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Bandwidth:

Commonly used to mean the capacity of a communication channel to pass data through the channel in a given amount of time. Usually expressed in bits per second.

Bridge:

A product that connects a local area network (LAN) to another local area network that uses the same protocol (for example, Ethernet or token ring).

British Standard 7799:

A standard code of practice and provides guidance on how to secure an information system. It includes the management framework, objectives, and control requirements for information security management systems.

Browser:

A client computer program that can retrieve and display information from servers on the Internet or Intranet.

Brute Force:

A cryptanalysis technique or other kind of attack method involving an exhaustive procedure that tries all possibilities, one-by-one.

Buffer Overflow:

A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer (temporary data storage area) than it was intended to hold. Since buffers are created to contain a finite amount of data, the extra information-which has to go somewhere-can overflow into adjacent buffers, corrupting or overwriting the valid data held in them.

Business Associate Agreement:

Required agreements to ensure that EPHI will be safeguarded at all times between entities with whom EPHI is shared, these agreements are required to be verified .