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Entropy

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A measure of the amount of uncertainty that an Attacker faces to determine the value of a secret. Entropy is usually stated in bits.

Classifications

Entity Type

Metric92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

plural
Entropies
possessive
Entropy's
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