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Adult-Onset Diabetes MellitusnounMWEmild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adultsverified
Advance Death BenefitnounMWEa percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)verified
Advanced Encryption StandardnounMWEThe Advanced Encryption Standard specifies a U.S. government-approved cryptographic algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm is a symmetric block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information. This standard specifies the Rijndael algorithm, a symmetric block cipher that can process data blocks of 128 bits, using cipher keys with lengths of 128, 192, and 256 bits.verified
Advanced Key ProcessornounMWEA cryptographic device that performs all cryptographic functions for a management client node and contains the interfaces to 1) exchange information with a client platform, 2) interact with fill devices, and 3) connect a client platform securely to the primary services node (PRSN).verified
Advanced persistent threatnounMWEAn adversary or collection of adversaries collaborating, opportunistically overlapping, or inadvertently converging that uses multiple attack vectors to achieve their objectives, including cyber, physical, and deception. Such adversaries use tactics, techniques, and procedures that display sophisticated levels of expertise and significant resources to achieve their objectives. These objectives typically include establishing and extending footholds within the IT infrastructure of the targeted organizations for purposes of exfiltrating information; undermining or impeding critical aspects of a mission, program, or organization; or positioning itself to carry out these objectives in the future. The advanced persistent threat pursues its objectives repeatedly over an extended period, adapts to defenders' efforts to resist it, and is determined to maintain the level of interaction needed to execute its objectives.verified
advanced searchverbMWEuse refined or complex search techniques to locate specific informationverified
Adversarial ExamplenounMWEMachine learning input sample formed by applying a small but intentionally worst-case perturbation ... to a clean example, such that the perturbed input causes a learned model to output an incorrect answer.verified
Adversative ConjunctionnounMWEthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meaningsverified
Adverse Action NoticenounMWEA notification of i) a refusal to grant credit in substantially the amount or on substantially the terms requested in an application unless the creditor makes a counteroffer (to grant credit in a different amount or on other terms) and the applicant uses or expressly accepts the credit offered; ii) A termination of an account or an unfavorable change in the terms of an account that does not affect all or substantially all of a class of the creditor's accounts or iii) A refusal to increase the amount of credit available to an applicant who has made an application for an increase.verified
Adverse Impact RationounMWEprivileged and unprivileged groups receiving different outcomes irrespective of the decision maker’s intent and irrespective of the decision-making procedure. Quantified as the ratio: disparate impact ratio = 𝑃( 𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav ∣∣ 𝑍 = unpr )/𝑃( 𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav ∣∣ 𝑍 = priv ) where 𝑃(𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav) is the favorable label, (𝑍 = priv) is the privileged group, and (𝑍 = unpr) is the unprivileged group.verified
Adverse OpinionnounMWEan opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United Statesverified
Adverse WitnessnounMWEa witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing partyverified
Advertising AgencynounMWEan agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clientsverified
Advice and ConsentnounMWEa legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-makingverified
Advisory ServicenounMWEa consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision makingverified
Adzuki BeannounMWEbushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seedsverified
Aerial TramwaynounMWEa conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towersverified
Aerodynamic ForcenounMWEforces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)verified
Aerodynamic LiftnounMWEthe component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravityverified
Aeronautical EngineernounMWEan engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraftverified
Aeronautical EngineeringnounMWEthe branch of engineering science concerned with the design and construction of aircraftverified
Aerosol BombnounMWEa dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)verified
Aerosol CannounMWEa dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)verified
Aerosol ContainernounMWEa dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)verified
Aerospace MedicinenounMWEthe study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight)verified
Affaire D'honneurnounMWEa prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honorverified
affected partynounMWEThis role is focused on contracting parties who are affected by organizational activities. Any individual who is in a contract and is affected by organizational activities should be assigned to this role.verified
Affected RolenounMWEthe semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseverified
Affective DisordernounMWEany mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominantverified
Afferent NervenounMWEa nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous systemverified
Affine TransformationnounMWE(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axisverified
Affirmative ActionnounMWEa policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunitiesverified
Affirmative PleadingnounMWEany defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiffverified
Affricate ConsonantnounMWEa composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')verified
African American Vernacular EnglishnounMWEa nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United Statesverified
After One's Own HeartadjectiveMWEsomeone sharing the same behaviours, thoughts, feelings, and opinions candidate
Agape LovenounMWEselfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)verified
Agate LinenounMWEspace for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertisingverified
Agave FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae)verified
Age LimitnounMWEregulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some positionverified
Age of ConsentnounMWEthe minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relationsverified
Agency Certification AuthoritynounMWEA CA that acts on behalf of an agency and is under the operational control of an agency.verified
Agency SecuritynounMWEa security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit Systemverified
Agent BanknounMWEA member of a bankcard company that agrees to participate in an acquirer's merchant processing program. The agent may be liable for losses incurred on its merchant accounts. An agent is usually a small financial institution that wants to offer merchant processing services as a customer service. Agent banks that only refer merchants to an acquiring financial institution's program are known as referral banks.verified
Agentive RolenounMWEthe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseverified
Agglutinating ActivitynounMWEthe coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solutionverified
Aggravated AssaultnounMWEa reckless attack with intent to injure seriously, as with a deadly weaponverified
Aggregate FruitnounMWEfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberryverified
Aggregate Short PositionnounMWEThe sum of a Settlement Member's short positions, each such short position expressed in its base currency equivalent and adjusted by the applicable haircut.verified
Aggregate Short Position LimitnounMWEIn respect of a Settlement Member, the maximum aggregate short position that such Settlement Member is permitted to incur at any time.verified
Agitated DepressionnounMWEa state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessnessverified
Agonic LinenounMWEan imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zeroverified
Agony AuntnounMWEa newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write inverified
agreement that specifies how the information flow is enforcednounMWEA formal, documented commitment between two or more organizations — typically an interconnection security agreement (ISA), memorandum of understanding/agreement (MOU/MOA), or data-sharing contract — whose specific purpose is to articulate the technical and policy rules that govern *how* data is permitted to move across an organizational or security-domain boundary and how those rules are actively implemented and verified. Information flow control regulates where information can travel within a system and between systems — in contrast to who is allowed to access the information — and without regard to subsequent accesses to that information. Such an agreement is invoked precisely when two parties operate under different security or privacy policies, because transferring information between systems in different security or privacy domains with different security or privacy policies introduces the risk that such transfers violate one or more domain security or privacy policies. In practice, enforcement includes prohibiting information transfers between connected systems, verifying write permissions before accepting information from another security or privacy domain, employing hardwarverified
Agricultural AgentnounMWEan advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economicsverified