Definitions

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  • verb computing To make a master copy of data on a hard disk before writing it to CD-ROM

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ master

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Examples

  • ServerKeyExchange is a optional handshaking message, "it is sent by the server only when the server certificate message (if sent) does not contain enough data to allow the client to exchange a premaster secret.

    Planet Sun 2009

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