Block size
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Block size can refer to:
- Block (data storage)Block (data storage)In computing , a block is a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal length . Data thus structured are said to be blocked. The process of putting data into blocks is called blocking. Blocking is used to facilitate the handling of the data-stream by the computer program receiving the data...
, the size of a block in data storage and file systems. - Block size (cryptography)Block size (cryptography)In modern cryptography, symmetric key ciphers are generally divided into stream ciphers and block ciphers. Block ciphers operate on a fixed length string of bits. The length of this bit string is the block size...
, the minimal unit of data for block ciphers. - Block size (mathematics)