defense trade regulations

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defense trade regulations - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Defense Trade Regulations
  
     <legal> The U.S. law governening munitions export and defense
     technology (F-16s, TOW missiles and cryptology).  According
     to the U.S. (and Canada) cryptography is a munition and people
     who export it can be charged as though they were exporting
     bombs or state secrets.  People have been.
  
     See also EFF.
  
     (1995-06-19)