public key

Summary

public key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• public key's image is recorded as Public key signing.svg^[2].
• public key's subclass of is recorded as key^[3].
• public key's part of is recorded as key pair^[4].
• public key's has use is recorded as encryption^[5].
• public key's opposite of is recorded as private key^[6].
• public key's facet of is recorded as key authentication^[7].
• public key's topic has template is recorded as Template:Cryptography public-key^[8].
• public key's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://crypto.stackexchange.com/tags/public-key^[9].
• public key's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/tags/public-key^[10].
• public key's has characteristic is recorded as public information^[11].
• public key's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121g0zbx^[12].
• public key's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000000675^[13].
• public key's Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID is recorded as chiave-pubblica^[14].
• public key's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as public-key^[15].
• public key's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as Federated States of Micronesia^[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for public key include public-key cryptography^[17] and public-key infrastructure^[18].

Why It Matters

public key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for it include public-key cryptography^[17] and public-key infrastructure^[18].