Glossary definition(s) for: cryptography
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n., The practice and study of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called ciphertext. Only those who possess a secret (private) key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plaintext.
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Dictionary definition(s) for: cryptography
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n., The practice and study of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called ciphertext. Only those who possess a secret (private) key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plaintext.
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