decryption
Entschlüsselung
The process reversing an encryptionThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
/dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/
» I don't have a decryption program.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
Entschlüsselung
More definitions
- the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
Examples
2 sentencesI don't have a decryption program.
The decryption has finished.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
decoding:
Origin
Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram)Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).
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Forms
plural: decryptions| Singular | decryption |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text:decodingdecipherment
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelateddecrypt
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable