one-way function

<cryptography, mathematics>

A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography.

See also: trapdoor function.

Last updated: 2001-05-10

Nearby terms:

One Time Programmable Read-Only Memory ♦ one-way function ♦ one-way hash function

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