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private key

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | 201 words | Copyright

private key One of the two keys involved in PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION. This is the key that is used by the receiver of an encrypted message to decrypt it. The encrypted message is sent using a PUBLIC KEY.

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