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U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)nounMWEUS-CERT is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. US-CERT is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.verified
U.S. PersonnounMWEFederal law and Executive Order define a U.S. Person as: a citizen of the United States; an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; an unincorporated association with a substantial number of members who are citizens of the U.S. or are aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and/or a corporation that is incorporated in the U.S.verified
U.S.-Controlled FacilitynounMWEBase or building to which access is physically controlled by U.S. individuals who are authorized U.S. government or U.S. government contractor employees.verified
U.S.-Controlled SpacenounMWERoom or floor within a facility that is not a U.S.-controlled facility, access to which is physically controlled by U.S. individuals who are authorized U.S. government or U.S. government contractor employees. Keys or combinations to locks controlling entrance to U.S.-controlled spaces must be under the exclusive control of U.S. individuals who are U.S. government or U.S. government contractor employees.verified
Ugli FruitnounMWElarge sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skinverified
Ugly DucklingnounMWEan ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy personverified
Ulcerative ColitisnounMWEa serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrheaverified
Ulnar ArterynounMWElarge artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and handverified
Ulnar NervenounMWEa nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbowverified
Ultima ThulenounMWEthe geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited worldverified
Ultimate FrisbeenounMWEa game between two teams whose players try to toss a Frisbee to one another until they cross the opponents goalverified
Ultra forward servicenounMWEThis service allows control over the re-routing of incoming phone calls to pre-determined alternate locations in the event of a telecommunications outage.verified
Ultra ViresadjectiveMWEbeyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etccandidate
Umbilical HernianounMWEprotrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navelverified
Umbilical VesiclenounMWEmembranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functionalverified
Umbrella ArumnounMWEfoul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadixverified
Umbrella BirdnounMWEblack tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattleverified
Umbrella MagnolianounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branchesverified
Umbrella PinenounMWEmedium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crownverified
Umbrella PlantnounMWErhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stemsverified
Umbrella SedgenounMWEAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leavesverified
Umbrella TreenounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branchesverified
Unabridged DictionarynounMWEa dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitionsverified
unapproved Information Technology resourcenounMWEAn unsanctioned Information Technology resource.verified
unauthorized accessnounMWEAccess to information or system components that ( a ) has not been approved by a person designated to do so by management and ( b ) compromises segregation of duties, confidentiality commitments, or otherwise increases risks to the information or system components beyond the levels approved by management (that is, access is inappropriate).verified
unauthorized access is detectednounMWEThis Triggering Event takes place when a person, legitimate or unauthorized, accesses a resource that the person is not permitted to use or enters a facility or area the person is not permitted to enterverified
unauthorized attemptnounMWEA try at gaining access to a system without authorization or approval.verified
unauthorized changenounMWEA purposeful and perhaps unlawful modification of financial data to hide wrong-doing, loss or other disclosure.verified
Unauthorized DisclosurenounMWEAn event involving the exposure of information to entities not authorized access to the information.verified
unauthorized mobile codenounMWEA program (e.g., script, macro, or other portable instruction) that can be shipped unchanged to a heterogeneous collection of platforms and executed with identical semantics -- that has not been permitted by the controlling authority.verified
unauthorized personnelnounMWEEmployees who do not have the right or permission to access data (or a facility containing data).verified
unauthorized physical accessnounMWEAccess to a building, room, site, etc that is not permitted.verified
unauthorized softwarenounMWEAn application or device driver who use is not been permitted by the controlling authority.verified
unauthorized usenounMWEUse of an asset for a person's own purpose without the consent of the owner.verified
Unavoidable CasualtynounMWEa natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of eventsverified
Uncertainty PrinciplenounMWE(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same timeverified
Uncle TomnounMWE(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whitesverified
Unconscious MindnounMWEthat part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unawareverified
Undercover AgentnounMWE(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitorsverified
Undercover OperationnounMWEan operation involving secret work within a community or institutionverified
Underground PressnounMWEa system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literatureverified
Undescended TesticlenounMWEa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus developsverified
Undescended TestisnounMWEa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus developsverified
Undivided InterestnounMWEthe interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire propertyverified
Undivided RightnounMWEthe interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire propertyverified
Undulant FevernounMWEinfectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk productsverified
Unearned IncomenounMWE(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)verified
Unearned IncrementnounMWEan unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factorsverified
Unearned RevenuenounMWE(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)verified
Unemployment RatenounMWEthe percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given dateverified
unescorted accessnounMWENot having to be escorted to gain access to a facility, area, or system.verified