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secret key

noun

Etymology

Since the private key is kept secret, it can be called a “secret key” instead to distinguish between the abbreviations PK (public key) and SK (secret key, as opposed to *PK (“private key”)).

Definitions

  1. Synonym of private key.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for secret key. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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