quantum cryptography

quantum cryptography

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kwŏn′təm krĭp-tŏgrə-fē
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (contemporary) /ˌkwɒn.təm kɹɪpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/, (conservative) /ˌkwɔːn.təm kɹɪpˈtɔːɡ.ɹə.fiː/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): (without the cotcaught merger) /ˌkwɔn.təm kɹɪpˈtɔɡ.ɹə.fi/, (cotcaught merger) /ˌkwɑn.təm kɹɪpˈtɑɡ.ɹə.fi/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): (standard) /ˌkwɒn.təm kɹɪpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, (dialectal) /ˌkwɑn.təm kɹɪpˈtɑɡ.ɹə.fi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkwɔn.təm kɹɪpˈtɔɡ.ɹə.fiː/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌkwɒn.təm kɹəpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌkwɔn.təm kɹɪpˈtɔɡ.ɹə.fi/
  • (India) IPA(key): /ˌkwɔn.ʈum kɾɪpˈʈɔɡ.ɾa.fiː/
  • Hyphenation: quan‧tum cryp‧tog‧ra‧phy

Noun

quantum cryptography (uncountable)

  1. (cryptography) The science of exploiting quantum mechanical properties to perform cryptographic tasks.
    Hypernym: cryptography

Derived terms

  • post-quantum cryptography

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