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NSA

NSA

209 3.8
A United States government organization that collects secret information and protects US computer systems
  • noun
  • /ɛn ɛs eɪ/
translation icon : Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA)
  • As an intelligence agency, the NSA is responsible for monitoring foreign communications.
  • NSA surveillance
  • NSA surveillance program
  • CIA and the NSA

They have a contract with the NSA and it's an Android phone.

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Examples

  • To make this possible, the government asked the NSA to produce a leadership strategy for the sector.

    Academic text (2011)
  • What are the best ways to fight back against NSA surveillance?

  • So I was the first person in NSA with a personal computer.

  • The NSA has just confirmed the threat.

  • I work for the NSA.

  • Because of the globally connected world, the NSA now has access to this person.

  • Well, William Binney, late of the NSA, thank you very much for talking with Reason TV.

  • We contacted the CIA, the FBI, the NSA and Homeland Security.

  • However, even after multiple lawsuits by civil rights organizations, the NSA refuses to comment on Edwards' notes or his fate.

  • For someone the NSA once listed as the most dangerous hacker in America... ...you sure don't look like much.

Synonyms

intelligence agency
vsNSA
  • Specialized
64 2.8

A group that collects and studies secret information about other countries and threats

targets cryptologic work and defending national information systems specifically
intelligence service
vsNSA
  • Specialized
33 3.0

A group that gathers and studies secret information for a government

operates nationwide with specific cryptologic and defensive responsibilities

A US government agency that protects secret information and gathers foreign intelligence

is the common abbreviated form used instead of the long name
No Such Agency
vsNSA
  • Informal
7.9

A joking name for the US spy agency used to say it is secret or not real

is the formal name used in official contexts rather than jokingly

Surface Forms

NSA singular
NSAs plural

Etymology

NSA is an abbreviation of the three words National, Security, and Agency, and Security here means 'protection'. So the name explains why the NSA is a U.S. government office that protects information and gathers intelligence.