vulnerability
(noun) susceptibility to injury or attack
vulnerability, exposure
(noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed; “his vulnerability to litigation”; “his exposure to ridicule”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)
(uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
(countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
(computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security
• vulnerableness
• invulnerability
Source: Wiktionary
Vul`ner*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
