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incident Definition

in·ci·dent (in′sə dənt)

adjective

  1. likely to happen as a result or concomitant; incidental (to) the cares incident to parenthood
  2. falling upon, striking, or affecting incident rays
  3. Law dependent upon or involved in something else

Etymology: OFr < ML < prp. of L incidere, to fall upon < in-, on + cadere, to fall: see case

noun

  1. something that happens; happening; occurrence
  2. something that happens as a result of or in connection with something more important; minor event or episode, esp. one in a novel, play, etc.
    1. an apparently minor conflict, disturbance, etc., as between persons, states, etc., that may have serious results
    2. a minor public disturbance, fracas, etc.
  4. Law something incident to something else

Etymology: ME incydente

incident Synonyms

incident

n.

episode, occurrence, conflict, disturbance; see event 1. See syn. study at occurrence.

Incident Hacker Definition
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defines a computer security incident as a real or potential violation of an explicit or implied policy regarding information. The DHS has five incident types, based on incident outcomes: (1) increased access beyond authorization; (2) information disclosure; (3) information corruption; (4) Denial of Service (DoS); and (5) resource theft. The DHS notes that actual incidents often fall into multiple categories. For example, a Website defacement can involve increased access beyond authorization and information corruption, and a system compromise can involve increased access beyond authorization, information disclosure, and resource theft.

See Also: Denial of Service (DoS); Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Exploit; Vulnerabilities of Computers.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DHS Organization. [Online, 2004.] U.S. Department of Homeland Security Website. http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/theme_ home1.jsp.
incident Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • investigate: We also investigate incidents which affect, or could affect, drinking water quality.
  • recall: The following account submitted to the Gentleman's Magazine recalls the incident thus: " Mr.
  • report: Nobody else seems to have reported the incident of the Air Force men taking readings.
  • witness: Kirkwall police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident.
  • recount: The Toronto Star runs a story which recounts the chicken incident from an eyewitness.

Converse of subject

  • mar: The tour was a resounding success, only marred by one small incident.

Adjective modifier

  • racist: Alternatively you can report racist incidents to the police or the Islamic Human Rights Commission or Positive Action in Housing.
  • isolated: Beside isolated incidents, I don't know whether racism exists in the visual arts today.
  • curious: They had a communal larder, and the villagers used to come and steal from this, and I can remember a curious incident.
  • violent: The most violent incident took place at Grenoble railroad station on 18 May.
  • unfortunate: We cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage, should an unfortunate incident occur.
  • racial: At the same time, the Council revised its guidelines for schools on good practice regarding racial incidents and equal opportunities in general.

Modifies a noun

  • reporting: They also analyzed both crashes and incident reporting to see if they could correlate the use of personal electronics and problems with avionics.

Noun used with modifier

  • pollution: How your angling club can work in partnership with the Environment Agency to detect pollution incidents on your fishery.
  • firearm: The vehicles patrol the East and West of the county and come together when needed for a firearms incident.
  • poisoning: Sampling Priorities The Council will focus food sampling activity on: - The investigation of food contamination and food poisoning incidents.
  • rage: Students enact a road rage incident and subsequent interviews between police, witnesses and those involved in the incident.

Preposition: of

  • harassment: We expect incidents of harassment to be reported to the appropriate human resources director.
  • vandalism: Comments have been shut down to deal with an incident of vandalism.
  • violence: There have been at least one million incidents of violence, threats or abuse aimed at UK shopworkers since 1995.
incident Quotes

Body-line was not an incident, it was not an accident, it was not a temporary aberration. It was the violence and ferocity of our age expressing itself in cricket.

—James, C(yril) L(ionel) R(obert)

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

—James, Henry