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McEliece cryptosystem

asymmetric encryption algorithm based on the NP-hard problem of decoding a general linear code
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McEliece cryptosystem

Summary

McEliece cryptosystem is a public-key cryptography[1]. It draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (public_key_cryptography category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • McEliece cryptosystem's instance of is recorded as public-key cryptography[3].
  • Robert J. McEliece is named after McEliece cryptosystem[4].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's part of is recorded as post-quantum cryptography[5].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's publication date is recorded as +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036wrq[7].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's official website is recorded as https://classic.mceliece.org/[8].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's described at URL is recorded as https://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report2/42-44/44N.PDF[9].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's uses is recorded as error correction code[10].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's derivative work is recorded as Niederreiter cryptosystem[11].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 16935551[12].
  • McEliece cryptosystem's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C16935551[13].

Why It Matters

McEliece cryptosystem draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (public_key_cryptography category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

liboqs post-quantum cryptography Robert J. McEliece

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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