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Active Content

Active Content: Electronic documents that can carry out or trigger actions automatically on a computer platform without the intervention of a user.

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Electronic documents that can carry out or trigger actions automatically on a computer platform without the intervention of a user.

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Definition 2

Software that is able to automatically carry out or trigger actions without the explicit intervention of a user.

Source: NICCS GlossaryType: standard

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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NICCS Glossary
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