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DATA ENCRYPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does data encryption mean?
• DATA ENCRYPTION (noun)
The noun DATA ENCRYPTION has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
Familiarity information: DATA ENCRYPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("data encryption" is a kind of...):
encoding; encryption (the activity of converting data or information into code)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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