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Confession of JudgementnounMWEa judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedingsverified
Confession of JudgmentnounMWEa judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedingsverified
Confidence GamenounMWEa swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertyverified
Confidence TricknounMWEa swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertyverified
Confidential Adviser-Advisee RelationnounMWEthe responsibility of a confidential adviser to act in the best interest of the adviseeverified
confidentiality, integrity, and availabilitynounMWEA triad of security practices that: (1) prohibit an unauthorized entity from accessing, creating, modifying, disclosing or destroying information; and (2) require information systems are operational when needed by authorized users.verified
configuration change control processnounMWEAn action that is taken or performed to systematically manage all changes made to an asset's arrangement, system configuration, or security configuration in order to prevent unnecessary disruptions, vulnerabilities, and mitigate threats. Its purpose is to ensure that all changes to a complex system are performed with the knowledge and consent of management.verified
configuration change managementnounMWEA process for managing configuration changes and variances in configurations.verified
Configuration ControlnounMWEProcess of controlling modifications to hardware, firmware, software, and documentation to protect the information system against improper modification prior to, during, and after system implementation.verified
Configuration Control BoardnounMWEA group of qualified people with responsibility for the process of regulating and approving changes to hardware, firmware, software, and documentation throughout the development and operational life cycle of an information system.verified
Configuration managementnounMWEA collection of activities focused on establishing and maintaining the integrity of information technology products and systems through the control of processes for initializing, changing, and monitoring the configurations of those products and systems throughout the system development life cycle.verified
configuration parameternounMWEA named, adjustable variable — such as a setting, flag, threshold, or rule — in the hardware, software, or firmware of a system component whose value determines some aspect of that component's behavior or security posture. Configuration settings (of which configuration parameters are the constituent elements) are "the parameters that can be changed in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security and privacy posture or functionality of the system" (NIST SP 800-53r5, CM-6). Examples span registry settings, file and directory permission settings, settings for functions, protocols, ports, and remote connections, as well as privacy-affecting settings such as access controls, data processing preferences, and processing and retention permissions. In practice, compliance and audit frameworks treat configuration parameters as the lowest-level, individually assessable units of a system's configuration baseline: NIST SP 800-204A, for instance, organizes its deployment recommendations around configuration parameters for service-mesh components as the concrete mechanism by which security requirements for microservices applications are met.verified
configuration settingsnounMWEThe set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware that affect the security posture or functionality of the system.verified
configure a systemnounMWEThe setting of various switches and jumpers for hardware and the defining of values of parameters for software. Each parameter specifies a preferred or required setting or policy for a computer system, or a configuration control such as a particular registry key, file, or GPO setting. Every parameter includes descriptive elements in a human-understandable manner.verified
Confirmation HearingnounMWEa hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the presidentverified
Conflict of InterestnounMWEa situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interestsverified
Conformal ProjectionnounMWEa map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shapeverified
Conformational EntropynounMWEentropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance aloneverified
Confusion MatrixnounMWEA matrix showing the predicted and actual classifications. A confusion matrix is of size LxL, where L is the number of different label valuesverified
Congenital AfibrinogenemianounMWEa rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasmaverified
Congenital MegacolonnounMWEcongenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nervesverified
Congenital PancytopenianounMWEa rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrowverified
Conger EelnounMWElarge dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal watersverified
Congestive Heart FailurenounMWEinability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissuesverified
Congo RednounMWEa red-brown azo dye especially as a chemical pH indicator (congo red is red in basic and blue in acidic solutions)verified
Conic MorelnounMWEa morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around itverified
Conic ProjectionnounMWEa map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's polesverified
Conic SectionnounMWEin geometry, a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular coneverified
Conical ProjectionnounMWEa map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's polesverified
Conjoined TwinnounMWEone of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some pointverified
Conjugal FamilynounMWEa family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partnerverified
Conjugal RightnounMWEthe right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relationsverified
Conjugal VisitationnounMWEthe legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourseverified
Conjugal Visitation RightnounMWEthe legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourseverified
Conjugate SolutionnounMWEa mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in Averified
Conjunctival Layer of BulbnounMWEthe part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the corneaverified
Conjunctival Layer of EyelidsnounMWEthe part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelidsverified
connected systemnounMWEAny information system, application, or infrastructure component that lies **outside** a given system's authorization boundary yet maintains a data-flow, network, or processing link to it. It is distinguished from components *within* the boundary by the fact that it is independently owned, operated, or authorized — and therefore not directly governed by the controls of the system it connects to — while still being relevant to that system's risk posture, data flows, and scope determinations. In practice, security frameworks use the expression to delineate where one system's security responsibility ends and another's begins: an authorization boundary covers all components of an information system to be authorized for operation by an authorizing official, and excludes separately authorized systems to which the information system is connected. For each interconnection between systems owned or operated by different organizations, frameworks require documentation of the authorization for the connection and the sharing of information. An authorization boundary provides a diagrammatic illustration of a provider's internal services, components, and other devices along with connections to exverified
Connecting FlightnounMWEa flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines)verified
Connecting RodnounMWEa rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft)verified
Connecting RoomnounMWEa hotel room that shares a wall with an adjoining room and is connected by a private doorverified
Connective TissuenounMWEtissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cellsverified
Connectivity TestingnounMWEA testing activity designed to validate the continuity of network communications.verified
Conscientious ObjectornounMWEone who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscienceverified
Consciousness-Altering DrugnounMWEa drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptionsverified
Consent DecreenounMWEFreely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishesverified
Conservation of ChargenounMWEthe principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the systemverified
Conservation of ElectricitynounMWEthe principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the systemverified
Conservation of EnergynounMWEthe fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changesverified
Conservation of MassnounMWEa fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated systemverified
Conservation of MatternounMWEa fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated systemverified
Conservation of MomentumnounMWEthe principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the systemverified
Conservator-Ward RelationnounMWEthe responsibility of a conservator to act in the best interests of the wardverified
Consonant RhymenounMWEthe repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of wordsverified
Conspicuous ConsumptionnounMWEbuying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealthverified
Constant of GravitationnounMWE(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitationverified
Constant of ProportionalitynounMWEthe constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and yverified