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Audit
Any activity that seeks to validate and verify as many aspects of the election cycle as possible without violating state privacy laws
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Backdoor
A software program that allows access to another software program. Meant as a method for programmers to go back and update programs, backdoors are a security vulnerability because malicious users can [..]
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checksum
Computed value representing the sum of the contents of digital information; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage of information
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Cryptography
The art of protecting information by transforming it from plain text into an unreadable format. Only those who posses a secret "key" can decipher the message. Cryptographic methods are used [..]
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Decryption
The process of translating unreadable information into plain text
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DRE
Direct recording electronic voting machine; may be a push-button or touch-screen style all-electronic machine used to record votes and tabulate results
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Encryption
The process of transforming information from plain text to an unreadable format
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Firmware
The coded instructions that are stored permanently in the read-only memory inside a computer system's hardware. Often it is responsible for the behavior of a computer system when it is first swit [..]
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hacking
Unauthorized outside access to a computer or its internal software
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Malware
Malicious computer software, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, and any other computer code that has or is intended to have harmful effects
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