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(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.

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


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