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Browsing

nounid 1708·updated May 9, 2026
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Act of searching through information system storage or active content to locate or acquire information, without necessarily knowing the existence or format of information being sought.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
browse
plural
Browsings
possessive
Browsing's
pluralpossessive
Browsings'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Act of searching through information system storage or active content to locate or acquire information, without necessarily knowing the existence or format of information being sought.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Act of searching through information system storage or active content to locate or acquire information, without necessarily knowing the existence or format of information being sought.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of feeding by continual nibbling
§2
reading superficially or at random
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Act of searching through information system storage or active content to locate or acquire information, without necessarily knowing the existence or format of information being sought.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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