Its a very simple concept and so there’s no reason to give it a scientific name which doesnt mean anything to most people
And by the way I would say that entropy isnt even a useful term here. Entropy is defined as
k ln(O)
where O is the total number of microstates (here the number of unique keys that can be made in the system) and k is the boltzmann constant. For the purpose of brute-force attacks we’re interested in the total number of microstates O, and so the logarithmic scaling of entropy isn’t meaningful.
Its a measure of the randomness of numbers in the system, ie the definition of entropy.
People do use it to sound cool, but this use still fits its mathematic definition.
I know. Its still pointlessly obscure
Aren’t all words you don’t understand obscure ?
Entropy is the correct word and is commonly use in cryptography.
Its a very simple concept and so there’s no reason to give it a scientific name which doesnt mean anything to most people
And by the way I would say that entropy isnt even a useful term here. Entropy is defined as
where O is the total number of microstates (here the number of unique keys that can be made in the system) and k is the boltzmann constant. For the purpose of brute-force attacks we’re interested in the total number of microstates O, and so the logarithmic scaling of entropy isn’t meaningful.