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noun, plural (especially collectively) skip·jack, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) skip·jacks for 1; skip·jacks for 2, 3.
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any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
3.
Nautical. an American one-masted sailing vessel.
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Skipjack
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| skipjack (ˈskɪpˌdʒæk) | |
| —n , pl -jack, -jacks | |
| 1. | Also called: skipjack tuna an important food fish, Katsuwonus pelamis, that has a striped abdomen and occurs in all tropical seas: family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas) |
| 2. | black skipjack a small spotted tuna, Euthynnus yaito, of Indo-Pacific seas |
| 3. | any of several other unrelated fishes, such as the alewife and bonito |
| 4. | nautical an American sloop used for oystering and as a yacht |
| 5. | another name for a click beetle |
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Computing Dictionary
SkipJack definition
cryptographyAn encryption algorithm created by the NSA (National Security Agency) which encrypts 64-bit blocks of data with an 80-bit key. It is used in the Clipper chip, a VLSI device with an ARM processor core, which is intended to perform cryptographic operations while allowing the security agencies listen in.
There are (apparently) two agencies, both of whom have to agree that there is a valid reason to decode a message. Don't laugh, they are serious.
[Algorithm?]
(1995-12-07)
Encyclopedia Britannica
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skipjack
any of approximately 7,000 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) named for the clicking noise made when seized by a predator. Most click beetles range between 2.5 and 18 mm (less than 34 inch) in length and are brown or black in colour with either little or no ornamentation. However, some tropical species are brightly coloured or luminescent. Click beetles have elongated bodies with parallel sides and bluntly rounded ends
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