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Definition of Nonce
1. Noun. The present occasion. "For the nonce"
Definition of Nonce
1. n. The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
Definition of Nonce
1. Noun. The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in ''for the nonce''). ¹
2. Noun. (lexicography) A nonce word. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) A number, usually generated randomly or from the time, used once in a cryptographic protocol, to prevent replay attacks. ¹
4. Adjective. denoting something occurring once. ¹
5. Noun. (British slang pejorative) A sex offender, ''especially'' of children; a paedophile. ¹
6. Noun. (British slang) A stupid or worthless person. ¹
7. Noun. (cryptography) A datum constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks. ¹
8. Noun. (cryptography) In a security engineering context, a value used only once. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonce
1. the present occasion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonce
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