decrypting
Unlocking hidden messages
Decrypting is converting encoded or encrypted information back into readable form.
The term applies to both legitimate access—entering a password to read protected files—and to breaking codes without authorization.
The software finished decrypting the message.
Decrypting reverses encryption, restoring the original content.
Encoded, unreadable message
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
key · cipher · decipher · cryptographer · crack · hash · RSA · AES
Something hard to fathom
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- cipherHidden writing system
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- challengeTest of ability
codebreaker · solving · clue · pattern · anagram · hidden message · secret code · steganography
Convert code to plaintext
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
- understandGrasp the meaning
- decodeConvert from cipher
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
reveal · unlock · translate · make sense of · figure out · unscramble · read between lines · crack the code
Harmful computer programs
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- breachBreaking of agreement
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
firewall · intrusion · vulnerability · phishing · SSL · VPN · password · access
ciphertext
Encoded, unreadable message
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
algorithm · key · cipher · decipher · cryptographer · crack · hash · RSA · AES · brute-force
enigma
Something hard to fathom
challenge · codebreaker · solving · clue · pattern · anagram · hidden message · secret code · steganography · Enigma machine
decipher
Convert code to plaintext
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
- understandGrasp the meaning
- decodeConvert from cipher
unravel · reveal · unlock · translate · make sense of · figure out · unscramble · read between lines · crack the code · piece together
malware
Harmful computer programs
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- breachBreaking of agreement
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
cybersecurity · firewall · intrusion · vulnerability · phishing · SSL · VPN · password · access · threat
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- code-breaking verbsdeciphering, cracking, unscrambling, solving, breaking
- cryptography termsencoding, decoding, cracking, substitution, transposition
- descramblingunscrambling, rearranging, reordering, word puzzles, letter sorting
decryptingencrypting
Scrambling data for secrecy
encoding · enciphering · ciphering · scrambling · hashing
decryptingencrypting
Scrambling data for secrecy
concealing · hiding · obscuring · masking · locking
- decryption keyData unlocking credential