encryption

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \in-ˈkript, en-\
- /ɪnˈkrɪpt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \in-ˈkript, en-\

Definitions of encryption word

noun encryption (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document... 1
noun encryption encoding, use of a code 1
noun Technical meaning of encryption (algorithm, cryptography) Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext (encrypted message) in order to prevent any but the intended recipient from reading that data. Schematically, there are two classes of encryption primitives: public-key cryptography and private-key cryptography; they are generally used complementarily. Public-key encryption algorithms include RSA; private-key algorithms include the obsolescent Data Encryption Standard, the Advanced Encryption Standard, as well as RC4. The Unix command crypt performs a weak form of encryption. Stronger encryption programs include Pretty Good Privacy and the GNU Privacy Guard. Other closely related aspects of cryptograph include message digests. 1
noun encryption Encryption is any system for security and fraud prevention which automatically breaks up and reorders information before it is sent via telephone lines or the Internet. 0

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Parts of speech for Encryption

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encryption popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for encryption

noun encryption

code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
cypher — cipher
cipher — A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages.

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