Definition:Encryption
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Definition
Encryption is the process of building ciphertext from plaintext.
Hence it can be described as the process of making a message difficult to read by a third party.
Also known as
Encryption is also referred to as encoding.
Also see
- Results about encryption can be found here.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coding: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): encoding (encryption)