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by Karellen 1468 days ago
Another legitimate meaning might be "factoring probable primes" (or "candidate primes" as they are sometimes called in key generation/cryptanalysis), or possibly "factoring semiprimes".

Both of those phrases could be referred to as "prime factorisation" in a not-entirely-accurate-but-unambiguous-in-context shorthand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_prime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiprime