Description of Concept
Let F be an oracle for the function being studied, and let G be an oracle for an idealized function of that type. The adversary A is a probabilistic algorithm given F or G as input and which outputs 1 or 0. A's job is to distinguish F from G based on making queries to the oracle that it's given. We say:
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