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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective converted into a coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key; -- of messages or other forms of information.

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  • adjective Describing something that is in code.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of encrypt.

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Examples

  • Appelbaum is one of the team of researchers who published a "cold boot" paper last week describing unrelated vulnerabilities in encrypted filesystems, including Apple's FileVault, Windows Vista's BitLocker, and a number of open-source ones.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The three then concealed the data in encrypted computer servers they controlled in the United States and eastern Europe, the Justice Department said.

    Hackers Steal 40 Million Credit Card Numbers | Disinformation 2008

  • Messages sent between AIM users with security credentials are digitally signed and encrypted and remain encrypted during message transmission.

    Boing Boing: June 8, 2003 - June 14, 2003 Archives 2003

  • We can take this one step further and identify counterfeit drugs that get out there, a tag encrypted that leads to authentication.

    The Medical Quack 2010

  • The documents you create with them are stored in encrypted form on Google’s servers, rather than on your hard drive.

    Group Therapy 2007

  • The documents you create with them are stored in encrypted form on Google’s servers, rather than on your hard drive.

    Group Therapy 2007

  • I did not intend to mislead in the previous post … I had to use sveasoft talisman software on my system due to wep … I have a password encrypted wireless network I maintain and with wep enabled I kept getting kicked off of the network (the network crashed) It took a while but I figured out that DHCP kept failing when the ISP reset the IP address of the primary router.

    DD-WRT: Setting up a home Wireless Distribution System (WDS) — Meandering Passage 2007

  • The data was not encrypted, which is a violation of government policy.

    CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2008 2008

  • Id hardly call encrypted back-channel communiqus through third parties productive.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Id hardly call encrypted back-channel communiqus through third parties productive.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

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