| 单词 | encryption |
| 释义 | encryption (once / 21807 pages) n Encryption is the process of translating something into a code, so that data is protected, hidden, or concealed. Encryption makes it difficult for hackers to steal people's credit card numbers. If there's information worth stealing, encryption is used to protect it — especially when it comes to computer or electronic data that holds financial, private, or dangerous material. Governments use encryption to hide classified information, and banks use it to protect their customers' money and other data. Crypt- has been used to mean "secret or hidden" since the 1700s, and it comes from a Greek root, kryptos, "hidden or concealed." WORD FAMILYencrypt: encrypted, encrypting, encryption, encrypts+/crypt: crypts, encrypt USAGE EXAMPLESIn fact, WhatsApp also offers encryption, and borrowed the basic code wholesale from Signal. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) On Thursday, Germany's cyber security authority criticized Yahoo for failing to adopt adequate encryption techniques and advised German consumers to switch to other email providers. Reuters(Dec 18, 2016) Technically, those passwords should be secure; Yahoo said they were scrambled twice — once by encryption and once by another technique called hashing. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) n the activity of converting data or information into code Syn|Hypo|Hyper encoding compression encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required data encryption(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes image compressionthe compression of graphics for storage or transmission MPEGa set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography act of writing in code or cipher |
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