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Glossary

ENDecrypt 
1. [A] generic term encompassing decode and decipher.

2. To convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. (This does not include solution by cryptanalysis.)

NOTE The term “decrypt” covers the meanings of “decipher” and “decode.”


TC/SC:57Terms     Info     Publications
Published in:IEC 62351-2, ed. 1.0 (2008-08) Terms     Info
Reference number:2.2.78
Source:ATIS

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