PUBLIC-KEY


Meaning of PUBLIC-KEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpə-blik-ˈkē ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.