Definition of "salt"
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A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
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One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
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A kind of marsh at the shore of a sea (short for salt marsh, apparently not in a wide-spread use).
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A sailor (also old salt).
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Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute-force decryption more difficult.
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A person that engages in the political act of seeking employment at a company in order to help unionize it.
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adjective:
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To add salt to.
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To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
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To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
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To include colorful language in.
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To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
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To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.
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