cipherlinking

2. The process of connecting separate encrypted blocks so each one depends on the one before it.

Cipherlinking made the data stream harder to break because every block relied on the last.

3. A method of tying together multiple secret symbols to form a single readable key.

The puzzle required cipherlinking the scattered symbols before the answer appeared.

4. In computing, joining coded references so they point to one another in a chain.

The program used cipherlinking to link the records without exposing their contents.