symmetric key cryptography

<cryptography>

A cryptography system in which both parties have the same encryption key, as in secret key cryptography.

Opposite: public-key cryptography.

Last updated: 1998-06-09

Nearby terms:

symmetric ♦ symmetric key cryptography ♦ Symmetric LISP ♦ symmetric multiprocessing

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