encrypt
[en-kript]
Origin of encrypt
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Examples from the Web for encrypt
Contemporary Examples
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.
Historical Examples
You'd encrypt the message with your private key and my public key.
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So instead of just encrypting the message with your private key, you also encrypt it with your boss's public key.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
encrypt
- 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
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Word Origin
C20: from en- 1 + crypt, as in crypto-
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Word Origin and History for encrypt
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encrypt
[ĕn-krĭpt]
- To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
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