Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

    Verschlüsselung

    шифрова́ниеšifrovánije, шифро́вкаšifróvka

  2. (uncountable, usually)A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

More definitions
  • the activity of converting data or information into code

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Encryption technology has advanced to the point where it's pretty reliable.

  2. The malware was stealing private encryption keys and private encryption certificates used to cipher connections and locally stored data.

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  3. The European Court of Human Rights has declared that backdoored encryption is illegal.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: encryptions
Singularencryption

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the activity of converting data or information into code:encoding

Word family

7 related words

See also

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