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decrypt

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de·crypt  (d-krpt)
tr.v. de·crypt·ed, de·crypt·ing, de·crypts
1. To decipher.
2. To decode.
n. (dkrpt)
A deciphered or decoded message.
[de- + -crypt (from cryptogram).]
de·cryption n.
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Verb1.decrypt - convert code into ordinary language
decipher, decode
rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"
To convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. (This does not include solution by cryptanalysis.) (Note: The term "decrypt" covers the meanings of "decipher" and "decode.") See also cryptosystem.
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External process: Track key nicknames and know enough about each key so you can use it to decrypt data.
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Nothing in the historical record shows that Roosevelt, Stimson, or McCloy attached any particular significance to any specific MAGIC decrypt, let alone to the vanishingly tiny fraction that mentioned a desire to enlist Nisei spies.
Indefensible internment: there was no good reason for the mass ... by Muller, Eric L. / Reason
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197, Advanced Encryption Standard, describes the AES algorithm as a symmetric block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information.
NIST validates 100th Advanced Encryption Standard implementation by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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