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• A family of functions and their inverses that is parameterized by a cryptographic key; the function maps bit strings of a fixed length to bit strings of the same length.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Block Cipher Algorithm. (n.d.). Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/block-cipher-algorithm.

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  Block Cipher Algorithm. csrc.nist.gov. Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/block-cipher-algorithm (accessed: February 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Block Cipher Algorithm." Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. 1 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/block-cipher-algorithm.

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