Encryption

//ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords. uncountable, usually

    "Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it."

  2. 2
    the activity of converting data or information into code wordnet
  3. 3
    A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it. uncountable, usually

    "As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test."

Synonyms

All synonyms
encodingencoding

Example

More examples

"Encryption technology has advanced to the point where it's pretty reliable."

Etymology

From encrypt + -ion.

Related phrases

homomorphic encryptionon-the-fly encryption

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