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AuthorizedUserAUSERwhohasbeengrantedpermissiontointeractwiththeTOE
andallofitsCONNECTEDPERIPHERALS.
Computer Aprogrammablemachine.Thetwoprincipalcharacteristicsofa
computerare:itrespondstoaspecificsetofinstructionsina
well‐definedmanner,anditcanexecuteaprerecordedlistof
instructions(asoftwareprogram).Forthepurposesofthis
document,anyelectronicDEVICEcontrollingtheMONITOR,and
acceptingsignalsfromtheKEYBOARDandPOINTINGDEVICE(if
any)willqualify.Examplesofcomputersunderthisdefinitionare
IBM‐classpersonalcomputers(andso‐calledclones),desktop
workstations,thin‐clientsandcontrolconsoleINTERFACESinto
“mainframe”computers.
DedicatedPeripheralPortAKVMportintendedforconnectionofspecificpre‐defined
peripheraldevice.Typicallyusedforuserauthenticationdeviceor
morespecificallyforCommonAccessCard(CAC)reader.
DeviceAunitofhardware,outsideorinsidethecaseorhousingforthe
essentialCOMPUTERthatiscapableofprovidingINPUTtothe
essentialCOMPUTERorofreceivingOUTPUTorboth.Theterm
PERIPHERALissometimesusedasasynonymfordeviceorany
INPUT/OUTPUTunit.
DisplayACOMPUTEROUTPUTsurfaceandprojectingmechanismthat
showtextandothergraphicimagesfromaCOMPUTERsystemto
auser,usingaCathodeRayTube(CRT),LiquidCrystalDisplay
(LCD),Light‐EmittingDiode(LED),gasplasma,activematrix,or
otherimageprojectiontechnology.Thedisplay(theterms
monitoranddisplayareoftenusedinterchangeably)isusually
consideredtoincludethescreenorprojectionsurfaceandthe
DEVICEthatproducestheinformationonthescreen.Insome
COMPUTERS,thedisplayispackagedinaseparateunitcalleda
monitor.Displays(andmonitors)arealsosometimescalledVideo
DisplayTerminals(VDTs).Alsoincludedinthiscategoryaretactile
brailleOUTPUTDEVICES.
DualHeadComputerwithtwovideooutputsusedtodrivesimultaneously
twouserdisplays.
Group(SeePeripheralPortGroup)
HumanInterfaceDevicesThosePERIPHERALSwhichprimarilyallowaUSERtodirectlyobserve
and/ormodifytheoperation/statusofaCOMPUTER.Examples
includeakeyboard,videoMONITOR,mouse,andanopticalhead
tracker.Modems,printers,harddrives,andscannersarenotsuch
devices.