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directional sign. It tells the filer or searcher where
to find the needed material.

CROSS-EXAMINATION – in a trial, the questioning
of a witness who was initially called by the
opposing party.

CROWD – consists of a body of individual people with
no organization, no single partnership. Each
individual’s behavior is fairly controlled and ruled
by reason. All the participants have been thrown
by circumstance into a crowd for some common
purpose that may give them at least one thing in
common.

CRUELTY – deliberate intention to prolong physical
suffering of the victim.

CRYOGENIC – Descriptive of any material which by
its nature or as a result of its reaction with other
elements produces a rapid drop in temperature of
the immediate surroundings.

CRYPTANALYSIS – the process of accessing secured
information by breaking encryption; in computers,
often done intrusively with cryptanalysis software.

CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY – a component of
communication security which results from the
provisions of technically sound crypto-system and
their proper use.

CRYPTOGRAPHY – the use of simple ciphers and
codes to protect the security of messages

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