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en·crypt  (n-krpt)
tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts
1. To put into code or cipher.
2. Computer Science To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.
[en- + (de)crypt.]
en·cryption n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.encryption - the activity of converting data or information into codeencryption - the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding
coding, steganography, cryptography, secret writing - act of writing in code or cipher
compression - encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
data encryption - (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
Translations
encryption [ɪnˈkrɪpʃən] N → codificación f
encryption [ɪnˈkrɪpʃən]
n [data, message] → cryptage m
modif [technology, software, program] → de cryptage; [code] → de cryptage
encryption
n (Comput, Telec, TV) → Verschlüsselung f; encryption program/system → Verschlüsselungsprogramm nt → /-system nt
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