3. n. (Crypto) Octets ajoutés au hasard à un message avant son cryptage, afin d'augmenter la difficulté de retrouver ce dernier par piratage.
4. adj. Salé.
5. v. Saler.
salt
1. n. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
2. n. (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
3. n. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
4. n. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
5. n. (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
6. n. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
7. n. (obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.
8. n. (obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.
Attic salt
9. n. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
10. n. (figurative) Skepticism and common sense.
Any politician's statements must be taken with a grain of salt, but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of salt.
11. n. (Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.
There was so much salt in that thread about the poor casting decision.
12. adj. Salty; salted.
salt beef; salt tears
13. adj. Saline.
a salt marsh; salt grass
14. adj. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
a salt mine
The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.