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  2. System of communication in which arbitrary groups of letters, numbers, or symbols represent units of plain text of varying length.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 [Superseded] from NSTISSI No. 7002

  1. A set of instructions for a computer.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 [Superseded] from Merriam-Webster