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WINNOW [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Farmers in Senegal use wind to winnow (separate) peanuts from chaff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Séparer les grains de leurs enveloppes plus légères en les secouant.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A cryptographic technique which does not encrypt a message but achieves confidentiality by hiding pieces of the message in a welter of random data, or chaff.

Key term(s)
  • chaff
  • winnow
  • chaffing
  • winnowing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

Des nouvelles techniques qui ne chiffrent pas le message, mais en assurent la confidentialité en le cachant dans un fouillis de données aléatoires.

Spanish

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