n A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
n (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
n (cryptography) Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute force|brute-force decryption more difficult.
n A person that engages in the political act of seeking employment at a company in order to help unionize it.
v (mining) To blast gold into (qualifier|as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
v (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.