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encrypt

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Computers
en·crypt /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive]  to protect information by putting it into a special code that only some people can read, especially information that is on a computer 把〔尤指计算机中的资料〕加密 decryptencryption /ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/ noun [uncountable] secure encryption of data 数据的安全加密encrypted adjective files stored in encrypted form 用加密形式储存的文件
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Examples from the Corpus
encryptIts other function is to take over your hard disc and encrypt all the file directories, rendering the disc unusable.Users just have to click an on-screen button to encrypt an outgoing message.This is the spin-out's second of three products for compressing, encrypting and speeding up the Unix file system.Do you need to encrypt - if so, how?The private key, used to encrypt transmitted information by the user, is kept secret.
From Longman Business Dictionaryencrypten‧crypt /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive] COMPUTING to write information in the form of CODE, especially to prevent certain people from being able to use itThe program encrypts your password when you use the software for the first time.encryption noun [uncountable]a data encryption facility so data can be saved to disk in encoded form compare decrypt→ See Verb tableOrigin encrypt (1900-2000) en- + crypt- (as in cryptogram)
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encrypt
encrypt /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: en- + crypt- (as in cryptogram)
to protect information by putting it into a special code that only some people can read, especially information that is on a computer ⇨ decrypt
—encryption /ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    secure encryption of data
—encrypted adjective:
    files stored in encrypted form


en·cryptBrE /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they encrypt BrE /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪpt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it encrypts BrE /ɪnˈkrɪpts/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪpts/ 🔊past simple encrypted BrE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊past participle encrypted BrE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd/ 🔊 -ing form encrypting BrE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪptɪŋ/ 🔊 ~ sth (computing 计算机) to put information into a special code, especially in order to prevent people from looking at it without authority 把…加密(或编码) OPP decrypt en·cryp·tion BrE /ɪnˈkrɪpʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkrɪpʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] OPP decryption