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one-time pad

noun

Definition of one-time pad

: a random-number additive or mixed keying sequence to be used for a single coded message and then destroyed

First Known Use of one-time pad

1953, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for one-time pad

probably from its original form's being a pad of keys whose sheets were torn off and discarded after a single use

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