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Oak FernnounMWEbright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphereverified
Oak-Leaved GoosefootnounMWEannual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the undersideverified
Oakleaf GoosefootnounMWEannual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the undersideverified
Oarlocknouna holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowingverified
Oat Cell CarcinomanounMWEhighly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasmverified
Oathnouna solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behaviorverified
Obechenounlarge west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seedsverified
Obechinounlarge west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seedsverified
Obedient PlantnounMWENorth American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowersverified
Obeisancenounbending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greetingverified
Obelisknouna stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal topverified
ObfuscationnounThe deliberate act of creating source or machine code that is difficult for humans to understandControl
Obiismnounbelief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indiesverified
Obiter DictumnounMWEan opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not bindingverified
objectnounPassive information system-related entity (e.g., devices, files, records, tables, processes, programs, domains) containing or receiving information. Access to an object (by a subject) implies access to the information it contains. See Subject.Data
Object BallnounMWEthe billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ballverified
Object codenounMWEThe machine code generated by a source code language processor such as an assembler or compiler. A file of object code may be executable immediately or it may require linking with other object code files (e.g., libraries, to produce a complete executable program).Data
Object GlassnounMWEthe lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewedverified
Object IdentifiernounMWEA specialized formatted number that is registered with an internationally recognized standards organization. The unique alphanumeric/numeric identifier registered under the ISO registration standard to reference a specific object or object class. In the federal government PKI, they are used to uniquely identify each of the four policies and cryptographic algorithms supported.ArtifactRegulatedCUI
Object LanguagenounMWEa computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translatedverified
Object LensnounMWEthe lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewedverified
Object ProgramnounMWEA program that has been translated into machine language and is ready to be run (i.e., executed) by the computer.Artifact
Object ReusenounMWEReassignment and reuse of a storage medium containing one or more objects after ensuring no residual data remains on the storage medium.ControlRegulated
Object-Oriented DatabasenounMWEa database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definitionverified
Object-Oriented Database Management SystemnounMWEa database management system designed to manage an object-oriented databaseverified
Object-Oriented Programing LanguagenounMWE(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structureverified
Object-Oriented Programming LanguagenounMWE(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structureverified
Objectionnouna procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning, witness, piece of evidence, or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegalityverified
objectivenounA projected state of affairs that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.Requirement
Objective EvidencenounMWEdata supporting the existence or verity of something (note: can be obtained through observation, measurement, test, or other means).Artifact
Objective LensnounMWEthe lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewedverified
Objectivenessnounjudgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudicesverified
objectivitynounThe quality of being not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.Requirement
obligationnounA binding agreement committing a person to an immediate or future payment or other action.Requirement
Oblique BandagenounMWEa bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limbverified
Obliquenessnounthe property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angleverified
Oblong WoodsianounMWEa common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate frondsverified
Obloquynouna false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsverified