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Threefish

Threefish proper noun: a symmetric-key tweakable block cipher involving the Skein hash function.

Proper noun

Threefish

  1. A symmetric-key tweakable block cipher involving the Skein hash function.

Origin of Threefish

From three + fish, modelled on the earlier Twofish.

Questions about Threefish

What does Threefish mean?
Threefish means a symmetric-key tweakable block cipher involving the Skein hash function.
What part of speech is Threefish?
Threefish is a proper noun.

Words near Threefish in the dictionary

  1. threedy
  2. threefer
  3. threefers
  4. threefin
  5. threefins
  6. Threefish
  7. threefoil
  8. threefoiled
  9. threefoils
  10. threefold
  11. threefold law

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