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BlindingnounGenerating network traffic that is likely to trigger many alerts in a short period of time, to conceal alerts triggered by a “real” attack performed simultaneously.Threat
Blindman's BluffnounMWEa children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other playersverified
Blindman's BuffnounMWEa children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other playersverified
Blindwormnounany of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophionaverified
Blink of an EyenounMWEa very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)verified
Blister PacknounMWEpackaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic coververified
Blister RustnounMWEany of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externallyverified
Blistering AgentnounMWEa toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungsverified
BlocknounSequence of binary bits that comprise the input, output, State, and Round Key. The length of a sequence is the number of bits it contains. Blocks are also interpreted as arrays of bytes.Data
Block ciphernounMWEA symmetric key cryptographic algorithm that transforms a block of information at a time using a cryptographic key. For a block cipher algorithm, the length of the input block is the same as the length of the output block.Capability
Block Cipher AlgorithmnounMWEA family of functions and their inverses that is parameterized by a cryptographic key; the function maps bit strings of a fixed length to bit strings of the same length.Capability
Block DiagramnounMWEa diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system)verified
Block GrantnounMWEa grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programsverified
Block VotenounMWEa vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate representsverified
Blockbusternounan unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales, especially a movie, play, recording, or novelverified
Blockernouna football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive playverified
Blollynounevergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berriesverified
Blonde LiliannounMWENorth American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsverified
Blood BerrynounMWEbushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berriesverified
Blood BrothernounMWEa male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brotherverified
Blood CellnounMWEeither of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including plateletsverified
Blood ClottingnounMWEa process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)verified
Blood CoagulationnounMWEa process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)verified
Blood CorpusclenounMWEeither of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including plateletsverified
Blood CountnounMWEthe act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sampleverified
Blood FlowernounMWEtropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wingsverified
Blood GroupnounMWEhuman blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigensverified
Blood PlasmanounMWEthe colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspendedverified
Blood PoisoningnounMWEinvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infectionverified
Blood PressurenounMWEthe pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vesselsverified
Blood ProfilenounMWEcounting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of bloodverified
Blood SerumnounMWEan amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulatesverified
Blood TypenounMWEhuman blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigensverified