decryption

decryption: decrypt de‧crypt [diː'krɪpt] verb [transitive]

COMPUTING to change a message or information that was written in computer code back into a form that can be read and understood by everyone:

• Only key employees will be allowed to decrypt sensitive documents.

— decryption noun [uncountable] — compare encrypt

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decrypt UK US /dɪˈkrɪpt/ verb [T]

► IT to change electronic information that was written in code (= a system of letters, numbers, or symbols) back into a form that you can understand and use normally: »The main element of the new software is the creation of a pair of numbers that work like keys to encrypt or decrypt data.

→ Compare ENCRYPT(Cf. ↑encrypt)

decryption noun [C or U]

► »a decryption key/program

→ Compare ENCRYPTION(Cf. ↑encryption)

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Decryption — [dt. »Entschlüsselung«], Datenverschlüsselung … Universal-Lexikon
decryption — iššifravimas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Procesas, kurio metu grąžinama pradinė užšifruotų duomenų forma. Iššifravimui reikalingas ↑raktas (3), kuris apsaugo duomenis, kad jų negalėtų iššifruoti ir perskaityti pašaliniai. atitikmenys … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
decryption — decrypt ► VERB ▪ make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible. DERIVATIVES decryption noun … English terms dictionary
decryption — noun the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text a secret key or password is required for decryption • Syn: ↑decoding, ↑decipherment • Derivationally related forms: ↑decipher (for: ↑decipherment), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
decryption — noun see decrypt … New Collegiate Dictionary
decryption — See decrypt. * * * … Universalium
decryption — noun The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. Ant: encryption See Also: decrypt … Wiktionary
decryption — n. act of decoding data with the aid of a secret key or password (Computers) … English contemporary dictionary
Decryption — An ISO term. See preferred term Decipherment … International financial encyclopaedia
decryption — de·cryp·tion … English syllables

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