blowfish
see also: Blowfish
Noun

blowfish (plural blowfish)

  1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
  2. A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: poisson ballon, poisson globe
  • German: Kugelfisch
  • Italian: pesce palla
  • Portuguese: baiacu, peixe-balão, fugu
  • Russian: иглобрю́хая ры́ба
  • Spanish: pez globo
Translations
  • Portuguese: fugu
  • Russian: фу́гу

Blowfish
Proper noun
  1. (computing) A symmetric block cipher encryption algorithm used in modern cryptographic software, designed by Bruce Schneier in 1993.
Related terms
  • Twofish
  • Threefish



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