Encrypt meaning
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.
verb
To put into code or cipher.
verb
To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
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.
verb
To encode or encipher.
verb
To add an electronic digital code to (data) being sent over a public network to prevent its unauthorized detection, use, copying, etc.
verb
Origin of encrypt
- en– (de)crypt
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition