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encrypting

/ɪnˈkrɪptɪŋ/ /ɛnˈkrɪptɪŋ/

Meanings
verb
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

Examples :

"The website is encrypting your password to keep it safe from hackers. "
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Related Words

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password noun

/ˈpæswɜːd/ /ˈpæswɜːɹd/

A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.

"To log in to the school website, students need their password. "

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from preposition

/fɹɒm/ /fɹʌm/

Used to indicate source or provenance.

"I got a letter from my brother."

Illustration code

code noun

/kəʊd/ /koʊd/

A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.

"This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9."

Illustration safe

safe noun

/seɪf/

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

"My grandfather kept his wedding rings in a safe. "

Illustration keep

keep noun

/kiːp/

The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

"The castle's keep stood tall above the surrounding walls. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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website noun

/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/

A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

"My brother uses the school's website to check his grades. "

Illustration hackers

hackers noun

/ˈhækərz/

One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.

"The hackers at the coding club helped me fix my broken program. "

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conceal verb

/kənˈsiːl/

To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

"He tried to conceal the truth about his health."

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cipher noun

/ˈsaɪfɚ/ /ˈsaɪfə/

A numeric character.

"My phone's calculator showed the cipher "123" for the product of 3 times 4. "

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means verb

/miːnz/

To lament.

"The student means their lost homework, feeling very sad about the missing paper. "

Illustration information

information noun

/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ /ˌɪnfəɹˈmeɪʃən/

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

"The information about the project deadline resolved my uncertainty; now I know what needs to be completed. "