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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Discovered ChecknounMWEa check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishopverified
Discretionary access controlnounMWEA means of restricting access to objects (e.g., files, data entities) based on the identity and need-to-know of subjects (e.g., users, processes) and/or groups to which the object belongs. The controls are discretionary in the sense that a subject with a certain access permission is capable of passing that permission (perhaps indirectly) on to any other subject (unless restrained by mandatory access control).Control
Discretionary TrustnounMWEa trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriateverified
Discusnounan athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possibleverified
Discussion SectionnounMWEa small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separatelyverified
Disdainfulnessnounthe trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferiorverified
Disembodied SpiritnounMWEany incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beingsverified
Disequilibriumnounloss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh othersverified
Disfunctionnoun(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social groupverified
Dish AerialnounMWEdirectional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiationverified
Dish AntennanounMWEdirectional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiationverified
Dish SoapnounMWEthe soap used to wash dishes, typically by hand, and often placed near the sink in a kitchenverified
Dishcloth GourdnounMWEany of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruitsverified
Dishonorable DischargenounMWEa discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder)verified
Dishwashing LiquidnounMWEthe soap used to wash dishes, typically by hand, and often placed near the sink in a kitchenverified
Dishwashing SoapnounMWEthe soap used to wash dishes, typically by hand, and often placed near the sink in a kitchenverified
Disinformationnounmisinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)verified
Disintegrationnounthe spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiationverified
Disintermentnounthe act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buriedverified
Disjunctive ConjunctionnounMWEthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meaningsverified
Disk BrakenounMWEhydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake padsverified
Disk CachenounMWEa cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower diskverified
Disk ControllernounMWE(computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk driveverified
Disk DrivenounMWEcomputer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on itverified
Disk FilenounMWE(computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique labelverified
Disk ImagingnounMWEGenerating a bit-for-bit copy of the original media, including free space and slack space.ProcessRegulated