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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Noun Inflected Forms

• 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

Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin encoded the message using a one-time pad.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The most secure system was based on a one-time pad.

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

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

A one-time pad contained randomly generated sets of numbers, organized in groups of five, that were added mathematically to the encoded, numbered messages.

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