encryption
nounDivide encryption into syllables:
en · cryp · tion
How to pronounce encryption:
Definition of encryption:
- encryption (noun):
- the activity of converting data or information into code.
- the act or process of encrypting something a conversion of something (such as data) into a code or cipher
Synonyms for encryption:
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