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The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response Web site. Please refer to this list or the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page to find definition of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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- CA (Certificate Authority)
- cable
- cache file
- Cache Fusion
- Cached Quick I/O
- cache
- callback
- caller authentication
- Campus cluster
- can_sync
- cancel a job
- cant_sync
- canvas
- capability
- Capacity Monitoring
- capacity
- capture
- carousel
- case-sensitive
- catalog
- catalogs
- causes system instability
- ccconfig
- CD start
- CDS (Cross-platform Data Sharing)
- CDS disk group
- CDS disk
- CED (Common Error Dialog)
- central administration server
- Central database
- central reporting
- centralized catalog
- centralized management
- centralized mode
- centralized restore
- certificate authority
- Certificate Authority-signed SSL
- certificate store
- certificate
- CFS (cluster file system)
- CFS
- CGI (Common Gateway Interface) exploit
- change log
- Change Manager
- changer
- channel bonding
- channel
- CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
- check box
- check expression
- check formula
- check
- checkpoint
- checksum
- children
- CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) values
- CIDR (classless interdomain routing)
- CIF (Control Information File) Server
- CIFS (Common Internet File System)
- CIM (Common Information Model)
- CIMOM (Common Information Model Object Manager)
- circuit breaker
- claimed storage
- clarification
- CLARiiON storage group
- class or vulnerability classification
- class
- clean node shutdown
- clean
- CLI (Command Line Interface)
- client application
- Client Cache File System
- Client Cache
- client computer
- client configurations
- Client Control
- client group
- client host
- Client Task Agent
- client-side reporting
- client-user interface
- client/server program
- client/server relationship
- client
- clone
- cloning
- cluster communication
- cluster file system
- Cluster Manager (Java Console)
- Cluster Manager (Web Console)
- cluster manager
- cluster mounted file system
- cluster node
- cluster server
- Cluster Services
- cluster-shareable disk group
- cluster
- clustering
- CMDB (Configuration Management Database)
- CMM or SW-CMM (Capability Maturity Model for Software)
- CMS (Continuous Management Service)
- coded file
- cold backup
- collateral damage (Impact Rating)
- Collection Server
- collection SSIM
- collector component
- collector
- column
- COM (communications) port
- combined evaluation
- combo box
- command & control hosts
- command button
- Command Central Configuration Utility
- command configuration (.pcg) file
- command launcher
- command line
- command lines
- command log
- command queue
- Command-Line Builder
- CommandCentral Agent Push Install Utility
- CommandCentral Alert Manager
- CommandCentral Console
- CommandCentral Database
- CommandCentral Service Agent
- CommandCentral Service Management Server
- CommandCentral Service View Builder
- CommandCentral Service Workflow Engine
- CommandCentral Service
- CommandCentral Storage Agent Push Install Utility
- CommandCentral Storage Alarm Service
- CommandCentral Storage Alert Manager
- CommandCentral Storage Console
- CommandCentral Storage database
- CommandCentral Storage Management Server
- CommandCentral Storage Web Engine
- CommandCentral Storage
- common client
- common encryption key
- common root
- Communication Channel Encryption
- communications device
- communications link
- communications protocol
- communications server
- communications session
- communications
- compile
- compliance score
- compliance
- component generators
- component library
- component link
- component toolbox
- component
- Composer Theme Editor
- Compound frozen image
- Compression
- compromise profile
- compromises security settings
- Computers
- concatenation
- conclusion
- concurrent I/O
- Conduit
- conference host
- Confidentiality Impact
- confidentiality
- Configuration and Logging Tool
- configuration copy
- configuration database
- Configuration Engine
- configuration files
- configuration group
- Configuration Item
- configuration set
- configuration settings
- Configuration Store
- client configuration
- configuration
- configured protection method
- configured storage
- configuring
- connection item
- connection profile
- connection
- connectivity plan
- Consistency Group
- consistent
- Console Access Policy
- console IP address
- console
- consolidated eject
- consolidated report
- contagion potential
- container object
- container
- contain
- content blocking
- content category
- content filtering
- content filters
- content pack
- content router garbage collection
- content router
- content scanning or screening
- content virus
- contiguous file
- continuous backup
- Control Center
- Control Compliance Suite Application Server
- Control Compliance Suite Console
- Control Compliance Suite Directory Server
- Control Compliance Suite Directory
- Control Compliance Suite Web Console
- control file
- control point
- control statement
- coordinator disks
- Copy Manager
- Copy on write
- copy-on-write
- correlation manager
- correlation SSIM
- correlation
- CPA (Continuous Protection Agent)
- cpio
- CPS (Coordination Point server)
- CPS Network Helper Service
- CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- crash recovery
- create a package
- create
- credential manager
- credibility
- credit
- crimeware
- critical threshold
- CSP (Client Server Protocol)
- CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider)
- CSV (comma-separated variable) file
- ctime
- cumulative incremental backup
- current instance
- current risk
- current-rev disk group
- custom error-handling rule
- custom filter
- custom filters
- custom inventory
- custom severity level
- custom threshold
- customized library
- CVE ID (Common Vulnerability and Exposures identification)
- CVM (cluster volume manager)
- CVM Master
- Cyber Security
- Cyberdefender