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decryption en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

Forms

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decryptions Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

encryption

Relateds

to decipher · decrypt

Synonyms

codebreaking

Translations (8)

fr décryptage (decoding) · ca desencriptació (decoding) · de Entschlüsselung (decoding) · fa رمزگشایی (decoding) · id dekripsi (decoding) · ka გაშიფვრა (decoding) · el αποκρυπτογράφηση (decoding) · lt iššifravimas (decoding)