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Admonitionnouncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)verified
Adnexanounaccessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)verified
Adrenal Cortical SteroidnounMWEa steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesizedverified
Adrenalinnouna catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin)verified
Adrenalinenouna catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress, also known as epinephrineverified
Adrenaline JunkienounMWEsomeone who seems to be addicted to thrilling, often dangerous activities, like sky diving verified
Adrenocorticotrophic HormonenounMWEa hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortexverified
Adrenocorticotrophinnouna hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortexverified
Adrenocorticotropic HormonenounMWEa hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortexverified
Adrenocorticotropinnouna hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortexverified
Adsorptionnounthe accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solidverified
Adsuki BeannounMWEbushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seedsverified
Adult EducationnounMWEa course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal studyverified
Adult Respiratory Distress SyndromenounMWEacute lung injury characterized by coughing and ralesverified
Adult ToothnounMWEany of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and can last until old ageverified
Adult-Onset Diabetes MellitusnounMWEmild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adultsverified
Adulterynounextramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relationsverified
Adulthoodnounthe period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developedverified
Advance Death BenefitnounMWEa percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)verified
Advanced Encryption StandardnounMWEThe Advanced Encryption Standard specifies a U.S. government-approved cryptographic algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm is a symmetric block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information. This standard specifies the Rijndael algorithm, a symmetric block cipher that can process data blocks of 128 bits, using cipher keys with lengths of 128, 192, and 256 bits.ControlRegulated
Advanced Key ProcessornounMWEA cryptographic device that performs all cryptographic functions for a management client node and contains the interfaces to 1) exchange information with a client platform, 2) interact with fill devices, and 3) connect a client platform securely to the primary services node (PRSN).PhysicalRegulatedCUI
Advanced persistent threatnounMWEAn adversary that possesses sophisticated levels of expertise and significant resources which allow it to create opportunities to achieve its objectives using multiple attack vectors (NIST SP800-61) Scope Note: The APT: 1. pursues its objectives repeatedly over an extended period of time 2. adapts to defenders’ efforts to resist it 3. is determined to maintain the level of interaction needed to execute its objectivesThreat
Adventurernounsomeone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)verified
Adversarial ExamplenounMWEMachine learning input sample formed by applying a small but intentionally worst-case perturbation ... to a clean example, such that the perturbed input causes a learned model to output an incorrect answer.Threat
AdversarynounIndividual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities.Threat
Adversative ConjunctionnounMWEthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meaningsverified
Adverse Action NoticenounMWEA notification of i) a refusal to grant credit in substantially the amount or on substantially the terms requested in an application unless the creditor makes a counteroffer (to grant credit in a different amount or on other terms) and the applicant uses or expressly accepts the credit offered; ii) A termination of an account or an unfavorable change in the terms of an account that does not affect all or substantially all of a class of the creditor's accounts or iii) A refusal to increase the amount of credit available to an applicant who has made an application for an increase.ArtifactRegulatedPII
Adverse Impact RationounMWEprivileged and unprivileged groups receiving different outcomes irrespective of the decision maker’s intent and irrespective of the decision-making procedure. Quantified as the ratio: disparate impact ratio = 𝑃( 𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav ∣∣ 𝑍 = unpr )/𝑃( 𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav ∣∣ 𝑍 = priv ) where 𝑃(𝑦̂ (𝑋) = fav) is the favorable label, (𝑍 = priv) is the privileged group, and (𝑍 = unpr) is the unprivileged group.MetricRegulated
Adverse OpinionnounMWEan opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United Statesverified
Adverse WitnessnounMWEa witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing partyverified
Advertising AgencynounMWEan agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clientsverified