Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process or result of encrypting data.
- noun Cryptography.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cryptography The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or
passwords . May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document...
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
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Examples
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In fact I will use the term encryption, where quantum information is transformed in ways that an observer who lack the appropriate “key” is unable to cypher.
The Lopsided Universe Sean 2008
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Another way to avoid data loss without using device or PC encryption is by using remote access technologies such as Citrix/Terminal Services.
Blog | Xcentric 2010
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If you're encryption is strong, it doesn't matter who has access to the files.
Passpack Provides Secure Login/Password Sharing | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It's raining too much here to check everything out but I think if you are a regular Dish customer, the encryption is off on PPV also.
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Under the DMCA breaking any encryption is illegal no mater how thinly or easily the content can be decrypted ..
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The advantage of pen and paper is the built-in encryption, since nobody outside my closest relatives would be able to decrypt my handwriting ...
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The purpose of encryption is to hide the contents from random unknown viewers (I do have an expectation of privacy).
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This statement assumes that the only reason to use encryption is to commit copyright violations.
Bits Debate: Responding to Readers on Filtering - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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-- Why encryption is the way to go to secure your computer.
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If you've got stuff you don't want strangers to see (or copy or steal), encryption is your friend.
Boing Boing 2007
alexz commented on the word encryption
Just noticed a lock symbol on the browser bar. Yay Encryption!
September 9, 2014