RSA number

noun

Any of the large semiprime numbers to be factored in the RSA Factoring Challenge, a competition from 1991 to 2007 encouraging research into computational number theory.

Meanings

nounRSA number (plural RSA numbers)

plural RSA numbers

  1. mathematicsAny of the large semiprime numbers to be factored in the RSA Factoring Challenge, a competition from 1991 to 2007 encouraging research into computational number theory.
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