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Encryption key

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A piece of information, in a digitized form, used by an encryption algorithm to convert the plaintext to the ciphertext

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Classifications

Entity Type

Credential92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

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

Cui72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Encryption keys
possessive
Encryption key's
pluralpossessive
Encryption keys'