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S-boxes

S-boxes is the plural of S-box.

Meaning of S-box

Noun

S-box (plural S-boxes)

  1. A basic component of symmetric-key algorithms, which performs substitution, transforming one set of bits into another.
    • In block ciphers, S-boxes are typically used to obscure the relationship between the key and the ciphertext.

Questions about S-boxes

What is S-boxes the plural of?
S-boxes is the plural of S-box.

Words near S-boxes in the dictionary

  1. S-bends
  2. s-block
  3. s-bomb
  4. s-bombs
  5. S-box
  6. S-boxes
  7. S-bucks
  8. s-cis
  9. s-commerce
  10. S-curve
  11. S-curves

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