Sponge Construction

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004040",
  "term": "Sponge Construction",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "The method originally specified in [Cryptographic sponge functions, version 0.1] for defining a function from the following: 1) an underlying function on bit strings of a fixed length, 2) a padding rule, and 3) a rate. Both the input and the output of the resulting function are bit strings that can be arbitrarily long.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-185",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/sponge-construction/"
}