"collision attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: collision attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} collision attack (plural collision attacks)
  1. (cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force. Wikipedia link: en:collision attack Categories (topical): Cryptography Coordinate_terms: preimage attack, second preimage attack Translations (attack on a hash function): törmäyshyökkäys (Finnish), Kollisionsangriff [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-collision_attack-en-noun-aROxH0vP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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