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Random bit

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003417

1. A bit for which an attacker has exactly a 50% probability of success of guessing the value of the bit as either zero or one.

2. A bit for which an attacker has exactly a 50% probability of success of guessing the value of the bit as either a zero or one. It is also called an unbiased bit.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003417
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-106; NIST SP 800-107 Rev. 1; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Random bit",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A bit for which an attacker has exactly a 50% probability of success of guessing the value of the bit as either zero or one.\n\n2. A bit for which an attacker has exactly a 50% probability of success of guessing the value of the bit as either a zero or one. It is also called an unbiased bit.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-106",
    "NIST SP 800-107 Rev. 1",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/random-bit/"
}

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