Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To decipher.
- transitive verb To decode.
- noun A deciphered or decoded message.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to convert from a coded form into the original; -- of communications. Inverse of encrypt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To convert an
encrypted or coded text or message intoplain text. - noun A
decoded communication .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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First, they can run the communications -- live or on tape -- through a so-called decrypt processor.
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I'm guessing that I have to somehow "decrypt" that pattern or something to find the REAL password?
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If I change any properties on these selected files, it reports that it is about to "decrypt" the files.
Fileforum 2009
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So how do we tell if those attacks are coming in and how do we "decrypt" those binary strings that accompany the attacker's requests?
MSDN Blogs 2008
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So how do we tell if those attacks are coming in and how do we "decrypt" those binary strings that accompany the attacker's requests?
MSDN Blogs 2008
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While it would be technically possible to encrypt the data between a keyboard and browser, it probably wouldnt be a generally workable solution and would require a plugin in the browser to 'decrypt' the data, rather than encrypt it. from the product of the trend micro website "
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While it would be technically possible to encrypt the data between a keyboard and browser, it probably wouldnt be a generally workable solution and would require a plugin in the browser to 'decrypt' the data, rather than encrypt it. from the product of the trend micro website "
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Hackers have already demonstrated the ability to decrypt other authentication factors used to make networks safe, and "this just exacerbates the situation," said Avivah Litan , an analyst with research firm Gartner.
Questions Over Break-In at Security Firm RSA Michael Hickins 2011
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UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files.
Discourse.net: We Predicted This Would Happen: Man Jailed in UK for Failing to Disclose Passphrase 2009
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The advantage of pen and paper is the built-in encryption, since nobody outside my closest relatives would be able to decrypt my handwriting ...
kbbwordie commented on the word decrypt
it sounds egyptian.
January 15, 2009
seanahan commented on the word decrypt
Howard Carter decrypted Tutankhamun?
January 18, 2009