security
Definition 1
General: Prevention of and protection against assault, damage, fire, fraud, invasion of privacy, theft, unlawful entry, and other such occurrences caused by deliberate action. See also safety.
Definition 2
Computing: Extent to which a computer system is protected data corruption, destruction, interception, loss, or unauthorized access. See also secure system.
Definition 3
Finance: Financing or investment instrument (which may or may not be a negotiable instrument) issued by a firm or government agency which denotes an ownership interest and provides evidence of a debt, a right to share in the earnings of the issuer, or a right in the distribution of a property. Securities include bonds, debentures, notes, options, shares (stocks), and warrants but not insurance policies, and may be traded in financial markets such as stock exchanges.
Definition 4
Pledging: Asset(s) pledged to guaranty the repayment of a loan, satisfaction of an obligation, or in compliance of an agreement. Security gives a lender or obligee a legal right of access to the pledged asset(s) and to take their possession and title in case of default for a foreclosure sale.
security is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Investing and Material & Occupational Safety subjects.
security appears in the definitions of the following terms:
long hedge,
archive,
digital fingerprint,
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM),
collateral assignment,
firewall,
challenge-handshake authentication protocol (CHAP),
intranet,
settlement,
at-the-opening order
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