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Back Office

See Center.

Backup

The ability of one System Element replacing another System Element's functionality upon the failure of that System Element.

Bad Actor

A role played by a user or another system that provides false or misleading data, operates in such a fashion as to impede other users, operates outside of its authorized scope.

Boundaries

The area of management and control for a System or Object. It could be by latitude/longitude or by county or by regional jurisdictions. Or some other institutional boundary, e.g. with a commercial vendor and their product line.

Broadcast

A flow where the initiator sends information on a predefined communications channel using a protocol that enables others who know how to listen to that channel to receive the information. One-to-many communication, with no dialog.

Browser

A type of software that allows viewing of and navigation through HTML pages.