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encryption

/ɪŋˈkɹɪpʃən/US/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/

encryption noun: the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

Noun

encryption (usually uncountable, plural encryptions)

  1. (usually) 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.2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023
  2. (usually) 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.2005, Kun Peng, Colin Boyd, Ed Dawson, Byoungcheon Lee, An Efficient And Verifiable Solution To The Millionaire Problem

encryption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malay

encryption in Hindi

encryption,
गोपन gopan

encryption in Tamil

தகவல் மறைப்பு

encryption in Kannada

ಗುಟ್ಟಪದವಿಲ್ಲದೇ ತೆರೆಯಲಾಗದ ಮಾಹಿತಿ

encryption in Malay

process
penyulitan
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encryption in Indonesian
enkripsi
encryption in Persian
رمزگذاری ramz-gozâri

Examples of encryption in a sentence

  • End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties.
  • Quantum computing has the potential to break many previously unbreakable forms of encryption.
  • The ElGamal encryption system is resistant against chosen-plaintext attacks, but not against chosen-ciphertext attacks.

All 28 example sentences with encryption

Forms of encryption

pluralencryptions

Plural of encryption: encryptions

Origin of encryption

From encrypt + -ion.

Words formed from encryption

Questions about encryption

What does encryption mean?
Encryption means the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
What is encryption in Hindi?
Encryption in Hindi is गोपन (gopan). See Encryption meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is encryption?
Encryption is a noun.
How do you pronounce encryption?
Encryption is pronounced /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/ (US).
What is the plural of encryption?
The plural of encryption is encryptions.

Words near encryption in the dictionary

  1. encryptable
  2. encrypted
  3. encrypter
  4. encrypters
  5. encrypting
  6. encryption
  7. encryptions
  8. encryptor
  9. encryptors
  10. encrypts
  11. encs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: encryption (page history and authors); गोपन (Hindi) (page history and authors); encryption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encryption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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