PRISM
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- proper noun
- /ˈprɪzəm/
- The controversial surveillance program known as PRISM collects data from major tech companies to monitor internet communications.
- GraphPad PRISM
- PRISM version
- using PRISM
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Watch on YouTubeSo if I got my computer out and looked up the actual things that were released about PRISM, I could straighten that out for you.
- So if I got my computer out and looked up the actual things that were released about PRISM, I could straighten that out for you.
- One was essentially PRISM, the content of Internet communications, the words spoken, the images sent, the documents, the video and so on.
Examples
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Reports revealed that PRISM intercepts emails and chats from various online services for national security purposes.
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One was essentially PRISM, the content of Internet communications, the words spoken, the images sent, the documents, the video and so on.
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It is believed that it is the legal foundation of the PRISM program. So
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In addition, governments have increased surveillance of the citizenry as exemplified by several secret programs (such as PRISM) authorized by the Bush administration and maintained by President Obama to monitor communications.
Academic text (2016) -
Many citizens were alarmed to discover that the government used PRISM to gather information without their consent.
Compounds
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A solid shape that has two equal triangle ends and three rectangular sides joining them
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A clear triangular piece of glass that bends light into a rainbow of colors
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A glass shape with angled faces that turns an upside-down image right side up
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A solid with two equal parallel flat ends and rectangular sides that meet the ends at right angles
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A device made from calcite that makes light waves vibrate in one direction, used in microscopes
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An instrument that uses a prism to split light into separate colors for study
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A solid shape with two equal four-sided bases and four flat side faces joining them
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A solid with two equal regular flat shapes as ends and rectangular sides
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Two clear crystal prisms joined together to make light that vibrates in one direction
Surface Forms
Morphology
PRISM = P + R + I + S + M
As an uppercase acronym/codename, the letters do not transparently help a learner infer the meaning of the surveillance program.
Etymology
PRISM borrows its image from the everyday word prism, a piece of glass that 'splits' light to show hidden colors, so a helpful way to remember the program is to think of it as 'separating' and looking at parts of internet communications that would otherwise be hidden.