Definition:Decryption

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Definition

Decryption is the process of recovering the plaintext from ciphertext.

Also known as

Decryption is also known as decoding.

Also see

• Results about decryption can be found here.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): decoding (decryption)