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NSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("NSA" is a kind of...):
United States intelligence agency (an intelligence service in the United States)
Holonyms ("NSA" is a part of...):
Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
Holonyms ("NSA" is a member of...):
IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)
