Terms starting with “T”

A civil and political subdivision of a state, which varies in size and significance according to location but is ordinarily a division of a county. A town may or may not have a loc...

In New Hampshire, an OFFICER. N.H. Rev. Stat. §652:14. See also ELECTION DEPUTY TOWN CLERK.

The governing body of a town in many U.S. states, consisting of members elected by the voters.

An "election to choose a town officer." 63 N.H. Rev. Stat. §652:7.

A widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to a county, with some form of local government for which it generally conducts elections.

A township official who is responsible for election administration for a township.

An "office filled by a township officer." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.115.

A "public official elected in a township to serve the township." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293.117.

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Ability to relate a property of the result of a measurement or the value of a standard to stated references.

A cookie placed on a user's computer to track the user's activity on different Web sites, creating a detailed profile of the user's behavior. (SP 800-83) (NISTIR)

A number, required in Ohio, to be printed on each ballot of a BALLOTS ON DEMAND VOTING SYSTEM. Ohio Rev. Stat. §3506.20(B).

An identity used for the purpose of work-related interactions that may or may not be synonymous with an individual's true identity.

Program in which NSA acts as the central procurement agency for the development and, in some cases, the production of INFOSEC items. This includes the Authorized Vendor Program. Mo...

Term used to reference symmetric key wherein both ends of a link or all parties in a cryptonet have the same exact key. 256-bit advanced encryption standard (AES), high assurance i...

Voting channels currently used for B. C. local or provincial government elections; e.g., in-person, absentee, vote by mail.

A form of passive attack in which an intruder observes information about calls (although not necessarily the contents of the messages) and makes inferences, e.g., from the source a...

Gaining knowledge of information by inference from observable characteristics of a data flow, even if the information is not directly available (e.g., when the data is encrypted)....

Key used to encrypt plain text or to superencrypt previously encrypted text and/or to decrypt cipher text. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)

Key used to encrypt plain text or to superencrypt previously encrypted text and/or to decrypt cipher text. (CNSSI-4009)

Techniques to counter Traffic Analysis.

A set of designations employing four colors (RED, AMBER, GREEN, and WHITE) used to ensure that sensitive information is shared with the correct audience.

The generation of spurious instances of communication, spurious data units, and/or spurious data within data units. Source: ISO/IEC 7498-2 Note: May be used to disguise the amount...

Training strives to produce relevant and needed (information) security skills and competencies. (SP 800-50) (NISTIR)