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classification

nounid 1823·updated May 9, 2026
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The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
NERC CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls) v61 senseview framework →
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The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Categorization (e.g., "confidential," "sensitive," or "public") of the information processed by the service provider on behalf of the receiver company.
Artificial Inelligence: A Modern Approach1 senseview framework →
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When the output is one of a finite set of values (such as sunny, cloudy or rainy), the learning problem is called classification, and is called Boolean or binary classification if there are only two values.
Notes on Measurement1 senseview framework →
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task of assigning collected data to target categories or classes.

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