Initialization Vector

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IV
Pronunciation
/ɪˌnɪ.ʃi.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən ˈvɛk.tər/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Selecting random sequence N as the initialization vector, and calculated.
  2. I then extract the initialization vector ( IV ) into a byte array, block encrypt the clear data, and prefix the IV bytes to the encrypted data bytes.
  3. The key and the initialization vector are encrypted with the public key of the user to protect its confidentiality.
  4. The Blowfish symmetric-key encryption algorithm protects the confidentiality of the files, the key and the initialization vector of a file are auto generated by the file system after the file being created.
  5. In order to overcome the problems of traditional snake associated with poor convergence to boundary concavities and sensitive initialization, gradient vector flow based on deformable models is presented to segment tumor region.

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