Meanings
plural encryptions
- uncountableusuallycomputingThe process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it.
2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023 - uncountableusuallycomputingA ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test.
2005, Kun Peng, Colin Boyd, Ed Dawson, Byoungcheon Lee, An Efficient And Verifiable Solution To The Millionaire Problem
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe activity of converting data or information into code
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan encriptació
- encriptacióprocess
Chinese Mandarin 加密
- 加密 (jiāmì)process
Czech šifrování, zašifrování
- šifrováníprocess
- zašifrováníprocess
Danish kryptering, kryptering
- krypteringprocess
- krypteringsomething encrypted
Esperanto ĉifrado
- ĉifradoprocess
Finnish salaus, salakirjoitus
- salausprocess
- salakirjoitusprocess
- salakirjoitussomething encrypted
French chiffrement
- chiffrementprocess
German Verschlüsselung
- Verschlüsselungprocess
Greek κρυπτογράφηση
- κρυπτογράφηση (kryptográfisi)process
Indonesian enkripsi, enkripsi
- enkripsiprocess
- enkripsisomething encrypted
Italian cifratura, codifica
- cifraturaprocess
- codificaprocess
Japanese 暗号化
- 暗号化 (angōka)process
Korean 암호화
- 암호화 (amhohwa)process
Lithuanian šifravimas, kriptografija
- šifravimasprocess
- kriptografijaprocess
Malay penyulitan
- penyulitanprocess
Persian رمزگذاری
- رمزگذاری (ramz-gozâri)process
Polish szyfrowanie
- szyfrowanieprocess
Portuguese encriptação
- encriptaçãoprocess
Romanian criptare
- criptareprocess
Russian шифрова́ние, шифро́вка
- шифрова́ние (šifrovánije)process
- шифро́вка (šifróvka)process
Spanish encriptación
- encriptaciónprocess
Swedish kryptering
- krypteringprocess
Cite this entry
encryption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encryption
“encryption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encryption. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encryption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encryption.
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