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Glossary Term "key"

key

Related Terms cipher, decryption, encryption, public key, private key
Description In cryptographic terms, a key is the information required to correctly encode or decode a message. Generally a "public key" is used to encrypt a message to be sent to a specific person. That person must then use their "private key" to correctly decipher the message.
 
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