# Nonce

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**Nonce** may refer to:

- [Cryptographic nonce](/source/Cryptographic_nonce), a number or bit string used only once, in security engineering
- [Nonce word](/source/Nonce_word), a word used to meet a need that is not expected to recur
- [The Nonce](/source/The_Nonce), American rap duo
- [Nonce orders](/source/Nonce_orders), an architectural term
- Nonce, a slang [term chiefly used in Britain](/source/Glossary_of_British_terms_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States#N) for alleged or convicted sex offenders, especially ones involving children

## See also

- [Nuncio](/source/Nuncio), the apostolic and diplomatic representation of the Holy See
- *[Hapax legomenon](/source/Hapax_legomenon)*, in corpus linguistics

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