decryption

English

Etymology

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/

Noun

decryption (usually uncountable, plural decryptions)

1. The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

Synonyms

• codebreaking

Antonyms

• encryption

Related terms

• decrypt

Translations

decoding

Catalan: desencriptació f French: décryptage (fr) Georgian: გაშიფვრა (gašipvra) German: Entschlüsselung (de) f (1) Greek: αποκρυπτογράφηση (el) f (apokryptográfisi) Indonesian: dekripsi Lithuanian: iššifravimas m Persian: رمزگشایی (ramz-gošâyi)

See also

• to decipher