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Encryption

//ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən// noun

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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."

Etymology

From encrypt + -ion.

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