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- A type of dataset used for encryption or decryption. In cryptography, a sequence of symbols that controls the operations of encryption and decryption.
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition - AFCS, AGC, BCS, OCS, SACCS
- Digitally signs and encrypts data for security-enabled users. [Exchange 5.5]
Microsoft - Cite This Source - This Definition - advanced security, cross certification, digital signature, encryption, Firewall, Key Management server (KM server), revocation, signing, temporary key
- A key uniquely identifies the object within a bucket. Together, a key and a bucket are used to identify an object inside S3.
RightScale - Cite This Source - This Definition - bucket, Object, S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service)
- The string index to a "hash", used to look up the "value" associated with that key.
Perl - Cite This Source - This Definition - associative array, bucket, DBM, Hash, hash table, Indexing, Value
- A value used to control cryptographic operations, such as decryption, encryption, signature generation or signature verification.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Asymmetric Keys, Cryptographic Key, Cryptography, Key Pair, private key, Public (Asymmetric) Key Encryption, public key, Public Key (Asymmetric) Cryptographic Algorithm
- 1. Information (usually a sequence of random or pseudorandom binary digits) used initially to set up and periodically change the operations performed in crypto-equipment for the purpose of encrypting or decrypting electronic data, for determining electronic counter-countermeasures patterns ( e.g. , frequency hopping or spread spectrum ), or for producing other key. Note: "Key" has replaced the terms "variable," "key(ing) variable," and "cryptovariable." [NIS] 2. Usually a sequence of random or pseudorandom bits used initially to set up and periodically change the operations performed in crypto-equipment for the purpose of encrypting or decrypting electronic signals, or for determining electronic counter-countermeasures patterns( e.g., frequency hopping or spread spectrum), or for producing other key. [INFOSEC-99] 3. A sequence of symbols that controls the operations of encipherment and decipherment [7498-2].
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition - computer cryptography, COMSEC control program, crypto-algorithm, cryptomaterial, cryptosynchronization, Decryption, private key, Public Key Cryptography, RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman), symmetric cryptography