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EQUIVOQUE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2006-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
16.04.05 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

conditional entropy of a specific set of messages at a message source given a specific set of messages at a message sink which is connected to the message source by a specific channel

OBS

The equivocation is the mean additional information content that must be supplied per message at the message sink to correct the received messages affected by a noisy channel.

OBS

equivocation: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-16:1996].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
16.04.05 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

entropie conditionnelle d'un ensemble déterminé de messages émis par une source de messages lorsque l'on connaît un ensemble déterminé de messages reçus par un collecteur de messages relié à la source par une voie déterminée

OBS

L'équivoque est la moyenne par message de la quantité d'information supplémentaire qui doit être fournie à la source de messages pour corriger les messages reçus après leur altération par une voie affectée de bruit.

OBS

équivoque : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-16:1996].

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

The use of equivocal expressions to mislead.

CONT

The only time a Court can go outside the Will and accept evidence of the testator's intentions is in the case of "equivocation". Equivocation will occur when the words of the Will are clear but it becomes apparent that certain facts make the words used ambiguous.

CONT

An equivocation arises where the court finds that there is not one, but there are two or more subjects or objects of the gift to which the description in the will, as construed in the light of surrounding circumstances, may apply. This situation is also called a latent ambiguity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
DEF

Caractère de ce qui prête à des interprétations diverses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
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Record 3 1999-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Given that the ciphertext KHOOR ZRUOG was encrypted using a Cæsar cipher, what is the key equivocation? Clearly there are 26 possible keys; here is the decryption of the ciphertext for each key.... Assuming the plaintext is ordinary English (and not a code), the only possible plaintext is HELLO WORLD and the key is D.

Key term(s)
  • equivocation
  • equivocation of a key

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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