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Encryption

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000386

The process of transforming information into a coded format to prevent unauthorized access. It involves using an algorithm and a key to scramble data, making it unreadable to anyone without the correct decryption key. Encryption is a fundamental security measure for protecting sensitive data during storage and transmission, such as in secure web browsing (HTTPS).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000386
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/encryption/"
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Record 425 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.