one-time pad

American  

[wuhn-tahym pad] / ˈwʌnˌtaɪm ˈpæd /

noun

• one-time pads
  plural

1. Computers. a powerful encryption method consisting of the addition of a bit or character from a secret, random, single-use key to each bit or character of the plaintext message. Abbreviation: OTP.

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• one-time pads
  plural

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one-time pad

Many of its models rely on a one-time pad that gets thrown away after a quick clean.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022

Behind the closed and guarded doors of the SR offices, an SR officer deciphered the message by hand, using a one-time pad.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Immediately after using a page of the one-time pad, both the sender and the recipient would destroy it.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

It turned out that the Soviet one-time pad system had a weakness.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

As she later noted, one-time pad systems are “really the only unbreakable cipher in existence.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield