westlaw
Westlaw. A West database for computer-assisted legal research, providing online access to legal resources, in-cluding federal and state caselaw, statutes, regulations, and legal periodicals. — Abbr. WL.
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lexis
LEXIS (lek-sis). A proprietary online computer service that provides access to databases of legal information, including federal and state caselaw, statutes, and secondary materials.
local exchange network
local-exchange network. Telecommunications law. A system for providing telephone service on a local basis. • A local-exchange network usu. consists of such elements as switches, local loops, and transport trunks, and capabilities such as billing databases and operator services. Switches are pieces of equipment that direct calls to the appropriate destination. Local loops are the
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hack
hack, vb. To surreptitiously break into the computer, network, servers, or database of another person or organization. Cf. CRACK. — hacker, n.
sui generis
sui generis (s[y]oo-Iorsoo-ee jen-[schwa]-ris). [Latin “of its own kind”] Of its own kind or class; unique or peculiar. • The term is used in intellectual-property law to describe a regime designed to protect rights that fall outside the traditional patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret doctrines. For example, a database may not be protected by copyright
software patent institute
Software Patent Institute. A Kansas-based nonprofit institute that collects and organizes nonpatented prior-art software references in a database for patent researchers.
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cassisbib
CASSIS/BIB.Patents. A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database of bibliographies relating to patents, sorted by their classification. • CASSIS stands for Classification and Search Support Information System. Cf. CAS-SIS/CLASS.
cassis class
CASSIS/CLASS.Patents. A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database of patents sorted by classification, available at any PTO Depository Library. Cf. CASSIS/BIB.
federal parent locator service
Federal Parent Locator Service. A federal program created to help enforce child-support obligations. • In an effort to increase the collection of child support, Congress authorized the use of all information contained in the various federal databases to help locate absent, delinquent child-support obligors. Although initially information could be released only if the family was
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denial of service attack
A malicious strike against a computer, website, network, server, or database designed to render it inaccessible, usu. by overwhelming it with activity or by forcing it to malfunction. — Also termed nuking. — Abbr. DoS attack.
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