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語源

From encrypt +‎ -ion.

発音

• (Canada, 米国発音) IPA: /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/, /ɛnˈkɹɪpʃən/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪŋˈkɹɪpʃən/

名詞

encryption (usually uncountable, plural encryptions)

1. (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
   • 2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes‎, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-12:

     Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it.

2. (cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
   • 2005, Kun Peng, Colin Boyd, Ed Dawson, Byoungcheon Lee, An Efficient And Verifiable Solution To The Millionaire Problem:

     As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test.

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関連する語

• encrypt
• decrypt