encryption
Meaning
- The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
- 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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/
Etymology
From encrypt + -ion.
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