Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covert channel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: covert chan-nel
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A means of transferring information objects between processes that are not supposed to be allowed to communicate according to the security policy.

Etymology

The term was introduced in 1973 by Butler Lampson.

Inflected Forms

covert channels (plural)

Questions

What does covert channel mean?: A means of transferring information objects between processes that are not supposed to be allowed to communicate according to the security policy.
Where does covert channel come from?: The term was introduced in 1973 by Butler Lampson.

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