Building Block
nounid
18851·updated May 18, 2026verified
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
polysemousMWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
3.2.2 ¶ 161
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- unit
- plural
- Building Blocks
- possessive
- Building Block's
- pluralpossessive
- Building Blocks'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a block of material used in construction work
- §2
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something elseDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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Incoming relationships
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