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nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Sequence of symbols (or their electrical or mechanical equivalents) produced in a machine or auto-manual cryptosystem to combine with plain text to produce cipher text, control transmission security processes, or produce key.

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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: Sequence of symbols (or their electrical or mechanical equivalents) produced in a machine or auto-manual cryptosystem to combine with plain text to produce cipher text, control transmission security processes, or produce key.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Sequence of symbols (or their electrical or mechanical equivalents) produced in a machine or auto-manual cryptosystem to combine with plain text to produce cipher text, control transmission security processes, or produce key.