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Asymmetric key

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A cipher technique in which different cryptographic keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message Scope Note: See Public key encryption.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Credential0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Restricted85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
public key
alternatephrasing
Asymmetric Keys
plural
Asymmetric keysAsymmetric Keyses
possessive
Asymmetric key'sAsymmetric Keys's
pluralpossessive
Asymmetric keys'Asymmetric Keyses'