Terms starting with “D”

The system by which Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated as defined by IETF RFC 1034 and other related RFCs.

a naming system for computers and network services based on a hierarchy of domains. (UK 2016)

An email authentication, policy, and reporting protocol that verifies the authenticity of the sender of an email and blocks and reports fraudulent accounts.

That "political party whose candidate for election to the office of governor at the most recent regular state election at which a governor was elected received more votes than any...

Using search techniques to hack into vulnerable sites or search for information that is not available in public search results.

Denial of Service

ATTACK. DENIAL-OF-SERVICE

Denial of service attacks Have the goal of causing a loss of a specific service to users or at least to considerably restrict the accessibility of the service.

Two ballots folded so they appear to be a single ballot. Neither one counts, since there is no basis on which to prefer one over the other. Iowa Code §50.3. Likewise, Va. Code §24....

An attempt to vote for the same candidate more than once in the same office. A frequent method is to write in the name of a candidate twice in an CONTEST. A voting system N-OF-M mu...

When a voter votes more than one ballot.

In Vermont, an election worker who has a specialized role in a RECOUNT. "The TALLY and the double-check person or persons each shall make a suitable mark for that PERSON candidate...

An act or instance of transferring something (such as data or files) from a usually large computer to the memory of another device (such as a smaller computer) to transfer (data, f...

Initial component of a malware infection, may lead to an infection with further malicious programs. The downloader downloads the actual virus, Trojan, etc., and launches it on the...

Publish damaging or defamatory information about an individual or organization on the Internet. One method of hacking a campaign is doxing (or doxxing).

the practice of researching, or hacking, an individual's personally identifiable information on the Internet, then publishing it. (UK 2016)

Doxxing can be illegal, but its legality depends on the specific circumstances, such as the intent behind it and the jurisdiction. While doxxing itself isn't always explicitly ille...

A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) describes a process designed to identify risks arising out of the processing of personal data and to minimize these risks as far and as e...

DISASTER RECOVERY.

MEMORY. DYNAMIC RANDOM ACESS

Direct-Recording Electronic (Voting Equipment)

A direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machine directly records the voter's selections in each race or contest. It does so via the image of a ballot that appears on an electron...

That component of a DRE which exhibits the BALLOT to the voter.

A that records votes electronically instead of by BALLOT. VOTING MACHINE DOCUMENT