Dataset · MLC-0102 · [FULL TEXT]

Cybersecurity terminology

Name: Cybersecurity terminology
Creator: MLchart
License: https://mlchart.com/terms/

1Description

Cybersecurity terminology. 4,693 terms with definitions, abbreviations, synonyms and references. Every term is published as its own page, A to Z.

5 terms carry more than one definition, numbered in the record.

2Schema

Table 1. Fields
Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	Stable MLchart term identifier	MLC-T-CYB-000192
term	string	Headword as published	application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
field	string	Field of the dataset	Cybersecurity
definition	string	Definition text; several definitions are numbered	A digital or analog circuit, custom-designed and/or...
abbreviation	string	Abbreviation or acronym	ARP
expansions	array	Expanded forms, when the headword is an acronym	abstraction, Multifactor Authentication, Two-Factor Authentication
synonyms	array	Equivalent terms	ASIC
see_also	array	Related terms in the same field	certification
references	array	Publications cited for the definition	CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSD No. 505; CNSSI 4009-2022 from Encyclopedia...
url	string	Canonical page of the term	https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/application-specific-int...

3Sample records

Sample record

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000192",
  "term": "application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A digital or analog circuit, custom-designed and/or custom-manufactured to perform a specific function. An ASIC is not reconfigurable and cannot contain additional instructions.",
  "abbreviation": "ARP",
  "synonyms": [
    "ASIC"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSD No. 505; CNSSI 4009-2022 from Encyclopedia Britannica (adapted)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/application-specific-integrated-circuits-asics/"
}

4Browse

Table 2. Terms by initial
Initial	Terms	From	To
A	366	A	awareness training
B	149	b	Byzantine fault tolerant proof of stake consensus model
C	672	C	cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
D	277	D	dynamic code analyzer
E	170	e	extranet
F	181	F	Fuzz Testing
G	68	Galois Counter Mode (algorithm)	gxy
H	93	h	Hypothesis (Null)
I	292	i	Ivn
J	11	j	JWT
K	133	K1	KTS-OAEP-Party_V-confirmation
L	129	L	LSB_s(X)
M	219	MA	mutual authentication
N	125	N	NVD
O	119	O	Owner
P	370	p	P-value
Q	25	q	Quote
R	266	r	rv_length_indicator
S	553	s	system-specific security control
T	238	T	Type I error
U	70	u	utility
V	58	V	V&V
W	61	w	WS
X	25	X	xy
Z	12	Z	ZTA
0-9	11	+	3TDEA

Acronyms and abbreviations: 3,203 entries with expansions.

5Uses

Domain adaptation and fine-tuning of language models
Term extraction, entity recognition and entity linking
Glossary, thesaurus and ontology construction
Search query expansion and synonym mapping
Evaluation sets for definition and question answering tasks

6Citation

@misc{mlchart_terminology_cybersecurity_2026,
  title     = {Cybersecurity terminology},
  author    = {MLchart},
  publisher = {MLchart},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {2026.10},
  url       = {https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/}
}

MLchart. (2026). Cybersecurity terminology (Version 2026.10) [Data set]. https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/

7Access

The full Cybersecurity terminology dataset (MLC-0102), 4,693 records. Delivered as JSONL, CSV or Parquet under a commercial licence.

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