block cipher

block cipher definition - telecom
A private key encryption method that encrypts data in blocks of fixed size (usually 64 bits) that are the same size as the unencrypted data. See also encryption and private key encryption.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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