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collision attack

collision attack noun: an attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.

Noun

collision attack (plural collision attacks)

  1. An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.

Forms of collision attack

pluralcollision attacks

Questions about collision attack

What does collision attack mean?
Collision attack means an attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.
What part of speech is collision attack?
Collision attack is a noun.
What is the plural of collision attack?
The plural of collision attack is collision attacks.

Words near collision attack in the dictionary

  1. colliquefaction
  2. colliquefactions
  3. Collis
  4. Collishaw
  5. collision
  6. collision attack
  7. collision attacks
  8. collision bulkhead
  9. collision bulkheads
  10. collision course
  11. collision courses

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