Glossary · Nouns · C
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Cover GlassnounMWEa small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slideverified
Cover LetternounMWEa letter sent along with other documents to provide additional informationverified
Cover PlatenounMWEcovering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacleverified
Cover SlipnounMWEa small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slideverified
Cover SongnounMWEa recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody elseverified
Cover VersionnounMWEa recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody elseverified
Cover-CodingnounA technique to reduce the risks of eavesdropping by obscuring the information that is transmitted.Control
CoveragenounAn attribute associated with an assessment method that addresses the scope or breadth of the assessment objects included in the assessment (e.g., types of objects to be assessed and the number of objects to be assessed by type). The values for the coverage attribute, hierarchically from less coverage to more coverage, are basic, focused, and comprehensive.Metric
Covered EntitynounMWEAny Person operating under or required to operate under a license, registration, charter, certificate, permit, accreditation or similar authorization under the Banking Law, the Insurance Law or the Financial Services Law.OrganizationRegulated
Covered SmutnounMWEa smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranesverified
Covered StandnounMWEa stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roofverified
Coveringnounan artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)verified
Covering FirenounMWEfire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formationsverified
Covering LetternounMWEa letter sent along with other documents to provide additional informationverified
Covert ChannelnounMWEAn unauthorized communication path that manipulates a communications medium in an unexpected, unconventional, or unforeseen way in order to transmit information without detection by anyone other than the entities operating the covert channel.VulnerabilityRestrictedCUI
Covert Channel AnalysisnounMWEDetermination of the extent to which the security policy model and subsequent lower-level program descriptions may allow unauthorized access to information.ProcessRestrictedCUI
Covert OperationnounMWEan intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsorverified
Covert Storage ChannelnounMWECovert channel involving the direct or indirect writing to a storage location by one process and the direct or indirect reading of the storage location by another process. Covert storage channels typically involve a finite resource (e.g., sectors on a disk) that is shared by two subjects at different security levels.VulnerabilityRegulatedCUI
Covert TestingnounMWETesting performed using covert methods and without the knowledge of the organization’s IT staff, but with the full knowledge and permission of upper management.ProcessInternal
Covert Timing ChannelnounMWECovert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.VulnerabilityRegulated
Covillenoundesert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowersverified
Cow LilynounMWEcommon water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowersverified
Cow ParsleynounMWEcoarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North Americaverified
Cow ParsnipnounMWEtall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowersverified
Cow-Tongue FernnounMWEcommon epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leavesverified
Cow's HeadnounMWEa morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its lengthverified
Cowagenounthe annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy podsverified
Cowberrynounlow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berriesverified
Cowl MusclenounMWEeither of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and armsverified
Cowlicknouna tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flatverified
Cowpeanounsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manureverified
Cowpea PlantnounMWEsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manureverified
Cowrienounany of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shellsverified
Cowrynounany of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shellsverified
Cowslipnounearly spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowersverified
Coxcombnounthe fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birdsverified
Coxsackievirusnounenterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysisverified
Coyotenouna forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)verified
Coyote BrushnounMWEwidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicleverified
Coyote BushnounMWEwidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicleverified