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compartment a part of the body as a whole and divided from the rest by a physical partition. fluid compartment that liquid part of the body excluded by cell membranes. Includes intravascular and intercellular compartments. compartment syndrome muscles which are contained in an aponeurotic sheath may be subjected to serious ischemia as a result of increase in the size of the muscle as a result of vigorous muscular activity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Typical approaches include compartmenting information by functional area (Finance, Engineering, Executive), by business unit, or by customer. The FBI "is a culture that prized sharing information, not compartmenting it," says Gregory Treverton, a former Church Committee staffer who served as vice chair of the National Intelligence Council in the early 1990s. TII is designed specifically for centralized administration to control the flow of secure information in and out of an organization by compartmenting data through directory management that ensures the identity of those accessing the data and authenticity of the data. |
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