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touch-sensitive

Pertaining to a device that allows a user to interact with a computer system by touching an area on the surface of the device with a finger, pencil, or other object; for example, a touch-sensitive keypad or screen.

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trusted computing base

(TCB): [The] totality of protection mechanisms within a computer system, including hardware, firmware, and software, the combination of which is responsible for enforcing a security policy. Note: The ability of a trusted computing base to enforce correctly a unified security policy depends on the correctness of the mechanisms within the trusted computing base, the protection of those mechanisms to ensure their correctness, and the correct input of parameters related to the security policy. [NIS]

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trusted computer system

(TCS): [An] AIS that employs sufficient hardware and software assurance measures to allow simultaneous processing of a range of classified or sensitive information.