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Permuter

nounverified·updated Oct 6, 2026

Device used in cryptographic equipment to change the order in which the contents of a shift register are used in various nonlinear combining circuits.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Asset100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
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Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)

Sensitivity

Restricted72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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Permuters
possessive
Permuter's
pluralpossessive
Permuters'