(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

plural of encryption

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

Being in code; having been encrypted.

simple past tense and past participle of encrypt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt

present participle of encrypt

A thing, such as an algorithm, a program, or a device, that encrypts.

plural of encrypter

Capable of being encrypted.