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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

1.(language)IDEA - Interactive Data Entry/Access.
2.(algorithm)IDEA - International Data Encryption Algorithm.


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