Your browser stores the corresponding public key for a bunch of trusted CAs. When you receive a request for a secure transaction, your browser checks the root of the certificate (provided by the host you're connecting to) with the public key to make sure it was really signed by the matching private key.
â¢ EMOLUMENT (noun) The noun EMOLUMENT has 1 sense: 1. compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) Familiarity information: EMOLUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Pressure is defined to be the amount of force exerted per area. So to create a large amount of pressure, you can either exert a large force or exert a force over a small area (or do both). In other words, you might be safe lying on a bed of nails if the total surface area of all the nail tips together is large enough.