public-key algorithm

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public-key algorithm [′pəb·lik ¦kē ′al·gə‚rith·əm]

(communications)

A cryptographic algorithm in which one key (usually the enciphering key) is made public and a different key (usually the deciphering key) is kept secret; it must not be possible to deduce the private key from the public key.

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