English > decryption: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text. |
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Example | "a secret key or password is required for decryption" |
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Synonyms | decoding, decipherment |
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Narrower | decompression | restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display |
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Broader | cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography | Act of writing in code or cipher |
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Spanish | decodificación, descifrado, desciframiento, descodificación, desencriptación |
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Catalan | descodificació, desxiframent |
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Verbs | decrypt | convert code into ordinary language |
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