decrypt (redirected from decrypting)

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.

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[de- + -crypt (from cryptogram).]

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de·cryption n.

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decrypt [diːˈkrɪpt]

vb (tr)

1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key

2. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) to make intelligible (a television or other signal) that has been deliberately distorted for transmission

[from de- + crypt, as in cryptic]

decrypted  adj

decryption  n

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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.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

decrypt - convert code into ordinary language decipher, decode rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"

Translations

decrypt

vt (Comput, Telec) → entschlüsseln