Crossover

The process within a genetic algorithm of randomly trying combinations and evaluating the success or failure of the outcome.
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An artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary, survivalofthefittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a problem.
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A cipher that applies the encryption algorithm to an entire message block at the same time. Transposition ciphers are examples of block ciphers. A method of encrypting text to produce ciphertext in which a cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to a block of data as a group instead of one bit at a time.
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A parameter used with a cryptographic algorithm to transform, validate, authenticate, encrypt, or decrypt data. Cryptographic keys provide the “secret” portion of a cryptographic algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt data.
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A set of mathematically expressed rules for encoding information, thereby rendering it unintelligible to those who do not have the algorithm decoding key. Set of mathematically expressed rules for rendering data unintelligible by executing a series of conversions controlled by a key.
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