"private key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: private keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private key (plural private keys)
  1. The unpublished key in asymmetric cryptography. Categories (topical): Cryptography Related terms: public-key cryptography Coordinate_terms: public key Translations (unpublished key): clau privada [feminine] (Catalan), 私鑰 (Chinese Mandarin), 私钥 (sīyào) (Chinese Mandarin), soukromý klíč [masculine] (Czech), yksityinen avain (Finnish), privater Schlüssel [masculine] (German), titkos kulcs (Hungarian), einkalykill [masculine] (Icelandic)

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