rainbow table

English

A simplified rainbow table with three reduction functions

Etymology

Coined by cryptanalyst Philippe Oechslin in 2003

Pronunciation

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Noun

rainbow table (plural rainbow tables)

(mathematics, cryptography) A table of surjective functions used to decrypt a text that was coded using a hash table.

Hypernyms

table

Translations

Translations

Finnish: sateenkaaritaulukko, sateenkaaritaulu
German: Rainbow Table f, Regenbogentabelle f (rare)
Romanian: please add this translation if you can

References

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