Usually means: Random data for encryption start.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Initialization vector)

noun:  In cryptography, an initialization vector or starting variableISO/IEC 10116:2006 Information technology — Security techniques — Modes of operation for an n-bit block cipher is an input to a cryptographic primitive being used to provide the initial state.


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