public key encryption

public key encryption definition - telecom
An asymmetric encryption method with a freely available RSA encryption (encoding) key specific to each receiver that can be used by any sender and a decryption (decoding) key that is kept secret by the receiver. Public key encryption is available freely on the Internet via a program known as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). See also encryption, key, PGP, private key encryption, RSA, and security.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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