Nonce may refer to: *

Cryptographic nonce In cryptography, a nonce is an arbitrary number that can be used just once in a cryptographic communication. It is often a random or pseudo-random number issued in an authentication protocol to ensure that old communications cannot be reused in ...

, a number or bit string used only once, in security engineering *

Nonce word A nonce word (also called an occasionalism) is a lexeme created for a single occasion to solve an immediate problem of communication.''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of The English Language''. Ed. David Crystal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ...

, a word used to meet a need that is not expected to recur *

The Nonce The Nonce was a hip-hop duo from Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the ...

, American rap duo *

Nonce orders An order in architecture is a certain assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions, regulated by the office that each part has to perform. Coming down to the present from Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civilization, the arch ...

, an architectural term * Nonce, a slang term chiefly used in Britain for alleged or convicted sex offenders, especially ones involving children

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