Skein may refer to: * A flock of geese or

ducks Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form t ...

in flight * A wound ball of yarn with a centre pull strand; see Hank * A metal piece fitted over the end of a wagon

axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearing ...

, to which the wheel is mounted * Skein (unit), a unit of length used by weavers and tailors * Skein dubh, a Scottish knife * Skein (fish), the egg sack of the fish eggs and/or the eggs themselves * Skein module, a mathematical concept * Skein relation, a mathematical concept often used to give a simple definition of knot polynomials * Skein (comics), a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe *

Skein (hash function) Skein is a cryptographic hash function and one of five finalists in the NIST hash function competition. Entered as a candidate to become the SHA-3 standard, the successor of SHA-1 and SHA-2, it ultimately lost to NIST hash candidate Keccak. The ...

, a candidate hash function to the NIST hash function competition from Bruce Schneier et al.

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