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stream cipher
(I) An encryption algorithm that breaks plaintext into a stream of
successive bits (or characters) and encrypts the n-th plaintext
bit with the n-th element of a parallel key stream, thus
converting the plaintext bit stream into a ciphertext bit stream.
[Schn] (See: block cipher.)
