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Legacy system

nounid 3128·updated May 9, 2026
verified

Outdated computer systems

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.16.01 ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

System92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Legacy systems
plural
Legacy systemsLegacy systemses
possessive
Legacy system'sLegacy systems's
pluralpossessive
Legacy systems'Legacy systemses'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Outdated computer systems
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A term commonly used to refer to existing computers systems and applications with which new systems or applications must exchange information.
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 1 citation 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
Outdated computer systems
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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