Usually means: Encryption key shared with everyone.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. public-key: Merriam-Webster
  2. public key: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. public-key: Wordnik
  4. public key: Wiktionary
  5. public key: Dictionary.com
  6. Public-key, Public key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. public-key: Hacking Lexicon
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Technopedia (No longer online)
  4. Public-key, public key: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. public key: Prime

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public key)

▸ noun:  (cryptography) One of the two keys used in asymmetric cryptography, which is published to others.

Similar:
pubkey, fingerprint, keysigning, public key certificate, keyring, certificate, keyword, change key, skeleton key, key card, more...

Opposite:
private key, secret key

Phrases:
public key cryptography, public key encryption, Public key infrastructure, public key cryptography standards, public key certificate, more...

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Similar:
pubkey, fingerprint, keysigning, public key certificate, keyring, certificate, keyword, change key, skeleton key, key card, more...

Opposite:
private key, secret key

Phrases:
public key cryptography, public key encryption, Public key infrastructure, public key cryptography standards, public key certificate, Public key fingerprint, HTTP Public Key Pinning, more...



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