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decrypt Definition

de·crypt (dē kript)

transitive verb

to decode or decipher

Etymology: de- + crypt(ogram)

decrypt Usage Examples

Object

  • message: The receiver uses this key ID message prefix to look up the secret key needed to decrypt the message.
  • password: Replay attack: In some cases, intruders do not need to decrypt the password.
  • file: How did you figure out how to decrypt these files?
  • datum: The keys also provide part of a code which allows to user's PC to encrypt outgoing or decrypt incoming data.
  • signal: SCM's CableCARD modules will be used in conjunction with cable set-top boxes in subscribers ' homes to decrypt broadcast signals from CMB DMC.
  • data: However, once the Customer's decrypted data passes onto the Internet, it is no longer secure and is open to unscrupulous use.

Preposition: at

  • end: The data is then decrypted at the other end.

Adjective complement

  • key: If you lose or never receive the email containing the decrypt key, it will be impossible to retrieve the decrypted card number.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: They are only decrypted once they reach our credit card authorizing agency.
  • then: Once the message has been encrypted with the public key, only the private key can then decrypt it.
  • automatically: Data is automatically encrypted when it's written to the hard disk and automatically decrypted before being loaded into memory.
  • n't: If you ca n't decrypt [ the data ] , then by definition you don't know what it is, " said Clayton.
  • successfully: Only a person knowing the private key will be able to produce public key and successfully decrypt traffic.
  • not: And Alice's public key will not decrypt documents originating from Eve, even if she claims they come from Alice.

Used with why or when

  • when: They are not held in clear text on any web site and are only decrypted when they reach our computer.

Preposition: without

  • key: Information encrypted with the public key cannot be decrypted without the corresponding private key, which only Velocity Pay has.

Preposition: with

  • key: Once a message is encrypted with the public key it cannot be decrypted with the public key but only by the corresponding private key.