Sidechannel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sidechannel is a noun meaning (computing, security) An indirect source of information about what a system is doing, such as execution time, version number, etc.
Meaning
(computing, security) An indirect source of information about what a system is doing, such as execution time, version number, etc.
More Meanings
- A small branch from the main flow of a river, hydraulic system, or electronic circuit.
Example Sentences
VLSI circuits are open to sidechannel attacks which disclose information about its internal state to an adversary.
Timing attacks are an example of sidechannel analysis: examining ways a device can inadvertently transmit information, in addition to its official I/O channels.
Juvenile growth and survivorship is likely to be reduced by cumulative losses of pool volume and sedimentation of shallow rearing areas such as stream margins and sidechannels.
However as the two sidechannel transients are markedly different, because the flow is asymmetric, the value of fitting the model data to the average sidechannel transient is questionable.
Word Forms
- sidechannels
- side-channel
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include side-channel, background, source, literal, concern, counter.
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