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salakirjoitus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cipher noun A system for turning readable text into a secret, scrambled form; more loosely, a secret code.
  • encryption noun The process of converting information into a secure code to prevent unauthorized access.

Senses

salakirjoitus is used for these senses in English:

  • cipher A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
  • ciphertext Encoded or encrypted text.
  • codeword (cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
  • cryptogram Encrypted text.
  • encryption (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
  • encryption (cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

cipher — full definition

  1. noun A system for turning readable text into a secret, scrambled form; more loosely, a secret code.
  2. noun A person or thing regarded as having no real importance or influence.
  3. verb To convert a message into a secret code.

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