Converted coded or scrambled information back into a readable, understandable form using a key or algorithm.
From 'de-' (reverse) and 'crypt,' derived from Greek 'kryptos' meaning 'hidden.' The prefix 'de-' was added to create the opposite action of 'encrypt.'
The same cryptography techniques used to keep your passwords safe date back to Julius Caesar, who literally shuffled letters to hide battle secrets—so when you decrypt a message today, you're using the intellectual ancestor of ancient military strategy.
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