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public key cryptography

public key cryptography noun: the subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available.

Noun

public key cryptography (uncountable)

  1. The subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available.

Questions about public key cryptography

What does public key cryptography mean?
Public key cryptography means the subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available.
What part of speech is public key cryptography?
Public key cryptography is a noun.

Words near public key cryptography in the dictionary

  1. public Ivies
  2. public Ivy
  3. public key
  4. public key certificate
  5. public key certificates
  6. public key cryptography
  7. public keys
  8. public knowledge
  9. public law
  10. public laws
  11. public libraries

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