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B
B
B Channel
B1
B1FF*
B2
B3
Back Door
Backbone Site*
Backdoor
Backdoor account
Backdoor Trojan
Backgammon*
Background checks
Background Investigations #
Background Processing
Background*
Backspace And Overstrike*
Back-To-Back Connection
Backup
Backup console
Backup facility
Backup File
Backup Plan
Backup Procedures
Backup retention plan
Backups#
Backward Channel
Backward Combatability*
Backward Recovery
Bacterium
Bad Thing*
BAD*
Balanced Code
Banana Label*
Band
Bandwidth
Bandwidth Compression
Bang
Bang On*
Bang Path*
Banner
Banner*
Bar Code
Bare Metal*
Baroque*
Base
Base Address
Base C4 Systems Security Office
Base Computer Systems Security Officer
Baseband
Baseline
Baselines
Basic Software
Basic Software (nonfunctional)
Basic Status
BASIC*
Basic/Generic Management Issues#
Bastion host
Batch mode
Batch Processing
Batch scripts
Batch*
Baterium
Bathtub Curve*
Baud
Baud Rate
Baudot Code
Bboard*
BBS
BCC
BCD
BCI
BCSSO
Bd
Beam*
Beanie Key*
Bearer Channel
Bearer Service
Beep*
Behavioral scanning
Bell-La Padula
Bell-La Padula Security Model
Bell-LaPadula Model
Bells And Whistles*
Benign
Benign Environment
Benign payload
BER
BERT
Best practices
Beta*
Between-The-Lines Entry
Beyond A1
Bible*
BiCapitalization*
Biff*
Big Gray Wall*
Big Iron*
Big Red Switch*
Big Room, The*
Big Win*
Big-Endian*
Bignum*
Bigot*
Binary
Binary Code
Binary Digit
Binary Element
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
Biometric authentication
Biometrics#
BIOS password
B-ISDN
Bi-Sync
Bit
Bit Bang*
Bit Bashing*
Bit Bucket*
Bit Configuration
Bit Decay*
Bit Density
Bit Error Rate
Bit Error Ratio
Bit Error Ratio Tester
Bit Interval
Bit Inversion
Bit Pairing
Bit Position
Bit Rate
Bit Robbing
Bit Rot*
Bit Slip
Bit Stream Transmission
Bit String
Bit Synchronization
Bit Twiddling*
Bitblt*
Bit-By-Bit Asynchronous Operation
Bit-Count Integrity
BITNET*
Bit-Paired Keyboard*
Bits Per Inch
Bits Per Second
Bits*
Bit-Sequence Independence
Bit-Stepped
Bit-Synchronous Operation
BIU
Bixie*
Black
Black Art*
BLACK Equipment Area (BEA)
Black hat hackers
Black hole
Black Hole*
Black Key
BLACK Line
BLACK Signal
Blanking
Blast*
Blended threats
Blink*
Blinkenlights*
Blinking
Blit*
Blitter*
Blivet*
BLOB*
Block
Block Character
Block Check
Block Check Character
Block Code
Block Diagram
Block encryption
Block Length
Block Parity
Block Transfer
Block Transfer Attempt
Block Transfer Computations*
Block Transfer Efficiency
Block Transfer Failure
Block Transfer Rate
Block Transfer Time
Block-Error Probability
Blocking
Blocking Criterion
Blocking Factor
Blocking Formulas
Block-Loss Probability
Block-Misdelivery Probability
Blow An EPROM*
Blow Away*
Blow Out*
Blow Past*
Blow Up*
BLT*
Blue Book*
Body
Border firewalls
Bourne Shell and Bourne Again Shell (BASH)
BPI
BPOC
BPS
BQS*
BR
Breach
Bridge
Broken Arrow*
Broken*
Broket*
Brooks's Law*
Browsing
BRS*
Brute Force And Ignorance*
Brute Force*
Brute-force guessing
BSA
BSD*
BSE
Bubble Sort*
Bucky Bits*
Budget
Budget And Accounting Act
Budget And Accounting Procedures Act Of 1950
Buffer
Buffer overflow
Buffer Overflow*
Bug
Bugging
Bulk Encryption
Bulletproof*
Bum*
Bump*
Burble*
Buried Treasure*
Burn-In Period*
Burst Page*
Burst Transmission#
Bus
Bus Interface Unit
Bus Topology
Business Aspects Of Information Security#
Business champions
Business continuity plan
Business process analysis
Busy Back
Busy-Wait*
Buzz*
BW
BWQ*
By Hand*
Byte
Back-To-Back Connection
  • A connection between the output of a transmitting device and the input of an associated receiving device. Note: When used for equipment measurements or testing purposes, this eliminates the effects of the transmission channel or medium. See also loop-back (def. #2).