key

[Storage] The address of an object in a key-value storage system.

[Data Security] A sequence of bits used for cryptographic operations and/or for producing other keys.

The same plaintext encrypted with different keys yields different ciphertexts, each of which requires a different key for decryption. In a symmetric cryptosystem the encryption and decryption keys are the same. In an asymmetric cryptosystem the encryption and decryption keys are different.

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