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Outgrowthnouna natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plantverified
Outletnounreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devicesverified
Outlet BoxnounMWE(electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring systemverified
OutliernounValues distant from most other values. In machine learning, any of the following are outliers: • Weights with high absolute values • Predicted values relatively far away from the actual values • Input data whose values are more than roughly 3 standard deviations from the mean Outliers often cause problems in model training. Clipping is one way of managing outliersData
Outlooknouna habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situationsverified
Outportnouna subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)verified
Outpouringnounthe rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)verified
outputnounData or information produced by computer processing, such as graphic display on a terminal or hard copy.Artifact
Output ContractnounMWEa contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept itverified
Output DevicenounMWEelectronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds, or other mediaverified
Output FilenounMWE(computer science) a computer file that contains data that are the output of a device or programverified
Outrigger CanoenounMWEa seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsettingverified
Outronounmedia, such as a song and/or video sequence, that plays as a television show or movie endsverified
Outside LoopnounMWEa loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flightverified
Outside ThreatnounMWEAn unauthorized entity from outside the domain perimeter that has the potential to harm an Information System through destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.Threat
outside( r) threatnounMWEA person or group of persons external to an organization who are not authorized to access its assets and pose a potential risk to the organization and its assets.ThreatRestricted
Outsider ArtnounMWEa genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artistsverified
Outsider ThreatnounMWEAn unauthorized entity outside the security domain that has the potential to harm an information system through destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.Threat
Outsolenounthe outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the groundverified
outsourced applicationnounMWEAn application that is contracted out to an external provider for the development, deployment, and management.SystemRegulated
OutsourcingnounThe practice of contracting with another entity to perform services that might otherwise be conducted in-house. Contracted relationship with a third party to provide services, systems, or support.Process
outsourcing arrangementnounMWEA contract between the institution and an audit services firm to provide internal audit services.ProcessRegulated
outsourcing contractnounMWEThe outsourcing contract is one of the most important document in an outsourcing relationship. The contract, terms and the quality of the contract will largely influence the outsourcing relations, governance and overall the success of the outsourcing venture.RequirementConfidential
Outsourcing Service ContractnounMWEThis record contains acquisition or outsourcing contracts for IT services.ArtifactConfidential
Outwardnessnouna concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)verified
Ovarian ArterynounMWEthe artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovariesverified
Ovarynoun(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesteroneverified
Over-The-Air Key DistributionnounMWEProviding electronic key via over-the-air rekeying, over-the-air key transfer, or cooperative key generation.ProcessRestrictedCUI
Over-The-Air Key TransfernounMWEElectronically distributing key without changing traffic encryption key used on the secured communications path over which the transfer is accomplished.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Over-The-Air RekeyingnounMWEChanging traffic encryption key or transmission security key in remote cryptographic equipment by sending new key directly to the remote cryptographic equipment over the communications path it secures.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Over-The-Counter MarketnounMWEa stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchangeverified
Over-The-Shoulder BombingnounMWEa special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the targetverified
Overachievementnounbetter than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)verified
Overbitenoun(dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teethverified
Overcallnoun(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)verified
Overcapitalisationnoun(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)verified
Overcapitalizationnoun(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)verified