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Key Stream

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Sequence of symbols (or their electrical or mechanical equivalents) produced in a machine or auto-manual cryptosystem to combine with plain text to produce cipher text, control transmission security processes, or produce key.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Data85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Restricted80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Cui75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Key Streams
possessive
Key Stream's
pluralpossessive
Key Streams'