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Encrypting

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

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    To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

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encipherverbTo convert plain text into cipher.
cipherverb(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.
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
codifyingnounA codification.
codingnounThe process of writing computer software code.
cryptonounSecret or covert.
cryptographicRelating to cryptography.
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.
encodingnounA conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
quantifyingverb(transitive) To assign a quantity to.
stakingnounAn act of stabbing with a stake.
data encryptionnoun(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
decryptverb(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
enciphermentnounThe act or process of enciphering; encryption
ciphertextnounEncoded or encrypted text.
decryptionnounThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

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