data encryption
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈdeɪtə ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/
- Specialized
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cifrado de datos
- The conference focused on the latest advancements in data encryption techniques for secure online transactions.
- data encryption standard
- secure data encryption
Examples
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Working on this project helped me gain knowledge in designing user interfaces, programming the back-end process of data transfer, creating the databases for storing contact information, and understanding the data encryption algorithms.
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During my undergraduate study, I participated in writing and presenting technical papers, which has helped me gain insights into data encryption and cryptography, networking, and real-time embedded systems.
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Well, I think we still have, you know, issues about about that, but data encryption and that kind of thing.
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There are various methods of data encryption.
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That system probably contains the new data encryption algorithm.
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One is the single-key data encryption standard system.
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To date, 16 of the Fortune 25 companies have standardized on Vormetric for their data encryption and key management needs.
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This can lead to the performance of an SSD decreasing over time, where levelling can also cause problems with data encryption techniques.
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When encryption technology improved markedly in the late 1980s, the U.S. government, especially the National Security Agency (NSA), pressed for a national data-encryption standard.
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To ensure privacy, many companies rely on data encryption to protect sensitive information.
Synonyms
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5.6
To change information into a code so only people with permission can read it
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4.1
Writing messages in a secret code to hide their meaning
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4.7
A way of changing information into a code for storing, sending, or keeping it secret
Putting a message into a secret code so others cannot read it
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'encryption' (the method of coding information) applied to 'data' yields 'encryption of data'. This is a standard noun–noun compound and follows transparent, cross-linguistically common logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Data encryption comes from the image of putting data into a secret 'code' or a locked box that needs a key. So, like a locked box that only opens with the right key, data encryption means hiding information so people without the key cannot read it.