Crossword clues for fascinator
fascinator
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n. A fascinate person
Wikipedia
FASCINATOR is a series of Type 1 encryption modules designed in the late-1980s to be installed in Motorola digital-capable voice radios. These radios were originally built to accept a DES-based encryption module that was not approved by NSA for classified communications. The FASCINATOR modules replaced the DES units and can be used for classified conversations at all levels when used with appropriately classified keys. FASCINATOR operates at 12 kbit/s for encryption and decryption. It is not compatible with DES-based voice systems.
NSA originally supplied keys for FASCINATOR on paper tape for loading using KOI-18 or KYK-13 fill devices and a special adaptor box and cable. The standard cryptoperiod was 7 days, i.e. keys had to be changed weekly.
FASCINATOR was adopted by the U.S government as Federal Standard 1023, which establishes interoperability requirements regarding the analog to digital conversion, encryption (with related synchronization), and modulation of encrypted voice associated with frequency modulation (FM) radio systems employing 25 kHz channels and operating above 30 MHz. Voice is digitized using 12 kbit/s continuously variable slope delta modulation (CVSD) and then encrypted using a National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program (CCEP) Type 1 encryption algorithm based on the KY-57/58.
Usage examples of "fascinator".
He understood everything in a flash, including the fact that if he were to give any outward sign, the Fascinators would instantly command him to return to his former state, and he would obey.
When he didn't look at the Fascinator in the screen, he could resist the command, "Stay tuned to this station.
One of the Fascinators was on the TV, saying over and over again, "We are your friends.
After supper, Katie put on her black coat with the big leg-o-mutton sleeves, lavishly trimmed with braid-her last loot from the factory-and threw a cherry wool fascinator over her head (a "noobie" she called it), and she and Johnny set off for work.
He settled upon an adaptation he could remember: Shawahi the fascinator, Mother of Calamities.