Glossary · Nouns · V
L1 — paginated flat list. Pick a POS, pick a letter.
TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Virtual MallnounMWEAn Internet website offering products and services from multiple vendors or suppliers.System
Virtual MemorynounMWE(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memoryverified
Virtual private networknounMWEProtected information system link utilizing tunneling, security controls (see Information Assurance), and endpoint address translation giving the impression of a dedicated lineNetworkRegulated
Virtual private network (VPN)nounMWEA computer network that uses public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network.Network
virtual private network accessnounMWEPermission or ability for an external user to connect to a Virtual Private Network.ControlRegulated
Virtual StoragenounMWEmemory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memoryverified
VirtualizationnounThe process of adding a guest application and data onto a virtual server, recognizing that the guest application will ultimately part company from this physical serverProcess
VirusnounA computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. A virus might corrupt or delete data on a computer, use email programs to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on a hard disk.Threat
Virus signature filenounMWEThe file of virus patterns that are compared with existing files to determine whether they are infected with a virus or wormThreat
Vis MajornounMWEa natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of eventsverified
Visceral BrainnounMWEa system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behaviorverified
Visible BalancenounMWEthe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandiseverified
Visible SpectrumnounMWEthe distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prismverified
Visionnounthe formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the sensesverified
Visitation RightnounMWEthe right granted by a court to a parent or other relative who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basisverified
Visiting CardnounMWEa printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visitedverified
visitor accessnounMWEThe processes and mechanisms of ensuring visitors are allowed in specific areas and with specific permissions. Mechanisms such as guarded entries, logged entry, badges, and escorting of visitors are common.ProcessRegulated
visitor control programnounMWEA documented listing of procedures, schedules, roles and responsibilities, and plans to be performed to identify, control, and reduce or eliminate the risks inherent to visitors.ProcessRegulated
visitor lognounMWEA paper or electronic record of any non-employee entering a facility, construction site, structure or website.ArtifactRegulatedCUI
Visornouna piece of armor plate with eye slits fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the faceverified
Visual AreanounMWEthe cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamusverified
Visual CortexnounMWEthe cortical area of the brain that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamusverified
Visual FieldnounMWEall of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given momentverified
Visual RangenounMWEa distance within which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eyeverified
Vital CapacitynounMWEthe maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation, usually tested with a spirometerverified
Vital ForcenounMWEa hypothetical force thought to cause the evolution and development of organismsverified
Vital PrinciplenounMWEa hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribedverified
Vitalismnouna philosophical doctrine that says life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistryverified
Vitalitynoun(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organismsverified
Vitaminnounany of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolismverified
Vitamin A1nounMWEan unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from caroteneverified