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Comfort WomannounMWEa woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War IIverified
Comfort ZonenounMWEthe temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweatingverified
Comic OperanounMWEan opera, generally with a happy ending; some of the text may be spoken rather than sungverified
Coming Into CourtnounMWEformal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an actionverified
Comity of NationsnounMWEcourteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of anotherverified
Comma ButterflynounMWEanglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wingverified
Command AuthoritynounMWEIndividual responsible for the appointment of user representatives for a department, agency, or organization and their key ordering privileges.verified
Command GuidancenounMWEa method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missileverified
Command KeynounMWE(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control charactersverified
Command LanguagenounMWEa source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executedverified
Command Line InterfacenounMWEa user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an iconverified
Command ModulenounMWEa space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earthverified
Command OverheadnounMWEthe processing time required by a computer prior to the execution of a commandverified
Command PostnounMWEmilitary headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forcesverified
Command Processing OverheadnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Command Processing Overhead TimenounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Command PromptnounMWE(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a commandverified
Command Sergeant MajornounMWEa noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Armyverified
Commedia Dell'artenounMWEItalian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock charactersverified
Commercial AgencynounMWEan organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firmsverified
Commercial BanknounMWEa financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the publicverified
Commercial BriberynounMWEbribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transactionverified
Commercial COMSEC Evaluation ProgramnounMWERelationship between NSA and industry in which NSA provides the COMSEC expertise (i.e., standards, algorithms, evaluations, and guidance) and industry provides design, development, and production capabilities to produce a type 1 or type 2 product. Products developed under the CCEP may include modules, subsystems, equipment, systems, and ancillary devices.verified
Commercial CreditnounMWEcredit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposesverified
Commercial Credit CompanynounMWEa finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalersverified
Commercial EnterprisenounMWEthe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspectsverified
Commercial Finance CompanynounMWEa finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalersverified
Commercial Letter of CreditnounMWEa letter of credit given to a business concern for commercial purposesverified
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)nounMWECOTS products include software and hardware products that are ready-made and available for sale to the general public. COTS products are typically installed in existing systems and do not require customization. Also known as "shrink-wrap" applications.verified
Commercial PapernounMWEan unsecured and unregistered short-term obligation issued by an institutional borrower to investors who have temporarily idle cashverified
Commercially ReasonablenounMWEPractices and procedures in widespread use in the business community generally considered to represent prudent and reasonable business methods.verified
Commission PlannounMWEa municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commissionverified
Commissioned Military OfficernounMWEa commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corpsverified
Commodities ExchangenounMWEan exchange for buying and selling commodities for future deliveryverified
Commodity ServicenounMWEAn information system service (e.g., telecommunications service) provided by a commercial service provider typically to a large and diverse set of consumers. The organization acquiring and/or receiving the commodity service possesses limited visibility into the management structure and operations of the provider, and while the organization may be able to negotiate service-level agreements, the organization is typically not in a position to require that the provider implement specific security controls.verified
Common Access CardnounMWEStandard identification/smart card issued by the Department of Defense that has an embedded integrated chip storing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates.verified
Common AgeratumnounMWEsmall tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender bloomsverified
Common AllamandanounMWEvigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowersverified
Common AmsinckianounMWEannual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowersverified
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and ClassificationnounMWEA catalogue of attack patterns as an abstraction mechanism for helping describe how an attack against vulnerable systems or networks is executed published by the MITRE Corporationverified
Common AxnounMWEan ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt sideverified
Common AxenounMWEan ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt sideverified
Common BamboonounMWEextremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellowverified
Common BarleynounMWEgrass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beveragesverified
Common BasilnounMWEannual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leavesverified
Common BeannounMWEthe common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or podsverified
Common Bean PlantnounMWEthe common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or podsverified
Common BearberrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverified
Common BirchnounMWEEuropean birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branchesverified
Common Bog RosemarynounMWEerect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverified