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)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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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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