Enciphering

/ɛnˈsaɪ.fə.rɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The present participle of encipher; the act of converting a message into code or cipher.

Etymology

The present participle form of 'encipher', formed by adding '-ing'. It represents the ongoing or habitual action of encoding messages.

Kelly Says

The mathematics behind enciphering has become so sophisticated that you can now communicate with complete strangers on the internet and trust them completely using 'end-to-end encryption'—all because of advances in how we encipher messages that would have seemed like science fiction 50 years ago.

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