English Explanatory Dictionary

rainbow table

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A table of surjective functions used to decrypt a text that was coded using a hash table.

Pronunciation

UK-rainbow_table.ogg

Word forms

rainbow table rainbow tables

Etymology

Coined by cryptanalyst Philippe Oechslin in 2003.

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