encryption

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- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Related terms
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Encryption

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Singular
encryption

Plural
encryptions

encryption (plural encryptions)

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords.

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[edit] Translations

process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords

Czech: šifrování cs(cs) n.
Finnish: salaus fi(fi)

French: chiffrement fr(fr)
German: Verschlüsselung de(de) f.

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