encrypt

encrypt — v. t. to convert ordinary language into code; to hide the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key. Syn: encode, code, encipher, cipher,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

encrypt — en‧crypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to write information in the form of code, especially to prevent certain people from being able to use it: • The program encrypts your password when you use the software for the first time.… …   Financial and business terms

encrypt — 1975 in computer sense, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) + crypt (see CRYPTO (Cf. crypto )). Related: Encrypted; encrypting; encryption …   Etymology dictionary

encrypt — ► VERB ▪ convert into code. DERIVATIVES encryption noun. ORIGIN from Greek kruptos hidden …   English terms dictionary

encrypt — [en kript′] vt. [< EN 1 + CRYPT(OGRAM)] 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. encryption n …   English World dictionary

encrypt — UK [ɪnˈkrɪpt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encrypt : present tense I/you/we/they encrypt he/she/it encrypts present participle encrypting past tense encrypted past participle encrypted to put information into code (= a system of words,… …   English dictionary

encrypt — verb Encrypt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑file, ↑message, ↑traffic …   Collocations dictionary

encrypt — [[t]ɪnkrɪ̱pt[/t]] encrypts, encrypting, encrypted VERB If a document or piece of information is is encrypted, it is written in a special code, so that only certain people can read it. [be V ed] Account details are encrypted to protect privacy. [V …   English dictionary

encrypt — užšifruoti statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Komanda šifruoti tekstą dėl duomenų apsaugos, kad pašaliniai asmenys jų neperskaitytų. Jeigu reikia duomenis kitaip pavaizduoti neturint tikslo jų užslaptinti, tai tikslingiau vartoti kodavimo… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

encrypt — transitive verb Etymology: en + crypt (as in cryptogram) Date: 1944 1. encipher 2. encode 1a • encryption noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

encrypt — encryption, encryptation, n. /en kript /, v.t. to encipher or encode. [1940 45; EN 1 + crypt (abstracted from cryptic, cryptography, etc.), modeled on encode] * * * …   Universalium