CWDS Glossary

An individual of the sex that is typically capable of producing small, usually motile gametes (such as sperm or spermatozoa) which fertilize the eggs of a female.

A person employed in a profession designated within the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (California Penal Code sections 11164 - 11174.3) who is legally obligated to report to law enforcement and/or child welfare services any incident “reasonably suspected” of being child abuse or neglect.

This is the process of manually reviewing and testing a software/application for errors, defects and/or vulnerabilities. To guarantee completeness of testing, the tester follows a written test plan with detailed test cases.

The socially constructed and culturally specific gender behaviors expected of males.

The processes, governance, policies, standards, and tools that consistently define and manage the critical data of an organization to provide a single point of reference. In computing, a Master Data Management tool can be used to support Master Data Management by removing duplicates, standardizing data (mass maintaining), and incorporating rules to eliminate incorrect data from entering the system in order to create an authoritative source of master data.

A schedule of project tasks, their dependencies, and milestones. Master Schedule includes the major project deliverables and key project milestones. It is tracked in Microsoft Project and managed by the Project Management Office.

In IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards, the medium access control sublayer is the layer that controls the hardware responsible for interaction with the wired, optical, or wireless transmission medium

The Medicaid program in California that provides health coverage to people with low-income and asset levels who meet certain eligibility requirements.

A memorandum of understanding is an agreement between two or more parties outlined in a formal document. It is not legally binding but signals the willingness of the parties to move forward with a contract.

Message Digest 5 (MD5) is a hash function used in cryptography. Developed by Ronald Rivest in 1991, Message Digest 5 produces a 128-bit resulting hash value. Similar to other message-digest algorithms, it was largely developed for digital signature applications which make use of a large compressed file in a secure fashion. Although it is still widely used, security of the function is severely compromised and as a result most applications, especially ones related to the U.S. government, require the SHA-2 family of hash functions for cryptography. Message Digest 5 is considered to be broken and unsuitable for further use according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.