decryption

Meaning

The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

Synonyms

decoding

decipherment

decode

decrypt

interpretation

decryptment

decipher

code translation

deciphering

Translations

décryptage

Entschlüsselung

αποκρυπτογράφηση

şifre çözme

descodificación

decodificazione

descodificació

decifrazione

Dekodierung

décodage

decodifica

deciframento

decodificação

décrypter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/

Etymology

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).