encryption

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

encryption - 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 [ɪnˈkrɪpʃ^ən]

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