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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
/ ɪnˈkrɪpt /
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
/ ĕn-krĭpt /
- To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
Derived Forms
- enˈcryption, noun
- enˈcrypted, adjective
Other Words From
- en·cryp·tion en·cryp·ta·tion [en-krip-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
Example Sentences
That refers to software that can encrypt chat communications, emails, and more.
There are often steps taken by hackers to use sophisticated mathematical formulas to encrypt their communications.
If the government really wants to stop WikiLeaks, it can encrypt its cables.
So instead of just encrypting the message with your private key, you also encrypt it with your boss's public key.
You'd encrypt the message with your private key and my public key.
I'd decrypt it, read it, re-encrypt it with your boss's real public key and send it on.
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