"Must Support Hash Value Lengths of 224, 256,384, and 512

question 43

Short Answer

"Must support hash value lengths of 224, 256,384, and 512 bits" and "algorithm must process small blocks at a time instead of requiring the entire message to be buffered in memory before processing it" are requirements for ________.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The supplementary expense incurred by fabricating one more unit of a product or service.

Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain constant.

Cobb-Douglas Production Function

Production function of the form q = AK^aL^b, where q is the rate of output, K is the quantity of capital, and L is the quantity of labor, and where A, a, and b are constants.

Optimal Input Demands

The combination of inputs that minimizes the cost of producing a given output or maximizes output for a given cost.