Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nothing-up-my-sleeve number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: noth-ing-up-my-sleeve num-ber
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A number which, by its construction, is above suspicion of having hidden properties; used in creating cryptographic functions such as hashes and ciphers.

Example Sentences

"The key schedule, however, expanding the key using an essentially one-way method, is more complex, with the binary expansions of both e and the golden ratio of "nothing up my sleeve numbers"."
"Anyway, they make the same point: “The BADA55-VPR curves illustrate the fact that 'verifiably pseudorandom' curves with 'systematic' seeds generated from 'nothing-up-my-sleeve numbers' also do not stop the attacker from generating a curve with a one-in-a-million weakness.”"

Etymology

In reference to magic tricks in which the performer may have something concealed in a sleeve (or may demonstrate to the audience that they do not).

Inflected Forms

nothing-up-my-sleeve numbers (plural)

Questions

What does nothing-up-my-sleeve number mean?: A number which, by its construction, is above suspicion of having hidden properties; used in creating cryptographic functions such as hashes and ciphers.
Where does nothing-up-my-sleeve number come from?: In reference to magic tricks in which the performer may have something concealed in a sleeve (or may demonstrate to the audience that they do not).

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