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Encryption

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Encryption is, in it's most basic sense, encoding a message so that an unauthorized individual can't access it, but an authorized individual can decode the message and make use of it.

Keywords include:

  • Ciphertext
  • Plaintext
  • Encryption key
  • Decryption key
  • Public-key
  • Private-key