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Private InstructornounMWEa person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)verified
Private InvestigatornounMWEsomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationverified
private keynounMWEA cryptographic key, used with a public key cryptographic algorithm, that is uniquely associated with an entity and is not made public. In an asymmetric (public) cryptosystem, the private key is associated with a public key. Depending on the algorithm, the private key may be used, for example, to: 1) Compute the corresponding public key, 2) Compute a digital signature that may be verified by the corresponding public key, 3) Decrypt keys that were encrypted by the corresponding public key, or 4) Compute a shared secret during a key-agreement transaction.Credential
Private key infrastructure (PKI)nounMWEThe use of public key cryptography in which each customer has a key pair (e.g., a unique electronic value called a public key and a mathematically-related private key). The private key is used to encrypt (sign) a message that can only be decrypted by the cor-responding public key or to decrypt a message previously encrypted with the public key. The public key is used to decrypt a message previously encrypted (signed) using an individual's private key or to encrypt a message so that it can only be decrypted (read) using the intended recipient's private key.verified
Private NuisancenounMWEa nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your landverified
Private SchoolnounMWEa school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuitionverified
Private Security ForcenounMWEa privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industryverified
Private TreatynounMWEa sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agencyverified
Privateernouna privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nationverified
Privetnounany of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berriesverified
Privet AndromedanounMWEdeciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowersverified
Privilege Against Self IncriminationnounMWEthe civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourselfverified
Privilege ManagementnounMWEThe definition and management of policies and processes that define the ways in which the user is provided access rights to enterprise systems. It governs the management of the data that constitutes the user’s privileges and other attributes, including the storage, organization and access to information in directories.Process
Privilege of the FloornounMWEthe right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in sessionverified
Privileged accessnounMWEIndividuals with the ability to override system or application controls.CapabilityRestricted
Privileged AccountnounMWEA system account with the authorizations of a privileged user.IdentityRestricted
Privileged CommandnounMWEA human-initiated command executed on an information system involving the control, monitoring, or administration of the system including security functions and associated security-relevant information.ProcessRegulatedCUI
privileged functionnounMWEA category of system operation whose execution carries security- or integrity-relevant consequences that ordinary users are not authorized to trigger—such as disabling or altering security controls, establishing accounts, performing integrity checks, administering cryptographic key material, or circumventing detection mechanisms. NIST SP 800-53 enumerates canonical examples as "disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security or privacy controls, establishing system accounts, performing system integrity checks, and administering cryptographic key management activities." The category typically encompasses control, monitoring, or administration of a system and its security measures. In practice, the field uses the term to anchor least-privilege and separation-of-duties controls: misuse of privileged functions—whether intentional or unintentional, by authorized insiders or external actors who have compromised accounts—is treated as a serious risk, and logging their execution is a primary mitigation.CapabilityRegulated
Privileged ProcessnounMWEA computer process that is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary processes are not authorized to perform.Process
Privileged Protected AttributenounMWEA value of a protected attribute indicating a group that has historically been at systematic advantage.DataRegulatedPII
privileged usernounMWEA user who is authorized (and therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.Group
privileged utility programnounMWESpecialized system software used to perform a particular function or system maintenance that requires the ability to bypass, modify, or disable the technical or operational system security controls.SystemRestricted
Pro-Choice FactionnounMWEthose who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the motherverified
Pro-Life FactionnounMWEthose who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibitedverified
Probabilismnouna Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probableverified
Probate CourtnounMWEa court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estatesverified
Probate WillnounMWEa judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estateverified
Probationnouna trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membershipverified
Probiotic BacteriumnounMWEa beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammalsverified
Probiotic FloranounMWEa beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammalsverified
Probiotic MicrofloranounMWEa beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammalsverified
Problem SolvernounMWEa thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solutionverified
Problem SolvingnounMWEthe area of cognitive psychology that studies the processes involved in solving problemsverified
Problem-Oriented LanguagenounMWEa language whose statements resemble terminology of the userverified
Proboscis FlowernounMWEannual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beakverified
Proboscis WormnounMWEsoft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contractverified
procedurenounAn established or official method for implementing a policy or performing a task or operation which must be executed in the same manner in order to obtain the same results in the same circumstances.Requirement
Proceedingnoun(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invokedverified
Proceedsnounthe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other propertyverified
Procellariiform SeabirdnounMWElarge long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seasverified
Process FlownounMWEThe defined representation of the overall progression of how a process is intended to be performed, including all exceptions.Process
Process of MonitionnounMWEa summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be grantedverified
process or control frameworknounMWEA framework that contains a set of processes or controls, established by another party, that organizations are expected to implement in support of establishing an effective system of internal control. These frameworks are usually developed by an industry group, regulator, governmental entity, standard-setting body, or other organization (collectively referred to as sponsoring organizations ) to obtain information from organizations with which they do business about their processes and controls. The most common types of process or control frameworks relate to security and privacy.Framework
Process-Servernounsomeone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendantverified
Processingnoun‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.Process
Processing EnvironmentnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansProcessRegulated
processing requirementnounMWEA condition that must be fulfilled in order for something to be processed.RequirementRegulated
Processing TimenounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansProcessRegulatedPII
Processionnounthe group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formationverified
ProcessornounAn entity that provides data and information processing services to other legal persons, entities and organizations. A processor entity may be an application, platform, infrastructure, data storage (as a service) organization, or a private or public cloud-providing business entity.Role
Prochlorperazinenounantipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomitingverified