encryption
Definition
Scrambling sensitive information so that it becomes unreadable to everyone except the intended recipient. Encryption is performed by hardware/software devices which use a series of mathematical operations (encryption algorithm) to generate encrypted data called cypher text. The recipient, who must have an 'electronic key' to decrypt the data, uses a similar device to convert cypher text back to its original (readable) form called clear text.
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encryption is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, E-Commerce, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
encryption appears in the definitions of the following terms:
encryption algorithm,
data encryption standard (DES),
data decryption,
data compression,
Rivest Shami Adleman (RSA) method,
simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP),
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM),
cypher,
coding,
certification authority (CA)
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encryption appears in these other terms: international data encryption algorithm (IDEA), data encryption, asymmetric key encryption, symmetric key encryption, advanced encryption standard (AES), non secret encryption, data encryption algorithm
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