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  • 1Known Space — is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It has also in part been used as a shared universe in the Man Kzin Wars spin off anthologies sub series.The epithet Known Space is an in… …

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  • 2Known — Known, p. p. of {Know}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Known-plaintext attack — The known plaintext attack (KPA) is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker has samples of both the plaintext (called a crib), and its encrypted version (ciphertext). These can be used to reveal further secret information such as… …

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  • 4Known — Know Know (n[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Knew} (n[=u]); p. p. {Known} (n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn[ a]wan; akin to OHG. chn[ a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn[ a] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr.… …

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  • 5Known quantities — Quantity Quan ti*ty, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being… …

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  • 6known — adjective Date: 13th century generally recognized < a known authority on art > …

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  • 7Well-known — a. Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. [1913 Webster] A church well known with a well known rite. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8better-known — etter known adj. prenom. more familiar or renowned than the other of two. Antonym of {lesser known}. the {better known} book of the two Syn: better known(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 9Outsider (Known Space) — The Outsiders are a fictional alien race in Larry Niven s Known Space series. They are many limbed beings that are invariably described as a cat o nine tails with a fattened handle. Their body composition includes ultra cold superfluid helium.&#8230; …

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  • 10List of people known as The Great — This is a list of people whose names in English are commonly appended with the phrase the Great , or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as e Bozorg and e azam in&#8230; …

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