RC4
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RC4 is the common abbreviation for Route Coloniale 4, a historically significant French colonial road in northern Vietnam known for its role in the First Indochina War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| RC4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19342575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RC4 Context triple: [Route Coloniale 4, nameAbbreviation, RC4]
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A.
RC4 stream cipher
The RC4 stream cipher is a once-widely used symmetric key algorithm known for its simplicity and speed in software, but now considered insecure due to multiple discovered vulnerabilities.
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B.
RC5
RC5 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest, known for its simplicity, parameter flexibility, and use in various encryption applications.
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C.
RC2
RC2 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest and widely used in early Internet security applications.
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D.
Twofish
Twofish is a symmetric key block cipher known for its speed, flexibility, and strong security, and was a finalist in the competition to become the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
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E.
RC6
RC6 is a symmetric block cipher designed as a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), known for its simplicity, efficiency, and parameterized structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RC4 Target entity description: RC4 is the common abbreviation for Route Coloniale 4, a historically significant French colonial road in northern Vietnam known for its role in the First Indochina War.
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A.
RC4 stream cipher
The RC4 stream cipher is a once-widely used symmetric key algorithm known for its simplicity and speed in software, but now considered insecure due to multiple discovered vulnerabilities.
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B.
RC5
RC5 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest, known for its simplicity, parameter flexibility, and use in various encryption applications.
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C.
RC2
RC2 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest and widely used in early Internet security applications.
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D.
Twofish
Twofish is a symmetric key block cipher known for its speed, flexibility, and strong security, and was a finalist in the competition to become the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
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E.
RC6
RC6 is a symmetric block cipher designed as a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), known for its simplicity, efficiency, and parameterized structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.