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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

encryption

· IPA /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/
01 n. the process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without k…
  1. 1.
    the process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key.