English

Noun

one-time pad ‎(plural one-time pads)

1. (cryptography) A form of encryption where each bit or character from the plaintext is encrypted by a modular addition with a bit or character from a secret random key (or pad) of the same length as the plaintext.

   One-time pads have been proven to be impossible to crack if used correctly.

Hypernyms

• pad

References

• one-time pad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia