encrypt
pronunciation
How to pronounce encrypt in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkrɪpt]
How to pronounce encrypt in American English:
US [ɛnkrɪpt]
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- Verb:
- convert ordinary language into code
Word Origin
- encrypt (v.)
- 1968 in telecommunications, a back-formation from encryption (1964), or from en- (1) + crypt (n.) on the notion of "hidden place" (see crypto-). Related: Encrypted; encrypting.
Example
- 1. For further protection , he intends to encrypt all data .
- 2. You can encrypt it to prevent counterspies from reading it .
- 3. In fact , the mobile device does not encrypt all the traffic .
- 4. Past systems designed to encrypt e-mails all relied on ways of storing their keys safely .
- 5. Scientists have found a way to store , encrypt and retrieve complex data in the dna of e. coli .