PUBLIC-KEY


Meaning of PUBLIC-KEY in English

Pronunciation: ' p ə -blik- ' k ē

Function: noun

Usage: often attrib

Date: 1977

: a cryptographic element that is the publicly shared half of an encryption code and that can be used only to encode messages

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.