In public key cryptography, the mathematical process by which a key "pair" - the public verification key and the private signing key - are created. One controversy is whether key pairs should only ever be generated by the person who will be using them or if they can be created as part of a third-party service
The trustworthy process of creating a Key Pair. (See Key Pair, Private Key, Public Key.)
The act of creating a key.
Key generation is the process of generating keys for cryptography. A key is used to encrypt and decrypt whatever data is being encrypted/decrypted.