Secret sharing

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAny method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.

Synonyms

split key subkey kerckhoffs's principle superdistribution public key cryptography fractionation asymmetric cryptography shannon's maxim fair division pseudodivision cryptosystem homomorphic encryption

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