Salt

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

Framework senses

6 senses across 4 frameworks

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

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

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

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →

§1: the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
§2: white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
§3: a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)