safe prime in English

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Etymology: These primes are called safe because they are safe to use in cyptography due to the fact that one less than the prime has the largest possible prime factor. Head templates: {{en-noun}} safe prime (plural safe primes)

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  "etymology_text": "These primes are called safe because they are safe to use in cyptography due to the fact that one less than the prime has the largest possible prime factor.",
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        "Any prime number of the form 2p + 1, where p is also a prime."
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  "etymology_text": "These primes are called safe because they are safe to use in cyptography due to the fact that one less than the prime has the largest possible prime factor.",
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        "plural"
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        "Any prime number of the form 2p + 1, where p is also a prime."
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"safe prime" meaning in English

Noun

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