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Princeton's WordNet

  1. encoding, encryptionnoun

    the activity of converting data or information into code

Wiktionary

  1. encryptionnoun

    The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords.

Wikipedia

  1. Encryption

    In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can decipher a ciphertext back to plaintext and access the original information. Encryption does not itself prevent interference but denies the intelligible content to a would-be interceptor. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. It is possible to decrypt the message without possessing the key but, for a well-designed encryption scheme, considerable computational resources and skills are required. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients but not to unauthorized users. Historically, various forms of encryption have been used to aid in cryptography. Early encryption techniques were often used in military messaging. Since then, new techniques have emerged and become commonplace in all areas of modern computing. Modern encryption schemes use the concepts of public-key and symmetric-key. Modern encryption techniques ensure security because modern computers are inefficient at cracking the encryption.

ChatGPT

  1. encryption

    Encryption is the process of converting data or information into a code to prevent unauthorized access. It is commonly used in cybersecurity to protect sensitive data during transmission over networks. This coded data can only be accessed and decoded using a key, ensuring that only the intended recipients can access the original information.

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  1. Encryption

    In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding messages in such a way that eavesdroppers or hackers cannot read it, but that authorized parties can. In an encryption scheme, the message or information is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, turning it into an unreadable ciphertext. This is usually done with the use of an encryption key, which specifies how the message is to be encoded. Any adversary that can see the ciphertext should not be able to determine anything about the original message. An authorized party, however, is able to decode the ciphertext using a decryption algorithm, that usually requires a secret decryption key, that adversaries do not have access to. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually needs a key-generation algorithm to randomly produce keys. There are two basic types of encryption schemes: Symmetric-key and public-key encryption. In symmetric-key schemes, the encryption and decryption keys are the same. Thus communicating parties must agree on a secret key before they wish to communicate. In public-key schemes, the encryption key is published for anyone to use and encrypt messages. However, only the receiving party has access to the decryption key and is capable of reading the encrypted messages. Public-key encryption is a relatively recent invention: historically, all encryption schemes have been symmetric-key schemes.

Editors Contribution

  1. encryption

    To change language into computer code that is private, safe and secure.

    The computer systems all use encryption in their systems to ensure they are safe and secure.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of encryption in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of encryption in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of encryption in a Sentence

  1. Manoj Asnani:

    Simple measures such as strong authentication, credentials protection and encryption would have blocked such an attack and many other of the recent breaches in the news. stolen passwords are one of the most common ways adversaries propagate through the enterprise to steal critical data.

  2. Ted Lieu:

    It is completely technologically unworkable for individual states to mandate different encryption standards in consumer products, apple can't make a different smartphone for California and New York and the rest of the country.

  3. The CEO:

    Encryption is a powerful tool for privacy, but that includes the privacy of people doing bad things, when billions of people use a service to connect, some of them are going to misuse it for truly terrible things like child exploitation, terrorism, and extortion.

  4. Riana Pfefferkorn:

    In total, [ end-to-end encryption ] for Twitter DMs would be a net gain for user privacy and security.

  5. Jamie Bartlett:

    A special browser called Tor allows a user to browse the internet without their IP address being given away, it uses a clever encryption system that means no one can see what computer a user is on.

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