Word of the Day – July 10, 2020
salt
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Definitions
| Type | Definition | Sources |
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| Noun | A non-secret value used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an attacker. (used 30 times in citations and controls) | |
| Noun | The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. (used 0 times in citations and controls) |
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| Noun | White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food. (used 0 times in citations and controls) |
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| Noun | Random string that is concatenated with other data prior to being operated on by a one-way function. A salt should have a minimum length of 64-bits. (used 6 times in citations and controls) | |
| Verb | To protect passwords stored in databases by adding a string of 32 or more characters and then hashing them. (used 4 times in citations and controls) |
Other Forms
| Type | Other Form |
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| Past | salted |
| Past Participle | salted |
| Plural | salts |
| Plural Possessive | salts' |
| Possessive | salt's |
| Present Participle | salting |
| Third Person | salts |
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