public-key
pub·lic–key
noun, often attributive \ˈpə-blik-ˈkē\Definition of PUBLIC-KEY
: a cryptographic element that is the publicly shared half of an encryption code and that can be used only to encode messages
First Known Use of PUBLIC-KEY
1977
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