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Table 1 List of abbreviations

From: Secure Hash Algorithm-2 formed on DNA

SHA-2

Secure Hash Algorithm-2

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

A

The nitrogenous base (adenine)

C

The nitrogenous base (cytosine)

G

The nitrogenous base (guanine)

T

The nitrogenous base (thymine)

(en−1…e1e0)2

A binary string

⊕

Bitwise XOR

¬

Bitwise negation

∧

Bitwise AND

∨

Bitwise OR

+

Addition (mod 264)

R k

Right shift by k bits

S k

Right rotation by k bits

\(\bar {\neg }\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the bitwise NOT

\(\bar {\wedge }\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the bitwise AND

\(\bar {\vee }\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the bitwise OR

\(\bar {\oplus }\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the bitwise XOR

\(\bar {R}^{k}\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the right shift by k bits

\(\bar {S}^{k}\)

The nucleotide operation to imitate the right rotation by k bits