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Verschlüsselung — 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

Verschlüsselung is used for these senses in English:

  • cipher A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
  • encryption (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

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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