decryption
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Verbal noun of decrypt , from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram ) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, "hidden").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]decryption (usually uncountable , plural decryptions )
- The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
- Synonym: codebreaking
- Antonym: encryption
Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]decoding
- Catalan: desencriptació f
- French: décryptage (fr)
- Georgian: გაშიფვრა (gašipvra)
- German: Entschlüsselung (de) f (1)
- Greek: αποκρυπτογράφηση (el) f (apokryptográfisi)
- Indonesian: dekripsi
- Lithuanian: iššifravimas m
- Persian: رمزگشایی (ramz-gošâyi)
See also
[edit ]- to decipher