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B

B

B1

B1FF*

B2

B3

Backdoor account

Backdoor Trojan

Background checks

Background Investigations #

Background Processing

Backspace And Overstrike*

Back-To-Back Connection

Backup

Backup facility

Backup Procedures

Backup retention plan

Backward Channel

Backward Combatability*

Backward Recovery

BAD*

Band

Bandwidth Compression

Bang

Banner

Banner*

Base

Base C4 Systems Security Office

Base Computer Systems Security Officer

Basic Software (nonfunctional)

BASIC*

Basic/Generic Management Issues#

Batch Processing

Batch*

Baud

Bboard*

BBS

BCC

BCD

BCI

BCSSO

Bd

Beam*

Beep*

Behavioral scanning

Bell-La Padula Security Model

Bell-LaPadula Model

Bells And Whistles*

Benign

Benign Environment

BER

BERT

Beta*

Between-The-Lines Entry

Bible*

BiCapitalization*

Biff*

Big Red Switch*

Bignum*

Bigot*

Binary

Binary Exponential Backoff

Binary Notation

Binary Synchronous Communication

Binary-Coded Decimal

Binary-Coded Decimal Code

Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code

Binary-Coded Decimal Notation

Binary-Coded Decimal Representation

Binding

Binding/Handshaking#

Biometric authentication

B-ISDN

Bi-Sync

Bit

Bit Configuration

Bit Error Ratio

Bit Error Ratio Tester

Bit Stream Transmission

Bit Synchronization

Bitblt*

Bit-By-Bit Asynchronous Operation

Bit-Count Integrity

BITNET*

Bit-Paired Keyboard*

Bits Per Second

Bits*

Bit-Sequence Independence

Bit-Synchronous Operation

BIU

Bixie*

Black

BLACK Equipment Area (BEA)

Black hat hackers

Blast*

Blended threats

Blink*

Blit*

Blivet*

BLOB*

Block

Block Character

Block Check Character

Block encryption

Block Transfer Attempt

Block Transfer Computations*

Block Transfer Efficiency

Block Transfer Failure

Block Transfer Rate

Block Transfer Time

Block-Error Probability

Blocking Criterion

Blocking Factor

Blocking Formulas

Block-Loss Probability

Block-Misdelivery Probability

BLT*

Body

Border firewalls

Bourne Shell and Bourne Again Shell (BASH)

BPI

BPOC

BPS

BQS*

BR

Breach

Bridge

Broken*

Broket*

BRS*

Brute Force And Ignorance*

Brute-force guessing

BSA

BSD*

BSE

Budget

Budget And Accounting Act

Budget And Accounting Procedures Act Of 1950

Buffer

Buffer overflow

Buffer Overflow*

Bug

Bugging

Bulk Encryption

Bum*

Bump*

Burble*

Buried Treasure*

Burn-In Period*

Burst Transmission#

Bus

Bus Interface Unit

Business Aspects Of Information Security#

Business champions

Business continuity plan

Business process analysis

Buzz*

BW

BWQ*

Byte

Background*

To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever foreground matters are not claiming your undivided attention, and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority. "For now, we'll just print a list of nodes and links; I'm working on the graph-printing problem in background. " Note that this implies ongoing activity but at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream `back burner' (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption of activity). Some people prefer to use the term for processing that they have queued up for their unconscious minds (a tack that one can often fruitfully take upon encountering an obstacle in creative work). Compare amp off, slopsucker. Technically, a task running in background is detached from the terminal where it was started (and often running at a lower priority); oppose foreground. Nowadays this term is primarily associated with UNIX, but it appears to have been first used in this sense on OS/360.