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block cipher

block cipher noun: any deterministic cipher that operates on fixed-size groups of bits (binary digits), called blocks, with an unvarying transformation specified by a symmetric key.

Noun

block cipher (plural block ciphers)

  1. Any deterministic cipher that operates on fixed-size groups of bits (binary digits), called blocks, with an unvarying transformation specified by a symmetric key.

Forms of block cipher

pluralblock ciphers

Questions about block cipher

What does block cipher mean?
Block cipher means any deterministic cipher that operates on fixed-size groups of bits (binary digits), called blocks, with an unvarying transformation specified by a symmetric key.
What part of speech is block cipher?
Block cipher is a noun.
What is the plural of block cipher?
The plural of block cipher is block ciphers.

Words near block cipher in the dictionary

  1. block cellular automata
  2. block cellular automaton
  3. block cellular automatons
  4. block chain
  5. block chains
  6. block cipher
  7. block ciphers
  8. block coal
  9. block code
  10. block codes
  11. block coefficient

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