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Meaning of Encryption | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən

Definitions

  1. The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
  2. A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

Equivalents

العربية التشفير
Català encriptació
Čeština šifrování
Ελληνικά κρυπτογράφηση
Esperanto ĉifrado
Español encriptación
فارسی رمزگذاری
Français chiffrement
हिन्दी गोपन
Bahasa Indonesia enkripsi
Italiano cifratura codifica
日本語 暗号化
한국어 암호화
Polski szyfrowanie
Português encriptação
Română criptare

Examples

“Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it.”
“As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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