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Encryption

The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

📖 Definitions of "Encryption"

noun

1
The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
2
A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

🔄 Synonyms of "Encryption"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Encryption"

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Word	Definition
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
decryptionnoun	The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
cryptographynoun	The 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.
enciphermentnoun	The act or process of enciphering; encryption
pkinoun	Initialism of Public Key Infrastructure, a computerised form of message encryption using two keys (small files); one is public and used by the sender to encrypt the message; the other is private and used by the recipient to decrypt it.
cryptographic	Relating to cryptography.
codingnoun	The process of writing computer software code.
encrypted	Being in code; having been encrypted.
encodenoun	An encoding operation.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
cryptonoun	A secret supporter or follower.
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.
codecnoun	(computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
laptopnoun	(computing) A laptop computer.
codifyingnoun	A codification.
codificationnoun	The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
keyingnoun	The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
cryptnoun	An underground vault.
escrowednoun	(law) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.