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MPC180E Security Processor User’s Manual
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Most-significant bit (msb). The highest-order bit in an address, registers,
data element, or instruction encoding.
Most-significant byte (MSB). The highest-order byte in an address,
registers, data element, or instruction encoding.
NIST. National Institute of Standards. U.S. Government Agency responsible
for defining and certifying standards.
Padding. Extra bits concatenated with a key, password, or plaintext.
Physical memory. The actual memory that can be accessed through the
system’s memory bus.
Pipelining. A technique that breaks operations, such as instruction
processing or bus transactions, into smaller distinct stages or tenures
(respectively) so that a subsequent operation can begin before the
previous one has completed.
PKEU. Public Key Execution Unit. A device or silicon block which
accelerates the mathematical algorithms associated with public key
exchange. Typically uses the RSA or Diffie-Hellman algorithms.
PKI. Public Key Infrastructure. PKIs are designed to solve the key
management problem.
Plaintext. The data to be encrypted.
Private key. In public-key cryptography, this key is the secret key. It is
primarily used for decryption but is also used for encryption with
digital signatures.
PRNG. Pseudo Random Number Generator. A device or silicon block which
produces numbers or bits which are related to preceding and
following numbers or bits, however this relationship is nearly
imperceptible. Only predictable in a theoretical sense.
Public key. In public-key cryptography this key is made public to all, it is
primarily used for encryption but can be used for verifying
signatures.
Public-key cryptography. Cryptography based on methods involving a
public key and a private key.
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