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• Key (cryptography) — In cryptography, a key is a piece of information (a parameter) that determines the functional output of a cryptographic algorithm or cipher. Without a key, the algorithm would produce no useful result. In encryption, a key specifies the… …   Wikipedia

• decryption — 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

• Key generator — A key generator is used in many cryptographic protocols to generate a sequence with many pseudo random characteristics. This sequence is used as an encryption key at one end of communication, and as a decryption key at the other.Examples: linear… …   Wikipedia

• Key disclosure law — Key disclosure laws, also known as mandatory key disclosure, is legislation that require individuals to surrender cryptographic keys to law enforcement. The purpose is to allow access to material for confiscation or digital forensics purposes and …   Wikipedia

• Encryption software — is software whose main task is encryption and decryption of data, usually in the form of files on (or sectors of) hard drives and removable media, email messages, or in the form of packets sent over computer networks. Contents 1 Security 2… …   Wikipedia

• encryption — n. The practice of converting information into code that can only be deciphered with a key. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. encryption …   Law dictionary

• Encryption — Encrypt redirects here. For the film, see Encrypt (film). This article is about algorithms for encryption and decryption. For an overview of cryptographic technology in general, see Cryptography. In cryptography, encryption is the process of… …   Wikipedia

• encryption — encrypt en‧crypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to write information in the form of code, especially to prevent certain people from being able to use it: • The program encrypts your password when you use the software for the first time.… …   Financial and business terms

• encryption —    The process of encoding information in an attempt to make it secure from unauthorized access, particularly during transmission. There verse of this process is known as decryption.    Two main encryption schemes are in common use:    • Private… …   Dictionary of networking

• Public-key cryptography — In an asymmetric key encryption scheme, anyone can encrypt messages using the public key, but only the holder of the paired private key can decrypt. Security depends on the secrecy of that private key …   Wikipedia

• Data Encryption Standard — The Feistel function (F function) of DES General Designers IBM First publis …   Wikipedia