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Common WheatnounMWEwidely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grainverified
Common Wood SorrelnounMWEEurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowersverified
Common WormwoodnounMWEaromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absintheverified
Common-Law MarriagenounMWEa marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremonyverified
Communicating ArterynounMWEany of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willisverified
communication channelnounMWEA medium over which data is transferred between remote devices.candidate
Communication EquipmentnounMWEfacility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating informationverified
communication systemnounMWEA collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole.verified
Communication TheorynounMWEthe discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)verified
Communication TrenchnounMWEa trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive positionverified
Communications CovernounMWEConcealing or altering of characteristic communications patterns to hide information that could be of value to an adversary.verified
Communications DeceptionnounMWEDeliberate transmission, retransmission, or alteration of communications to mislead an adversary's interpretation of the communications.verified
Communications IntelligencenounMWEtechnical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipientsverified
Communications ProfilenounMWEAnalytic model of communications associated with an organization or activity. The model is prepared from a systematic examination of communications content and patterns, the functions they reflect, and the communications security measures applied.verified
Communications ProtocolnounMWE(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of dataverified
Communications SecuritynounMWEA component of Information Assurance that deals with measures and controls taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications and to ensure the authenticity of such telecommunications. COMSEC includes crypto security, transmission security, emissions security, and physical security of COMSEC material.verified
Communications TechnologynounMWEthe activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systemsverified
Community CenternounMWEa center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activitiesverified
Community CollegenounMWEa nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the communityverified
Community of InterestnounMWEA collaborative group of users who exchange information in pursuit of their shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes, and who therefore must have a shared vocabulary for the information they exchange. The group exchanges information within and between systems to include security domains.candidate
Community RisknounMWEProbability that a particular vulnerability will be exploited within an interacting population and adversely impact some members of that population.verified
Community ServicenounMWEan unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentenceverified
Commutation TicketnounMWEa ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainmentsverified
Commuter TrainnounMWEa passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to anotherverified
Compact DiscnounMWEa digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph recordverified
Compact Disc RecordablenounMWEa compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memoryverified
Compact Disc Write-OncenounMWEa compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memoryverified
Compact DisknounMWEa digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph recordverified
Company MannounMWEan employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workersverified
Comparable withadjectiveMWEsimilar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similaritiescandidate
Comparative LiteraturenounMWEstudy of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)verified
Comparative NegligencenounMWE(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiffverified
Comparative PsychologynounMWEthe branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animalsverified
Compartment PressurenounMWEthe air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment especially in an aircraftverified
Compartmented ModenounMWEMode of operation wherein each user with direct or indirect access to a system, its peripherals, remote terminals, or remote hosts has all of the following: (1) valid security clearance for the most restricted information processed in the system; (2) formal access approval and signed nondisclosure agreements for that information which a user is to have access; and (3) valid need-to-know for information which a user is to have access.verified
Compass CardnounMWEcompass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northverified
Compass FlowernounMWEany of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compassverified
Compass PlantnounMWEany of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compassverified
Compassionate LeavenounMWE(military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or deathverified
Compatible SoftwarenounMWEapplication software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized togetherverified
Compensating BalancenounMWEa minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loanverified
compensating controlnounMWEA management, operational, and/or technical control (e.g., safeguard or countermeasure) employed by an organization in lieu of a recommended security control in the low, moderate, or high baselines that provides equivalent or comparable protection for an information system.verified
Compensating Security ControlnounMWEA management, operational, and/or technical control (i.e., safeguard or countermeasure) employed by an organization in lieu of a recommended security control in the low, moderate, or high baselines that provides equivalent or comparable protection for an information system. NIST SP 800-53: A management, operational, and technical control (i.e., safeguard or countermeasure) employed by an organization in lieu of the recommended control in the baselines described in NIST Special Publication 800-53 or in CNSS Instruction 1253, that provide equivalent or comparable protection for an information system.verified
Compensatory DamagesnounMWEcompensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensatedverified
Compensatory TimenounMWEtime off that is granted to a worker as compensation for working overtimeverified
Competence HearingnounMWEa hearing to determine legal capacity i.e. to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defenseverified
Competitive IntelligencenounMWECompetitive Intelligence is espionage using legal, or at least not obviously illegal, means.verified
Compiling ProgramnounMWE(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language programverified
Complement FixationnounMWEan immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)verified
Complement Fixation TestnounMWEa blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are presentverified
Complementary ColornounMWEeither one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)verified
Complementary DnanounMWEsingle-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptaseverified
Complementary MedicinenounMWEthe practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicineverified
Complete Blood CountnounMWEcounting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of bloodverified
completion datenounMWEA date when something will be finished, especially the date when a new building, road, etc. will be finished according to a contract the date when the ownership of a property legally passes from one person to another.verified
Complex AbsencenounMWEan absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes)verified
Complex ConjugatenounMWEeither of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in signverified
Complex Instruction Set ComputernounMWE(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chipverified
Complex Instruction Set ComputingnounMWE(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chipverified
Complex NumbernounMWE(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1verified
Complex QuantitynounMWE(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1verified