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____ encryption uses a public key known to everyone and a private key known only to the recipient.

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Answer: Asymmetric encryption

Asymmetric encryption uses two types of keys, the public and the private keys. Both these keys can be used to encrypt a message. It is basically called asymmetric because the two types of keys used are not the same or identical with one another.

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