A string of bits has a quantity, whether it represents something that's true, something that's utterly false, or something that's just meaningless nonsense.

一串二进制数字存在数量，不管它所代表的含义为真还是假，抑或是毫无意义的废话。

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That is, given any challenge string, it is sensible to ask, "Show me a suffix that will produce b bits of collision once challenge+suffix is hashed."

也就是说，只要给定任何质询字符串，都可以合理地提出以下要求：“给我一个后缀，一旦 challenge+suffix 被散列，它将生成 b 比特的碰撞”。

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Well, for starters, "Hello World" is a regular 8-bit-per-character string and assigning it to an array of 32-bits per character is invalid.

对于初学者来说，“ Hello World ”是每个字符8位的常规字符串，把它赋值给每个字符32位的数组是非法的。

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Few security practices are as problematic as that nasty old string of bits known as a password.

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Take the updating of Wikipedia, or the mere fact that any arbitrary string of bits can be written, copied, and rewritten with full fidelity.

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Instead of being fixed, a string of bits specifies the chip's design by telling it what linkages to forge between its various components (in this case, groups of transistors known as logic cells).

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