şifre — meaning in English

English meaning

• cipher noun A system for turning readable text into a secret, scrambled form; more loosely, a secret code.
• password noun A secret word or string of characters used to prove identity and gain access to a place, system, or account.

Senses

şifre is used for these senses in English:

• cipher Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
• password (military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
• password (computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word#Noun but nowadays often an alphanumeric#Adjective string or a phrase#Noun.

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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