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🛋️ Soft filling 💾 Extra data bytes
padding

padding

3 6.3
Extra data added to a file or message so it reaches the needed size
  • noun
  • /ˈpædɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Random numbers are used for many purposes, such as key generation and padding.

Maybe we add some padding or some other mechanism like this and then we encrypt it using the private key.

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Examples

  • Before we look at the actual attack, we have to talk a little about padding.

    Blog text (27)

  • Padding rows with zeros so that their length is divisible by 16 is also not attractive, because computing on these padding zeros can constitute a significant overhead for very sparse matrices.

    Academic text (1997)

  • It then adds the padding and sends the data out over the network.

  • The results show that the performance of the translation filter is sensitive to the padding size of surrounding context on target objects.

    Academic text (2018)

  • PIN translation allows the PIN block format, the enciphering key, or the format-padding parameters to be changed while translation occurs.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In data transmission, padding ensures that the packet meets the required length for processing.

  • The software automatically adds padding to the message to comply with the format needed for secure encryption.

  • To meet the protocol standards, additional padding was included in the data frame before sending.

Antonyms

to compress
94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

to trim
  • Specialized
1 8.1

To tell a solid-state drive which areas are free so it can clear them

Surface Forms

padding singular
paddings plural

Morphology

padding = pad (transparent) = pad + ing

The computing sense is a technical application of 'to pad' (to add extra bytes), formed by verb + -ing; the morphological relation is direct.

Etymology

Padding in computing keeps the same image: it is extra bits or bytes added to 'fill' space so the data reaches the right size, just like you add stuffing to fill a gap in a cushion. So in computing padding 'fills' empty space to match the required size of the data.