dreifilykill

Icelandic

Etymology

From dreifi- (“distribution, dispersion, spreading”) +‎ lykill (“a key, a cryptographic key”). Compare dreifa (“to distribute, to disperse”) and dreifing (“dispersion, distribution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtreiːvɪˌlɪːcɪtl/

Noun

dreifilykill m (genitive singular dreifilykils, nominative plural dreifilyklar)

1. (cryptography) public key

   Antonym: einkalykill

Declension

Declension of dreifilykill (masculine, based on lykill)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dreifilykill	dreifilykillinn	dreifilyklar	dreifilyklarnir
accusative	dreifilykil	dreifilykilinn	dreifilykla	dreifilyklana
dative	dreifilykli	dreifilyklinum	dreifilyklum	dreifilyklunum
genitive	dreifilykils	dreifilykilsins	dreifilykla	dreifilyklanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dreifilykilsdulmálsfræði (“public-key cryptography, public-key encryption”)
• dreifilykilsvottorð (“a public key certificate”)
• dreifilykladulritun (“public-key cryptography, public-key encryption”)
• dreifilyklakerfi (“public-key infrastructure, PKI”)
• dreifilyklaskipulag (“public-key infrastructure, PKI”)
• dreifilyklastaðlar (“Public-Key Cryptography Standards”)
• sjálfritandi dreifilykill (“self-signed public key”)

See also

• bitastrengur
• dulmálslykill
• dulritun
• lykill
• ráðning
• tölvuöryggi
• ósamhverf dulmálsfræði