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sidechannels

sidechannels is the plural of sidechannel.

Meaning of sidechannel

Noun

sidechannel (plural sidechannels)

  1. (security) An indirect source of information about what a system is doing, such as execution time, version number, etc.
    • VLSI circuits are open to sidechannel attacks which disclose information about its internal state to an adversary.2005, Subhamoy Maitra, C.E. Veni Madhavan, Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Progress in Cryptology - INDOCRYPT 2005, →ISBN
  2. A small branch from the main flow of a river, hydraulic system, or electronic circuit.
    • Juvenile growth and survivorship is likely to be reduced by cumulative losses of pool volume and sedimentation of shallow rearing areas such as stream margins and sidechannels.2001, Bitterroot National Forest (N.F.), Burned Area Recovery, Final Environmental Impact Statement

Questions about sidechannels

What is sidechannels the plural of?
Sidechannels is the plural of sidechannel.

Words near sidechannels in the dictionary

  1. sidechaining
  2. sidechains
  3. sidechair
  4. sidechairs
  5. sidechannel
  6. sidechannels
  7. sidechick
  8. sidechicks
  9. sidecountry
  10. sidecurl
  11. sidecurls

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