decryption

Etymology

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).

noun

  1. The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

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