"S-box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: S-boxes [plural]
Etymology: Short for substitution box. Head templates: {{en-noun}} S-box (plural S-boxes)
  1. (cryptography) A basic component of symmetric-key algorithms, which performs substitution, transforming one set of bits into another. Wikipedia link: S-box Categories (topical): Cryptography

Inflected forms

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