encryption

Definition

The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

Etymology

From encrypt + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it."
• "As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test."

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