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In AES, the encryption key is used in conjunction with a block of data (usually 128 bits) to produce ciphertext. The same key is then used to decrypt the ciphertext back into plaintext.

Currently, the block size used in AES, which comes from the Rijndael block cipher family, is 128 bits, with varying encryption key lengths of 128 bits, 192 bits, or 256 bits.