- to encode or encipher
- Comput. to add an electronic digital code to (data) being sent over a public network to prevent its unauthorized detection, use, copying, etc.
Origin of encrypt
from en- + crypt(ogram)
verb
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.
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.
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encrypt
transitive verb
en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts- To put into code or cipher.
- Computers To alter (data) using a mathematical algorithm so as to make the data unintelligible to unauthorized users while allowing a user with a key or password to convert the altered data back to its original state.
Origin of encrypt
en- 1 (de)cryptTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present encrypts, present participle encrypting, simple past and past participle encrypted)
- To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
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