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Public HousingnounMWEa housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income familiesverified
public keynounMWEA cryptographic key, used with a public key cryptographic algorithm, that is uniquely associated with an entity and may be made public. In an asymmetric (public) cryptosystem, the public key is associated with a private key. The public key may be known by anyone and, depending on the algorithm, may be used, for example, to: 1) Verify a digital signature that is signed by the corresponding private key, 2) Encrypt keys that can be decrypted by the corresponding private key, or 3) Compute a shared secret during a key-agreement transaction.verified
Public Key Asymmetric Cryptographic AlgorithmnounMWEA cryptographic algorithm that uses two related keys, a public key and a private key. The two keys have the property that deriving the private key from the public key is computationally infeasible.verified
Public Key CertificatenounMWEA digital document issued and digitally signed by the private key of a Certificate authority that binds the name of a Subscriber to a public key. The certificate indicates that the Subscriber identified in the certificate has sole control and access to the private key.verified
public key cryptographynounMWEEncryption system that uses a public-private key pair for encryption and/or digital signature.verified
Public Key EnablingnounMWEThe incorporation of the use of certificates for security services such as authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, and non-repudiation.verified
Public key encryptionnounMWEA cryptographic system that uses two keys: one is a public key, which is known to everyone, and the second is a private or secret key, which is only known to the recipient of the message See also Asymmetric Key.verified
Public key infrastructurenounMWEThe framework and services that provide for the generation, production, distribution, control, accounting, and destruction of public key certificates. Components include the personnel, policies, processes, server platforms, software, and workstations used for the purpose of administering certificates and public-private key pairs, including the ability to issue, maintain, recover, and revoke public key certificates.verified
Public MovernounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverified
public networknounMWEA network established and operated by a third party telecommunications provider for specific purpose of providing data transmission services for the public. Data over public networks can be intercepted, modified, and/or diverted while in transit. Examples of public networks include, but are not limited to, the Internet, wireless, and mobile technologies.verified
Public NuisancenounMWEa nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general publicverified
Public Opinion PollnounMWEan inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of peopleverified
Public PressnounMWEthe print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazinesverified
Public ProsecutornounMWEa government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the stateverified
Public RelationsnounMWEThe professional maintenance of a favorable public image by a company or other organization or a famous person.verified
Public Relations MannounMWEsomeone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)verified
Public Relations PersonnounMWEa person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the publicverified
Public SchoolnounMWEa tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school boardverified
Public SeednounMWEA starting value for a pseudorandom number generator. The value produced by the random number generator may be made public. The public seed is often called a “salt.”verified
Public ServantnounMWEsomeone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)verified
Public ServicenounMWEa service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutionsverified
Public switched telephone networknounMWEA communications system that sets up a dedicated channel (or circuit) between two points for the duration of the transmission.verified
Public TrustnounMWEa trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposesverified
Public WorksnounMWEstructures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public useverified
Public-Key Forward SecrecynounMWEFor a key agreement protocol based on asymmetric cryptography, the property that ensures that a session key derived from a set of long-term public and private keys will not be compromised if one of the private keys is compromised in the future.verified
Public-Relations CampaignnounMWEan advertising campaign intended to improve public relationsverified
Pubococcygeus ExercisesnounMWEexercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urineverified
Pudding BerrynounMWEcreeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shootsverified
Pudding Pipe TreenounMWEdeciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinallyverified
Pudendal BlocknounMWEregional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majoraverified
Puerperal FevernounMWEserious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)verified
Pulasan TreenounMWEEast Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutanverified
Pull ChainnounMWEa chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet)verified
pull inverbMWEdirect toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributesverified
pull the wool over someone's eyesverbMWEconceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an endverified