Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hmac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: hmac
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of hash-based message authentication code, a specific type of message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key.

Inflected Forms

HMACs (plural)

Questions

What does hmac mean?: Initialism of hash-based message authentication code, a specific type of message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key.

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