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Border Gateway ProtocolnounMWEAn inter-autonomous system routing protocol. BGP is used to exchange routing information for the Internet and is the protocol used between Internet service providers (ISP).Network
Borderlandnoundistrict consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an areaverified
Borderline IntelligencenounMWEthe minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)verified
Borderline SchizophrenianounMWEschizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophreniaverified
Boric AcidnounMWEa white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanolverified
Born-Again ChristiannounMWEa Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesusverified
Bornitenouna mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper depositsverified
Boron ChambernounMWEan ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutronsverified
Borough EnglishnounMWEa former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothersverified
Borscht BeltnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borscht CircuitnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borsht BeltnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borsht CircuitnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borstalnounformerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prisonverified
Bosienouna cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite wayverified
Bosie BallnounMWEa cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite wayverified
Bosonnounany particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principleverified
botnounA computer connected to the Internet that has been surreptitiously / secretly compromised with malicious logic to perform activities under remote the command and control of a remote administrator.Threat
bot mastnounMWEThe controller of a botnet that, from a remote location, provides direction to the compromised computers in the botnet.Threat
Botanical MedicinenounMWEthe use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)verified
Botflynounstout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammalsverified
BotnetnounA term derived from robot network; is a large automated and distributed network of previously compromised computers that can be simultaneously controlled to launch large-scale attacks such as a denial-of-service attack on selected victimsThreat
Bottle GentiannounMWEgentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at allverified
Bottle GourdnounMWEOld World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsverified
Bottle-Nosed DolphinnounMWEany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beakverified
Bottled WaternounMWEdrinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for saleverified
Bottlenose DolphinnounMWEany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beakverified
Bottom FermentationnounMWEa slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquidverified
Bottom FishnounMWEfish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)verified
Bottom QuarknounMWEa quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electronverified