cert

be a dead cert

slang To be almost certain to do a certain thing or to succeed in a particular area. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Sally is the most qualified candidate by far, so she's a dead cert for the promotion.See also: cert, dead

a dead cert

slang Someone who is almost certain to do a certain thing or to succeed in a particular area. Sally is the most qualified candidate by far, so she's a dead cert for the promotion.See also: cert, dead

a dead ˈcert

(informal) a person or thing that is certain to win, succeed, etc: ‘Would you ever bet money on a horse?’ ‘No, not unless it was a dead cert.’ Dead here means complete or total. Cert is a short form of certainty.See also: cert, dead

CERT

Computer Emergency Response Team

Cert

Folk beliefs assign St. Nicholas the role of Christmas gift bringer in Czechoslovakia. According to Czechoslovakian folklore, two oddly matched companions aid the good saint in his labors. On December sixth, St. Nicholas's Day, Nicholas descends from heaven on a golden rope accompanied by an angel dressed in white and a demon known as a cert. The cert wears black clothing and carries a whip and chain. He frightens naughty children, reminding them of the punishment in store for them if they don't mend their ways. (See also Black Peter.)

Further Reading

Del Re, Gerard, and Patricia Del Re. The Christmas Almanack. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1979. Foley, Daniel J. Christmas the World Over. Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Books, 1963. Stevens, Patricia Bunning. Merry Christmas!: A History of the Holiday. New York: Macmillan, 1979.

CERT

(1) (cert) See digital certificate.

(2) (Computer Emergency Response Team) A group of people in an organization who coordinate their response to breaches of security or other computer emergencies such as breakdowns and disasters. Other similar terms are CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team), CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team) and IRT (Incident Response Team). CERT often refers to the CERT center at Carnegie Mellon University (see CERT/CC).

Countries also develop their own CERT agencies for national security (see US-CERT). See oCERT and vulnerability disclosure.

CERT

Acronym	Definition
CERT➣Computer Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US government)
CERT➣Certificate
CERT➣Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
CERT➣Community Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Certification
CERT➣Certify
CERT➣Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (UK)
CERT➣Community Emergency Response Training (various locations)
CERT➣Certificado de Reembolso Tributario (Spanish: Tax Refund Certificate; Colombia)
CERT➣Clean Energy Resource Team (Minnesota)
CERT➣Critical Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Citizens Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Council of Energy Resource Tribes (group of Native American tribes with energy resources, since 1976; Denver, CO and Washington, DC, USA)
CERT➣Committee on Energy Research and Technology (International Energy Agency)
CERT➣Correctional Emergency Response Team (Indiana)
CERT➣Campus Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Corrections Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Toulouse (French)
CERT➣Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation (Scottish)
CERT➣Crisis Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Corporate Equity Reduction Transaction (US IRS)
CERT➣Combined Environmental Reliability Testing
CERT➣Center of Excellence for Applied Research & Training
CERT➣California Education Round Table
CERT➣Colorado Evolution Response Team
CERT➣Communication Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Composite Electrical Readiness Test (NASA)
CERT➣Center for Emergency Response Technology
CERT➣Certified Electronic Reporter and Transcriber (American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers)
CERT➣Cognitive Emotional Restructuring Therapy
CERT➣Concordia Emergency Response Team (Concordia University; Canada)
CERT➣Committee of Emergency Response Team
CERT➣Children's Emergency Relief Team
CERT➣Center of Research and Training
CERT➣Crew Escape and Rescue Technique
CERT➣Certificate/Certification of Eligibility
CERT➣Community Enforcement Response Team (Las Cruces, NM)