encryption
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encryption
- /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/ Canada, US
- /ɛnˈkɹɪpʃən/ Canada, US
- /ɪŋˈkɹɪpʃən/ UK
noun encryptions
- The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords. Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it.
- A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it. 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.
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Closest in meaning: encoding, decryption, cryptography, encipherment, pki, cryptographic, coding, encrypted, encode, cipher, cypher, crypto, code, codec, laptop, codifying
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noun process
| Español | encriptación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 암호화 amhohwa |
| 日本語 | 暗号化 angōka |
| 中文 | 加密 jiāmì |
| Português | encriptação |
| Français | chiffrement |
| Deutsch | Verschlüsselung |
| Italiano | cifratura, codifica |
| Ελληνικά | κρυπτογράφηση kryptográfisi |
| Română | criptare |
| Русский | шифрова́ние šifrovánije, шифро́вка šifróvka |
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title = {encryption},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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