encryption
part of speech
noun (encryption; uncountable, sometimes an encryption, encryptions)
meaning for a pupil
1) Encryption is turning a message or data into a secret code so that only someone with the right key can read it. tree →
2) An encryption is one particular way or system of doing this. tree →
sense in the lessons
In computing and online-safety lessons, encryption is what keeps passwords, bank details and private chats safe as they travel across the internet; the padlock in a web browser means the connection uses encryption. In history lessons it links to codes and code-breaking, such as the Enigma machine. Phrases: «end-to-end encryption», «strong encryption», «break the encryption», «encryption key».
examples
- Encryption scrambles your message so nobody else can read it. tree →
- The padlock icon shows the website uses encryption. tree →
- Our chat app has end-to-end encryption. tree →
- During the war, code-breakers tried to crack the enemy's encryption. tree →
- Without the key, the encrypted file looks like nonsense. tree →
- Banks use strong encryption to protect your money. tree →
- We made a simple encryption by moving each letter three places along the alphabet. tree →
note
Mostly uncountable: «use encryption», not «an encryption», unless you mean one type of it. Verb: encrypt (encrypts, encrypted, encrypting); opposite: decryption, decrypt. Encryption is not the same as a password: the password may unlock the key, but encryption is the scrambling itself.
Trees and pragmatics
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