"HMAC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HMACs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HMAC (plural HMACs)
  1. (cryptography) Initialism of hash-based message authentication code (a specific type of the message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hash-based message authentication code (extra: (a specific type of the message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key)) Categories (topical): Cryptography Hypernyms: MAC
    Sense id: en-HMAC-en-noun-lAYPPCLM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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