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IDEA(International Data Encryption Algorithm) A secret key cryptography method that uses a 128-bit key. Introduced in 1992, its European patent is held by Ascom-Tech AG, Solothurn, Switzerland. Written by Xuejia Lai and James Massey, it uses the block cipher method that breaks the text into 64-bit blocks before encrypting them. See PGP. idea 1. Philosophy a. a private mental object, regarded as the immediate object of thought or perception b. a Platonic Idea or Form 2. Music a thematic phrase or figure; motif
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AbsoluteProof Desktop is particularly valuable to independent writers and inventors seeking to prove they were the first to conceive an idea or design in disputes against large companies with seemingly unlimited resources, as well as CPAs, auditors, and brokers who are under increased regulatory scrutiny. The two scientists, working in the relative isolation of academia at Stanford University, were able to conceive an idea of revolutionary import that had escaped thousands of researchers working in secret government agencies. |
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