encrypt

Listen See in a sentence

To encrypt is defined as to encode something or to write or say something in a manner intended to obstruct its meaning and keep its contents secret.

(verb)

An example of encrypt is when you use a program to scramble an email and make it impossible for intruders or unauthorized individuals to read in order to protect the email's contents from becoming known.

YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2013 by LoveToKnow Corp.

See encrypt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to encode or encipher
  2. Comput. to add an electronic digital code to (data) being sent over a public network to prevent its unauthorized detection, use, copying, etc.

Origin: < en- + crypt(ogram)

Related Forms:

See encrypt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts
  1. To put into code or cipher.
  2. Computer Science To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.

Origin:

Origin: en-1

Origin: + (de)crypt

.

Related Forms:

  • en·crypˈtion noun

Learn more about encrypt

encrypt computer definition

encrypt science

encrypt in a sentence

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD

Also Mentioned In

algorithm

Bell, Jim and Assassination Politics

channel

chip

churning

Diffie-Hellman Public-Key Algorithm

Electronic Payment Systems

encode

encryption

key

» more results...

Browse entries near encrypt

encroachment

encroach

encrustation

encrust

encryption

enculturated

enculturate

encumber

encumbrancer

encumbrance

About YourDictionary Advertisers Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use Bookmark Site Help Suggestion Box Tools
© 1996-2013 LoveToKnow, Corp. All Rights Reserved. Audio pronunciation provided by LoveToKnow, Corp.
About YourDictionary Advertisers Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use Help
© 1996-2013 LoveToKnow, Corp. All Rights Reserved. Audio pronunciation provided by LoveToKnow, Corp.