Decryption

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decryption
       n : the activity of making clear or converting from code into
           plain text; "a secret key or password is required for
           decryption" [syn: {decoding}, {decipherment}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  decryption
       
           Any procedure used in {cryptography} to convert
          {ciphertext} (encrypted data) into {plaintext}.
       
          (1995-05-10)