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    ENCRYPTION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The activity of converting data or information into codeplay

    Synonyms:

    encoding; encryption

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("encryption" is a kind of...):

    coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography (act of writing in code or cipher)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "encryption"):

    compression (encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required)

    data encryption ((computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes)

    Derivation:

    encrypt (convert ordinary language into code)

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