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block cipher mode of operation

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

mode

Definitions:

  An algorithm for the cryptographic transformation of data that is based on a block cipher.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38F

  See “block cipher mode of operation.”
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38F under mode

  The value of the random sample that occurs with the greatest frequency. This value is not necessarily unique.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-55v1 under mode from NIST Handbook 151