An intrusion detection system (IDS) inspects all inbound and outbound network activity and identifies suspicious patterns that may indicate a network or system attack from someone attempting to break into or compromise a system. There are several ways to categorize an IDS:
Civil inattention. Civil inattention is the process whereby strangers who are in close proximity demonstrate that they are aware of one another, without imposing on each other â a recognition of the claims of others to a public space, and of their own personal boundaries.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  inanition(Noun) Emptiness. 2  inanition(Noun) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation. 3  inanition(Noun) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of nausea.