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block ciphers

block ciphers is the plural of block cipher.

Meaning of block cipher

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.

Questions about block ciphers

What is block ciphers the plural of?
Block ciphers is the plural of block cipher.

Words near block ciphers in the dictionary

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

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