0 present participle of decrypt
1 to change electronic information or signals that were stored, written, or sent in the form of a secret code (= a system of letters, numbers, or symbols) back into a form that you can understand and use normally:
This type of encryption uses two different keys, one for encrypting and the other for decrypting.
They can also secure assistance from computer personnel in decrypting data (see mandatory decryption), under penalty of imprisonment.
The algorithm is self-inverse; re-encrypting the ciphertext with the same key is equivalent to decrypting it.
Their independent developer had vested time decoding and decrypting the original package to build a legal case.
The method for decrypting is identical to the method for encryption.
A threshold of the participating parties need to cooperate in order to achieve a cryptographic task, such as decrypting a message.
Some receivers are capable of unscrambling or decrypting the received signal.
It includes functionality for encrypting and decrypting data and for authentication using digital certificates.
