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(1) To temporarily or permanently stop executing, printing or transmitting. (2) In cryptography, to decrypt a ciphertext without knowing the key or to find a flaw in an encryption algorithm or...
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Definition: break
(1) To temporarily or permanently stop executing, printing or transmitting.
(2) In cryptography, to decrypt a ciphertext without knowing the key or to find a flaw in an encryption algorithm or implementation that permits such cryptanalysis.
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