenounMWErenal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tractverified
Acute Schizophrenic EpisodenounMWEschizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)verified
Ad AgencynounMWEan agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clientsverified
Ad Hoc NetworknounMWEA wireless network that dynamically connects wireless client devices to each other without the use of an infrastructure device, such as an access point or a base station.verified