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encrypt
[en-kript]
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
The letter was encrypted before being mailed to protect it from any prying eyes.
Computers.to change (digital data) into a form that cannot be read without converting it back using a unique key.
The protocol encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be stolen.
encrypt
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to put (a message) into code
to put (computer data) into a coded form
to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment
encrypt
To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
Other 51Թ Forms
- encryption noun
- encryptation noun
- ˈپDz noun
- ˈٱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
Example Sentences
Investigators revealed the gang used "a complex encrypted communications system to evade law enforcement, including the use of satellite terminals, hard-to-trace phones and a coded language".
He attributed his espionage opportunity to “synchronicity,” explaining: “How many kids can get a summer job working in an encrypted communications vault?”
I hope their spectacular language system and communication history remains intact, encrypted and separate from our own.
Such groups operate by using malicious software to encrypt an organisation's files, then demand a payment with a threat to publish the material online if no ransom is paid.
A ransomware attack is where hackers encrypt a victim's data and lock them out of computer systems, demanding payment to hand back control.
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