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PKC

PKC is the initialism of public-key cryptography.

PKC is the initialism of protein kinase C.

PKC is the initialism of paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis.

Meaning of public-key cryptography

Noun

public-key cryptography (uncountable)

  1. A form of cryptography which allows users to communicate securely without previously agreeing on a shared secret key (abbreviation PKC)
    Synonyms:
    asymmetric cryptography, public-key encryption

Questions about PKC

What is PKC the initialism of?
PKC is the initialism of public-key cryptography.

Words near PKC in the dictionary

  1. PKA
  2. pkaila
  3. PKAN
  4. pKas
  5. PKB
  6. PKC
  7. PKCS
  8. PKD
  9. PKDL
  10. PKer
  11. PKers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PKC (page history and authors); public-key cryptography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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