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Service EntrancenounMWEan entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuseverified
Service FeenounMWEa percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for serviceverified
service levelnounMWEThis expression is compositional rather than a term of art. In the quoted context, "service level" is an ordinary architectural qualifier — one layer in a stack (alongside the application level, network level, etc.) — indicating the stratum at which a security control or mechanism is applied. The field's genuine defined term of art is the full compound "service level agreement (SLA)," which NIST, ISO, and other bodies define precisely as a formal commitment between a service provider and customers specifying performance, reliability, and security expectations.verified
Service level agreementnounMWEAn agreement, preferably documented, between a service provider and the customer(s)/user(s) that defines minimum performance targets for a service and how they will be measuredverified
Service Level Agreement (SLA)nounMWEFormal documents between an institution and its third-party service provider that outline an institution’s predetermined requirements for a service and establish incentives to meet, or penalties for failure to meet, the requirements. SLAs should specify and clarify performance expectations, establish accountability, and detail remedies or consequences if performance or service quality standards are not met.verified
service level performancenounMWEThe degree of service expected of a service provider and promised to a client as encapsulated in a contract.verified
Service ProgramnounMWE(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computerverified
service providernounMWEA supplier (such as a service organization) engaged to provide services to the entity. Service providers include outsourced service providers as well as suppliers that provide services not associated with business functions, such as janitorial, legal, and audit services.verified
Service RoadnounMWEa local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to propertyverified
Service StationnounMWEa station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobilesverified
Service TreenounMWEany of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruitverified
Sesamoid BonenounMWEany of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a jointverified
Sessile TrilliumnounMWEtrillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odorverified
Session CookienounMWEa cookie that is stored temporarily and is destroyed when you close the linkverified
Session KeynounMWEIn the context of symmetric encryption, a key that is temporary or is used for a relatively short period of time. Usually, a session key is used for a defined period of communication between two computers, such as for the duration of a single connection or transaction set, or the key is used in an application that protects relatively large amounts of data and, therefore, needs to be re-keyed frequently.verified
Set DecorationnounMWEa decoration used as part of the set of a theatrical or movie productionverified
Set GunnounMWEa gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it offverified
Set PhrasenounMWEan expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it upverified
Set TheorynounMWEthe branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of setsverified
settings for eventnounMWEA configuration parameter set — part of an audit policy — that specifies which categories or subcategories of system and security activity a platform will record in its logs, along with whether successes, failures, or both trigger a log entry. It is distinguished from the log itself or the review of logs: it is the upstream, declarative control that gates what evidence gets generated in the first place. Standards bodies and platform vendors treat it as the mechanism by which organizations "track precisely defined activities," selecting "only the behaviors that you want to monitor" — making it a foundational element of audit-and-accountability control families such as NIST 800-53 AU-2 (Audit Events) and CIS guidance to "configure detailed audit logging" including event source, date, username, timestamp, and addresses that would support forensic investigation.verified
settle downverbMWEbecome settled or established and stable in one's residence or life stylecandidate
Settlement date (ACH)nounMWEThe date on which an exchange of funds with respect to an entry is reflected on the books of the Federal Reserve Bank.verified
Severable ContractnounMWEa contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrumentverified
Severance PackagenounMWEcompensation provided on the termination of employment, usually when the employee has no choice about the terminationverified
Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromenounMWEa respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003verified
Severe Combined ImmunodeficiencynounMWEa congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genesverified
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasenounMWEa congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genesverified
Sewage SystemnounMWEfacility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewageverified
Sewage WorksnounMWEfacility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewageverified
Sewer SystemnounMWEfacility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewageverified
Sewing NeedlenounMWEslender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at restverified
Sewing StitchnounMWEa stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leatherverified
Sewing-Machine StitchnounMWEa sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one threadverified