asymmetric cryptographic algorithm

C2105
concept

An asymmetric cryptographic algorithm is a method that uses a mathematically related pair of keys—one public and one private—to enable secure operations such as encryption, decryption, and digital signatures without sharing secret keys.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
public-key cryptosystem 4
asymmetric cryptographic algorithm canonical 1
asymmetric cryptographic primitive 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: asymmetric cryptographic algorithm
Generated description
An asymmetric cryptographic algorithm is a method that uses a mathematically related pair of keys—one public and one private—to enable secure operations such as encryption, decryption, and digital signatures without sharing secret keys.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
ElGamal public-key cryptosystem
ECC asymmetric cryptography algorithm
Curve25519-based schemes public-key cryptography
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm asymmetric cryptographic primitive
Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem public-key cryptosystem
RSA
Niels Duif
surface form: Ed25519 public-key signature scheme
public-key signature scheme
Rabin cryptosystem public-key cryptosystem
Merkle
surface form: Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem
public-key cryptosystem