Adversary

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An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks.

Adversary may also refer to:

  • Satan ("adversary" in Hebrew), in Judeo-Christian religion

Entertainment

Fiction

  • Adversary (comics), villain from the Marvel comics universe
  • The mysterious antagonist who invaded the homelands in the comic book series Fables

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Science

Computer science

  • Adversary (cryptography), a malicious entity in cryptography whose aim is to prevent the users of the cryptosystem from achieving their goal
  • Adversary model, in online algorithms, used to show competitiveness of randomized algorithms

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