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Definition:

(The initials of the authors) 1. RSA Data Security, Inc. 2. Their cryptography systems, especially RSA encryption.

The RSA algorithm was first described in the paper: [R. Rivest, A. Shamir, L. Adleman, "A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-key Cryptosystems". CACM 21,2; 1978]