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.
Written By: Integument, in biology, network of features that forms the covering of an organism. The integument delimits the body of the organism, separating it from the environment and protecting it from foreign matter. At the same time it gives communication with the outside, enabling an organism to live in a particular environment. 1  Among unicellular organisms, such as bacteria and protozoans, the integument corresponds to the cell membrane and any secreted coating that the organism produces.