"Threefish" meaning in English

See Threefish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: three + fish, modelled on the earlier Twofish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|three|fish}} three + fish, {{m|en|Twofish}} Twofish Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Threefish
  1. (cryptography) A symmetric-key tweakable block cipher involving the Skein hash function. Wikipedia link: Threefish Categories (topical): Cryptography

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