split key (English, noun)
expansion: split key (plural split keys)
Senses:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key value used to identify where to split the children of a parent node in a B-tree or similar data structure.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cryptographic key that is divided into two or more values that individually cannot be used to deduce the entire key.
Forms:
form: split keys
tags: plural