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secret sharing

secret sharing noun: any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.

Noun

secret sharing (uncountable)

  1. Any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.

Questions about secret sharing

What does secret sharing mean?
Secret sharing means any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.
What part of speech is secret sharing?
Secret sharing is a noun.

Words near secret sharing in the dictionary

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