General mathematics

General mathematics

Mathematical terms covering a number of sub-fields such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus and others.

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Secure Sockets Layer

Mathematics; General mathematics

The Secure Sockets Layer, abbreviated SSL, is a cryptographic protocol developed by Netscape that employs X.509 certificates to provide communication security over the internet, and is the ...

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for the construction of protocols which provide confidentiality, data integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation in order to achieve secure ...

cryptographic algorithm

Computer science; Cryptography

A Cryptographic algorithm is an algorithm that employs the mathematics of computational hardness assumptions for the purposes of encrypting, decrypting, authenticating, digitally signing, verifying, ...

encryption

Computer science; Cryptography

Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a way that third parties cannot read it but authorized parties can.

Fibonacci Sequence

Mathematics; General mathematics

Starting from 0 and 1, adding the previous two numbers in the sequence to get the next term in the sequence. The limit of the ratio of the terms is the Golden Ratio.

Power of Two

Mathematics; General mathematics

The number two raised to any integer, or the series thereof. The sum of powers of two is the most minimalistic way to express any number, therefore it is used widely in computer engineering.

Mathematical Beauty

Mathematics; General mathematics

A beauty found in simplicity and found when things fall into place just right, such as in Euler's Identity and as found in Sacred Geometry. Currently proven to have positive neurological effects on ...