Salt

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

Wordset Dictionary

white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

Wordset Dictionary

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
salinitysaltinesstable salt
plural
Salts
possessive
Salt's
pluralpossessive
Salts'