Definitions beginning with V

Formal description and evaluation of the vulnerabilities in an information system.
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Browse Related Terms: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), CVE

The systematic examination of a system to identify those critical infrastructures or related components that may be at risk from an attack and the determination of appropriate procedures that can be implemented to reduce that risk. 2. [The] systematic examination of an information system (IS) or product to determine the adequacy of security measures. identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such measures after implementation. [INFOSEC-99]
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Browse Related Terms: infrastructure assurance, infrastructure protection, maintenance hook, risk acceptance

Like the scavenging bird of prey that lends its name to the fund, a vulture fund seeks out depressed or endangered investments.
Many vulture funds focus on real estate, but others invest in bonds that have been downgraded or are in default and other high-risk securities.
The strategy behind vulture investing is that such troubled securities have the potential to provide a large return eventually, in spite of their current vulnerable position. Most vulture funds are limited partnerships, but some are retail mutual funds that are open to individual investors.

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Browse Related Terms: Aggressive-growth fund, Contrarian, equity fund, Growth and income fund, income fund, Proprietary fund, Value fund

The external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips, and the opening to the vagina.
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Browse Related Terms: stage I vulvar cancer, stage II vulvar cancer, vulvar cancer

Cancer of the vulva (the external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips, and the opening to the vagina).
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Browse Related Terms: stage I vulvar cancer, stage II vulvar cancer, vulva

Abbreviation for volume per volume. The relative proportion of each liquid in a mixture.
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Browse Related Terms: dispense, pipette, v/v, w/v

Verification and Validation. (See Verification, Validation, and IV&V.)
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Browse Related Terms: IV&V, v/v, VV&A

Verification, Validation, and Accreditation.
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Browse Related Terms: IV&V, v/v, VV&A

a data set that describes the characteristics of VSAM and system-managed data sets residing on a given DASD volume; part of an integrated catalog facility (ICF) catalog.
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the part of the ICF catalog that resides on each DASD volume and contains information on the SMS-managed data sets on that volume. See VTOC.
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Browse Related Terms: ACDS (Active Control Data Set), baseline transfer, dump path, Mirror, PAV (Parallel Access Volume), qtree, root volume, SCDS (Source Control Data Set), volume copy, volume group, VTOC (Volume Table Of Contents), WAFL check

Pressurized water type nuclear power reactor.
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Browse Related Terms: CMOS, LMFBR, MOS, PWR

Volume Velocity Processing - a way to guess the large-scale 2-dimensional winds, divergence and fall speeds from one-dimensional radial velocity data. Essentially a multivariate regression which fits a simple wind model to the observed radial velocities. Very similar to VAD and EVAD, except it uses different functions for the fit.
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Browse Related Terms: Velocity Azimuth Display, Volume Velocity Processing, Wind Chill, Wind Chill Factor

VAD Wind Profile - a radar plot of horizontal winds, derived from VAD data, as a function of height above a Doppler Radar. The display is plotted with height as the vertical axis and time as the horizontal axis (a so-called time-height display), which then depicts the change in wind with time at various heights. This display is useful for observing local changes in vertical wind shear, such as backing of low-level winds, increases in speed shear, and development or evolution of nearby jet streams (including low-level jets). This product often is referred to erroneously as a VAD.
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Browse Related Terms: LLJ, Low Level Jet, Nocturnal Jet, SLY, VAD Wind Profile