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Soft-Coated Wheaten TerriernounMWEIrish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzleverified
Soft-Shell ClamnounMWEan edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europeverified
Soft-Shelled CrabnounMWEedible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shellverified
Soft-Shelled TurtlenounMWEvoracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skinverified
Softball GamenounMWEa game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softerverified
Software as a servicenounMWEOffers the capability to use the provider’s applications running on cloud infrastructure. The applications are accessible from various client devices through a thin client interface such as a web browser (e.g., web- based e-mail).verified
software assurancenounMWELevel of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner.verified
Software Assurance and Security EngineeringnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Develops and writes/codes new (or modifies existing) computer applications, software, or specialized utility programs following software assurance best practices.verified
software componentnounMWEA discrete, self-contained unit of executable code — such as a library, module, middleware, or framework — that provides a defined function or set of functions within a larger system. It is distinguished from the system as a whole by its bounded scope, its independently addressable identity (origin, version, license, known vulnerabilities), and its composability with other such units. In security, compliance, and supply-chain risk management, the field uses the expression to identify the tractable units that must be inventoried (e.g., in a Software Bill of Materials), assessed for provenance and vulnerability, and governed across the software development lifecycle.verified
Software DocumentationnounMWEprogram listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programsverified
Software ErrornounMWEerror resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous resultverified
Software PackagenounMWE(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memoryverified
software platformnounMWEA major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.verified
Software ProductnounMWEmerchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for saleverified
Software ProgramnounMWE(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memoryverified
software releasenounMWEThe public or private distribution of an initial or upgraded version of a computer software product.verified
software security controlnounMWEThe software and procedures used to assist in the protection of information systems and the files created, communicated and stored by individuals and organization.verified
Software SystemnounMWE(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memoryverified
Software System Test and Evaluation ProcessnounMWEProcess that plans, develops, and documents the qualitative/quantitative demonstration of the fulfillment of all baseline functional performance, operational, and interface requirements.verified
Software TestingnounMWEActivity in which a system or component is executed under specified conditions, the results are observed or recorded, and an evaluation is made of some aspect of the system or component.verified
Software-Based Fault IsolationnounMWEA method of isolating application modules into distinct fault domains enforced by software. The technique allows untrusted programs written in an unsafe language, such as C, to be executed safely within the single virtual address space of an application. Untrusted machine interpretable code modules are transformed so that all memory accesses are confined to code and data segments within their fault domain. Access to system resources can also be controlled through a unique identifier associated with each domain.verified
Soil ConditionernounMWEa chemical substance used to improve the structure of the soil and increase its porosityverified
Soja BeannounMWEerect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowersverified
Solar ApexnounMWEthe point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed starsverified
Solar ConstantnounMWEthe rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphereverified
Solar ParallaxnounMWEthe angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unitverified
Solar ProminencenounMWElarge eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphereverified
Solar SystemnounMWEthe sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational fieldverified
Solar TrapnounMWEa terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold windsverified
Solar YearnounMWEthe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxesverified
Soleus MusclenounMWEa broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscleverified
Solid AnglenounMWEan angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex)verified
Solid FoodnounMWEany solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishmentverified
Solid StatenounMWEthe state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stressverified
Solid-State PhysicsnounMWEthe branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metalsverified
Solitary VireonounMWEof eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green bodyverified
Solitary WavenounMWE(physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbanceverified
Soliton WavenounMWE(physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbanceverified