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Variant

nounid 4602·updated May 9, 2026
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One of two or more code symbols having the same plain text equivalent.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Data60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
chance variablerandom variablestochastic variablestrainvariancevariatevariation
plural
Variants
possessive
Variant's
pluralpossessive
Variants'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
One of two or more code symbols having the same plain text equivalent.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
One of two or more code symbols having the same plain text equivalent.
Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
something a little different from others of the same type
§2
a variable quantity that is random
§3
an event that departs from expectations
§4
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

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