enciphers

Converts to code

Enciphers means converts a message into coded form.

The term belongs to cryptography, where to encipher is to transform readable text into a cipher—a system of symbols or substitutions that conceals the original meaning: The machine enciphers transmissions before they're sent.

The opposite is decipher.

cryptography

encryption

Converting data into code

decode · scramble · obfuscate · transposition · substitution · cryptanalysis · symmetric · asymmetric · RSA · AES

secrecy

hidden

Kept out of sight

disguise · mask · cloak · obscure · secret · cryptic · enigma · mystery · arcane · esoteric

security

firewall

Network access control system

TLS · VPN · encryption · breach · intrusion · confidentiality · privacy · secure · protect · classified

Opposites
cryptographic transformation direction

enciphersdeciphers

Interprets coded messages

decodes · decrypts · unscrambles · cracks · breaks

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encipher, enciphered, enciphering

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