False Positive: A legitimate message mistakenly rejected or filtered as spam, either by an ISP or a recipient's anti-spam program. The more stringent an anti-spam program, the higher the false-positive rate.

 

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False Positive: A legitimate message mistakenly rejected or filtered as spam, either by an ISP or a recipient's anti-spam program. The more stringent an anti-spam program, the higher the false-positive rate.

Positive Organ: Small single-manual organ, popular in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Positive Reinforcement: The process of acknowledging specific behaviors with positive feedback, such as a smile, praise or reward.

Positive Lens: Simple lens that causes light rays from a subject to converge to a point.

Positive Feedback Control: Occurs when information produced by the feedback increases and accelerates the response.

Positive Covenant (Of A Bond): A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take. Also called an affirmative covenant.

Positive Discipline: A disciplinary strategy geared toward reducing and improving an individual’s unfavorable behavior or conduct by rewarding positive behavior rather than focusing on and punishing negative behavior.

Positive Feedback: Biochemical control where the accumulation of the product stimulates production of an enzyme responsible for that products production.

Positive Signs: All air and fire signs; used to describe the outgoing, dynamic qualities characteristic of these signs. Also called masculine signs. See also Masculine signs.

Positive Space: Space aboard a ship or aircraft that can be confirmed ahead of time.