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Help Desk

nounid 68219·updated May 18, 2026
verified

a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems2 citations · 2 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.03.05.c ¶ 103.06.02.d ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
help deskhelpdesk
alternatephrasing
Helpdesk
plural
Help Desks
possessive
Help Desk's
pluralpossessive
Help Desks'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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