decrypt

decrypt
transitive verb Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary de- + cryptogram, cryptograph Date: 1935 decode 1a • decryption noun

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  • 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 — In telecommunications, the term decrypt has the following meanings: 1. [A] generic term encompassing decode and decipher. 2. To convert encrypted text into its equivalent plaintext by means of a cryptosystem. (This does not include solution by… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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