Bob
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Etymology edit
Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: bŏb, IPA(key): /bɒb/
- Rhymes: -ɒb
- (US) enPR: bäb, bôb, IPA(key): /bɑb/, /bɔb/
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Proper noun edit
Bob
- A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
- (cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
- 2003, Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 247:
- The key that Alice and Bob are to share cannot be transmitted in the clear. Either it must be enciphered when sent, or Alice and Bob must derive it without an exhange of data from which the key can be derived.
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diminutive of Robert
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Noun edit
Bob (plural Bobs)
- A generic male person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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- Jack (generic male)
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Further reading edit
- Alice and Bob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Bob m
- a male given name, Bob
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Bob m
- a male given name from English
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Bob m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bobs or (with an article) Bob)
- a male given name from English
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Bob m
- a male given name from English
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Bob m
- (cryptography) Bob (person or system receiving a message)
- a male given name from English
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Etymology 1 edit
From bob.
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Bob m (genitive/dative lui Bob)
- a surname
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Bob m (genitive/dative lui Bob)
- a male given name from English
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Bob m
- a male given name from English
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Bob
- a male given name from English