"illegal number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: illegal numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} illegal number (plural illegal numbers)
  1. (law) a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter or propagate. Any information that can be represented in binary format is, ipso facto, representable as a number, and therefore if the information itself is illegal in some way, the pure number itself may be called illegal. Wikipedia link: illegal number Categories (topical): Law Related terms: illegal prime
    Sense id: en-illegal_number-en-noun-RSC~F-VI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation Topics: law

Inflected forms

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