encryption meaning
ENWEncryption
- In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. Encryption does not of itself prevent interception, but denies the message content to the interceptor.
- NounPLencryptionsSUF-tion
- (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document.
- (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document.
Definition of encryption in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "encryption" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.