padding

padding: 1. In cryptography, a bit or a string of bits appended to a message either for filtering purposes or to cause the message to contain an even multiple of the number of bits required by the cryptographic algorithm. [After X9.23] 2. One or more bits appended to a message in order to cause the message to contain the required number of bits or bytes. [T1.707-1998]

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