Encryption

Encryption

The process of converting readable data (plaintext) into a coded form (ciphertext) to prevent it from being read by an unauthorised party.

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Industry/Domain: Security & protection
Category: Personal security products
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encryption

Internet; Internet communication

Encoding a file to prevent others from accessing its contents. An encrypted file appears as a string of gibberish. Users must decrypt the file to read or use it. Files are usually ...

encryption

Accounting; Auditing

is scrambling data so it is meaningless to anyone but the intended recipient, who has the key to unscramble the data.

encryption

Software; Anti virus

Encryption is the scrambling of data so that it becomes difficult to unscramble and interpret.

encryption

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The conversion of a signal from plain text, graphics, or other commonly recognizable form into a cipher.

encrypt

Telecommunications; General telecom

A generic term encompassing encipher and encode. 2. To convert plain text into unintelligible forms by means of a cryptosystem. Note: The term encrypt covers the meanings of ...

cell phone jammer

Security & protection; Personal security products

A portable or desktop device which can disrupt the communication between mobile phone and cell phone base station. Jammer Store is the biggest and well-known producer and ...

watermark

Security & protection; Personal security products

An image that appears as the background to a document. Generally faded and transparent, so that text can be clearly read over it.

event

Security & protection; Personal security products

An action or occurrence to which a program might respond. Examples include state changes, data transfers, key presses, and mouse movements.

threshold

Security & protection; Personal security products

A limit against which other values can be compared. When a value crosses this limit, it can trigger an alert or other action.

access violation

Security & protection; Personal security products

An attempt to run a memory operation that the underlying page protection does not allow. An access violation applies to memory operations, but does not apply when the security ...