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Encrypt

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WordDefinition
ciphernounA method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cyphernounA surname from German.
inscribeverb(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
encipherverbTo convert plain text into cipher.
write in codeverbconvert ordinary language into code
codenoun(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
encodeverb(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.

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decodeverbTo convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

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encipherverbTo convert plain text into cipher.
cipherverbA method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cypherverb(British spelling) Alternative spelling of cipher. [(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.]
encodeverb(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
codeverb(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
inscribeverb(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
write in codeverbconvert ordinary language into code
cryptographynounThe discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.
cryptographicRelating to cryptography.
cryptonounSecret or covert.
codingnounThe process of writing computer software code.
encodingnounA conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
figureverb(chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
codificationnounThe act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
quantificationnounThe act of quantifying.
codifyverbTo enact as an official rule or law.
quantifyverb(transitive) To assign a quantity to.
amountverb(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
superencryptverb(transitive) To encrypt with superencryption.
superencipherverbTo superencrypt.

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