| NOUN | act | encryption, encoding | the activity of converting data or information into code |
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| Sounds | ehnkrih'pshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The activity of converting data or information into code. | |
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| Synonym | encoding | |
| Narrower | compression | Encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes | |
| Broader | cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography | Act of writing in code or cipher |
| Spanish | cifrado, ciframiento, codificación, encriptación | |
| Catalan | codificació, encriptació, xifratge | |
| Verbs | encrypt | convert ordinary language into code |
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