"stream cipher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stream ciphers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stream cipher (plural stream ciphers)
  1. (cryptography) a symmetric-key cipher in which plaintext digits are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream Wikipedia link: stream cipher Categories (topical): Cryptography Translations (Translations): jonosalaaja (Finnish), jonosalaus (Finnish), chiffrement de flux [masculine] (French), Stromverschlüsselung [feminine] (German), straumdulritun [feminine] (Icelandic), cifrario a flusso [masculine] (Italian)

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