sam

Sam

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Definitions of sam word

abbreviation Technical meaning of SAM System Account Manager 3
noun sam Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74. 1
noun sam a male given name. 1
noun Definition of sam in Technology (cryptography, operating system, security) (SAM) A password database stored as a registry file in Windows NT and Windows 2000. The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users' passwords in a hashed format. Since a hash function is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against offline cracking, Microsoft introduced the SYSKEY utility in Windows NT 4.0. 1
noun Technical meaning of sam (tool) A multi-file screen editor with structural regular expressions. Sam runs under the X Window System. 1
noun acronym sam surface-to-air missile 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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