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Was the CRYSTALS-Kyber name intentionally, or accidentally, a reference to Kyber Crystals (I.e. The Lightsaber energy source?)
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
Was the CRYSTALS-Kyber name intentionally, or accidentally, a reference to Kyber Crystals (I.e. The Lightsaber energy source?)
- ZeWaka 3y agoAbsolutely a reference. Dilithium (from Star Trek) is name of their signature algorithm.
- throw0101c 3y agoThe trick to naming things is to first find a cool word/reference, and then 'reverse engineer' it as an acronym second: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
- ryukafalz 3y agoThough you can easily take it too far; I think US legislators have been running out of reasonable backronyms :)
- saagarjha 3y agoI'm amused by the Padmé reference as well.