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共通鍵暗号 (きょうつうかぎあんごう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

共きょう通つう鍵かぎ暗あん号ごう

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Meanings

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symmetric key cryptography

Technical term in computing; refers to encryption where the same key is used for both encryption and decryption.

共きょう通つう鍵かぎ暗あん号ごう

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In symmetric key cryptography, the sender and receiver need to share the same key.

Kanji

共together, both, neither
通traffic, pass through, avenue
鍵key
暗darkness, disappear, shade
号nickname, number, item

Related words

公こう開かい鍵かぎ暗あん号ごう
公開鍵暗号 (public-key cryptography) uses a pair of keys (public and private), while 共通鍵暗号 uses a single shared key.

Built from

共きょう通つう+鍵かぎ+

Etymology

Compound of 共通 (shared) + 鍵 (key) + 暗号 (cipher/cryptography). A direct calque of the English term 'symmetric key cryptography'.

暗あん号ごう