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IA ArchitecturenounMWEA description of the structure and behavior for an enterprise’s security processes, information security systems, personnel and organizational sub-units, showing their alignment with the enterprise’s mission and strategic plans.Framework
IA InfrastructurenounMWEThe underlying security framework that lies beyond an enterprise’s defined boundary, but supports its IA and IA-enabled products, its security posture and its risk management plan.SystemRegulatedCUI
IA ProductnounMWEProduct whose primary purpose is to provide security services (e.g., confidentiality, authentication, integrity, access control, non-repudiation of data); correct known vulnerabilities; and/or provide layered defense against various categories of non-authorized or malicious penetrations of information systems or networks.Capability
IA-Enabled Information Technology ProductnounMWEProduct or technology whose primary role is not security, but which provides security services as an associated feature of its intended operating capabilities. Examples include such products as security-enabled Web browsers, screening routers, trusted operating systems, and security-enabled messaging systems.System
IA-Enabled ProductnounMWEProduct whose primary role is not security, but provides security services as an associated feature of its intended operating capabilities. Note: Examples include such products as security-enabled Web browsers, screening routers, trusted operating systems, and security enabling messaging systems.System
Ibexnounwild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved hornsverified
Ibolium PrivetnounMWEfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifoliumverified
Ibota PrivetnounMWEfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifoliumverified
Ibuprofennouna nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyreticverified
Ice AgenounMWEany period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surfaceverified
Ice BagnounMWEa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swellingverified
Ice HockeynounMWEa game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticksverified
Ice PacknounMWEa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swellingverified
Ice PlantnounMWEOld World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble iceverified
Iceboatnouna ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigationverified
Icebreakernouna ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigationverified
Icecapnouna mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)verified
Ichneumon FlynounMWEhymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvaeverified
Ichthyosaurnounany of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbsverified
Ichthyosisnounany of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fishverified
Icingnoun(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goalverified
Icing the PucknounMWE(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goalverified
Iconnoun(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interfaceverified
Iconographynounthe images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subjectverified
Iconologynounthe branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)verified