encryption

Meaning

  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.

Concepts

encryption

coding

encoding

ciphering

encipherment

password

bridging

cryptography

scrambling

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/
Etymology

From encrypt + -ion.

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