The discipline that is concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing performed by automatic means.

1. Measures and controls that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information-system (IS) assets including hardware, software, firmware, and information being processed, stored, and communicated. [INFOSEC-99] Synonym automated information systems security.
2. The application of hardware, firmware and software security features to a computer system in order to protect against, or prevent, the unauthorized disclosure, manipulation, deletion of information or… (Read More →)

Hardware/software designed to provide computer security features in a larger system environment. [INFOSEC-99]

A functional unit, consisting of one or more computers and associated software, that (a) uses common storage for all or part of a program and also for all or part of the data necessary for the execution of the program, (b) executes user-written or user-designated programs, and (c) performs user-designated data manipulation, including arithmetic and logic operations.
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The ability of a computer system to continue to operate correctly even though one or more of its components are malfunctioning.
Note: System performance, such as speed and throughput, may be diminished until the faults are corrected. Synonym computer system resilience.

Synonym computer system fault tolerance.

See systems design.

In computing, a group of bits or characters that occupies one or more storage locations and is treated by computers as a unit. Synonym machine word.

SeeCASE.

See CASE.