private key encryption

private key encryption definition - telecom
Also known as single-key or secret-key encryption. A symmetric encryption method that uses the same secret key to encrypt and decrypt data. See also encryption, key, public key encryption, and security.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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