encrypt

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.

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[en- + (de)crypt.]

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en·cryption n.

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encrypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt]

vb (tr)

1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) to put (a message) into code

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to put (computer data) into a coded form

3. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment

[from en-¹ + crypt, as in crypto-]

encrypted  adj

encryption  n

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encrypt  (n-krpt)

To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

encrypt - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" cipher, cypher, encipher, write in code, code, inscribe encode - convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally"

Translations

encrypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] VT → codificar

encrypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] vt (= encode) [+ data, message] → crypter

encrypt

vt (Comput, Telec, TV) → verschlüsseln