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# encryption

«encryption» in Mova's school dictionary: **turning a message or data into a secret code so that only…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (encryption; uncountable, sometimes an encryption, encryptions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Encryption is turning a message or data into a secret code so that only someone with the right key can read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#m1)

2) An encryption is one particular way or system of doing this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online-safety lessons, encryption is what keeps passwords, bank details and private chats safe as they travel across the internet; the padlock in a web browser means the connection uses encryption. In history lessons it links to codes and code-breaking, such as the Enigma machine. Phrases: «end-to-end encryption», «strong encryption», «break the encryption», «encryption key».

### examples

- Encryption scrambles your message so nobody else can read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x1)
- The padlock icon shows the website uses encryption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x2)
- Our chat app has end-to-end encryption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x3)
- During the war, code-breakers tried to crack the enemy's encryption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x4)
- Without the key, the encrypted file looks like nonsense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x5)
- Banks use strong encryption to protect your money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x6)
- We made a simple encryption by moving each letter three places along the alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable: «use encryption», not «an encryption», unless you mean one type of it. Verb: encrypt (encrypts, encrypted, encrypting); opposite: decryption, decrypt. Encryption is not the same as a password: the password may unlock the key, but encryption is the scrambling itself.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encryption» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encryption/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.