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Block Cipher Algorithm

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A family of functions and their inverses that is parameterized by a cryptographic key; the function maps bit strings of a fixed length to bit strings of the same length.

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Entity Type

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Variants

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Block Cipher Algorithms
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Block Cipher Algorithm's
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