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An oxymoron is two words which mean the opposite but yet the two combined words form a new expression which remains "true." For example "bitter sweet." Bitter
by UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
An oxymoron is two words which mean the opposite but yet the two combined words form a new expression which remains "true."
For example "bitter sweet." Bitter and sweet mean two different opposite things, but the two words together are "true" because something can be both bitter and sweet.
Encryption means simply to convert information into a form which cannot be easily read by an unauthorised party. One way or lossy encryption is not a contradiction of that.
- floody-berry 14y agoEncryption implies that an authorized party can also decrypt/read the encrypted data. In that sense, "one way" + "encryption" is an oxymoron. Further, "one way encryption" appears to only exist so nobody has to explain to regular users (and a lot of developers apparently) what is actually being done with their passwords.
- benaiah 14y ago"One way encryption" == hashing. Maybe not the best term, but it's pretty obvious what they mean.