encrypt

encrypt
encrypt en‧crypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] verb [transitive]
COMPUTING to write information in the form of code, especially to prevent certain people from being able to use it:

• The program encrypts your password when you use the software for the first time.

— encryption noun [uncountable] :

• a data encryption facility so data can be saved to disk in encoded form

— compare decrypt

* * *

encrypt UK US /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ verb [T]
IT to protect private information by putting it into a form that can only be read by people who have the permission to do so: »

The software encrypts data that is sent over the internet.

»

The email is encrypted, so you need to enter a password to read it.

Compare DECRYPT(Cf. ↑decrypt)
encryption noun [U]
»

Our wireless network uses the latest data encryption standard.

»

An encryption key is needed to decode the data.

Compare DECRYPTION(Cf. ↑decryption)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • encrypt — v. t. to convert ordinary language into code; to hide the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key. Syn: encode, code, encipher, cipher,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • encrypt — 1975 in computer sense, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) + crypt (see CRYPTO (Cf. crypto )). Related: Encrypted; encrypting; encryption …   Etymology dictionary

  • encrypt — ► VERB ▪ convert into code. DERIVATIVES encryption noun. ORIGIN from Greek kruptos hidden …   English terms dictionary

  • encrypt — [en kript′] vt. [< EN 1 + CRYPT(OGRAM)] 1. to encode or encipher 2. Comput. to add an electronic digital code to (data) being sent over a public network to prevent its unauthorized detection, use, copying, etc. encryption n …   English World dictionary

  • encrypt — UK [ɪnˈkrɪpt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encrypt : present tense I/you/we/they encrypt he/she/it encrypts present participle encrypting past tense encrypted past participle encrypted to put information into code (= a system of words,… …   English dictionary

  • encrypt — verb Encrypt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑file, ↑message, ↑traffic …   Collocations dictionary

  • encrypt — [[t]ɪnkrɪ̱pt[/t]] encrypts, encrypting, encrypted VERB If a document or piece of information is is encrypted, it is written in a special code, so that only certain people can read it. [be V ed] Account details are encrypted to protect privacy. [V …   English dictionary

  • encrypt — užšifruoti statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Komanda šifruoti tekstą dėl duomenų apsaugos, kad pašaliniai asmenys jų neperskaitytų. Jeigu reikia duomenis kitaip pavaizduoti neturint tikslo jų užslaptinti, tai tikslingiau vartoti kodavimo… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • Encrypt (film) — Encrypt is a television movie, and premiered June 14, 2003, on the Sci Fi Channel. Set in the year 2068, the Earth s surface is in a cataclysmic upheaval, much of it transformed into wasteland by unstoppable storms (the byproduct of the… …   Wikipedia

  • encrypt — transitive verb Etymology: en + crypt (as in cryptogram) Date: 1944 1. encipher 2. encode 1a • encryption noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”