| Subject | English | French |
| commun., IT | secret key | clé secrète |
| commun., IT | secret key | clé privée |
| comp., MS | secret key | clé secrète (A symmetric encryption key shared by two entities, such as between a user and the domain controller (DC), with a long lifetime. A password is a common example of a secret key. When used in a context that implies Kerberos only, a principal's secret key) |
| bank. | secret key cryptography | cryptographie symétrique |
| gen. | secret key encipherment | système cryptographique à clé secrète |
| gen. | secret key encipherment | système cryptographique symétrique |
| comp., MS | secret key encryption | chiffrement à clé secrète (An encryption algorithm that requires the same secret key to be used for both encryption and decryption. Because of its speed, symmetric encryption is typically used when a message sender needs to encrypt large amounts of data) |