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Preferred term

Text encryption  

Type

  • Named individual

  • Operation

Definition

  • A cryptosystem or cipher system is a method of disguising messages so that only certain people can see through the disguise. Cryptography is the art of creating and using cryptosystems. Cryptanalysis is the art of breaking cryptosystems---seeing through the disguise even when you're not supposed to be able to. Cryptology is the study of both cryptography and cryptanalysis.

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Description

  • The task/process of converting readable text into an unreadable format (ciphertext) using a secret key

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URI

http://w3id.org/meta-share/omtd-share/TextEncryption

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