Decrypt
In
telecommunication s, the term decrypt has the following meanings:1. [A] generic term encompassing
decode anddecipher .2. To convert encrypted text into its equivalent
plaintext by means of acryptosystem . (This does not include solution bycryptanalysis .)"Note:" The term "decrypt" covers the meanings of "decipher" and "decode."
Source: from
Federal Standard 1037C and from theNational Information Systems Security Glossary and from theDepartment of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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decrypt — de‧crypt [diː krɪpt] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to change a message or information that was written in computer code back into a form that can be read and understood by everyone: • Only key employees will be allowed to decrypt sensitive… … Financial and business terms
decrypt — v. to convert from a coded form into the original; of communications. Inverse of encrypt. Syn: decode, decipher[WE1]. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decrypt — to solve a cryptogram, 1936, from DE (Cf. de ) + CRYPTOGRAM (Cf. cryptogram). Related: Decrypted; decrypting … Etymology dictionary
decrypt — ► VERB ▪ make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible. DERIVATIVES decryption noun … English terms dictionary
decrypt — ☆ decrypt [dē kript′ ] vt. [ DE + CRYPT(OGRAM)] to decode or decipher … English World dictionary
decrypt — UK [diːˈkrɪpt] / US [dɪˈkrɪpt] verb [transitive] Word forms decrypt : present tense I/you/we/they decrypt he/she/it decrypts present participle decrypting past tense decrypted past participle decrypted to change information that was in a code… … English dictionary
decrypt — To convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. (This does not include solution by cryptanalysis.) (Note: The term “decrypt” covers the meanings of “decipher” and “decode.”) See also cryptosystem … Military dictionary
decrypt — verb Decrypt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑message … Collocations dictionary
decrypt — de|crypt [di:ˈkrıpt] v [T] to change a message or information on a computer back into a form that can be read, when someone has sent it to you in a type of computer ↑code →↑encrypt ▪ Only certain employees will be able to decrypt sensitive… … Dictionary of contemporary English
decrypt — iššifruoti statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Komanda ↑iššifravimo veiksmui atlikti. Iššifravimui reikalingas ↑raktas (3), kuris buvo panaudotas užšifruojant duomenis. atitikmenys: angl. decrypt ryšiai: antonimas – užšifruoti dar žiūrėk –… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
