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decryption

decryption

English

Noun

decryption ‎(usually uncountable, plural decryptions)

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)
German: Entschlüsselung f (1)

Greek: αποκρυπτογράφηση (el) f ‎(apokryptográfisi)
Persian: رمزگشایی ‎(ramz-gošâyi)

See also

to decipher