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encryption

Danish translation: kryptering

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English term or phrase:encryption
Danish translation:kryptering

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16:55 Apr 17, 2009
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)
Additional field(s): Computers: Software, Computers: Systems, Networks
English term or phrase: encryption
Definition from Infoplease:
The process of transmitting scrambled data so that only authorized recipients can unscramble it. For instance, encryption is used to scramble credit card information when purchases are made over the Internet.

Example sentence(s):
  • Due to recent developments in software and hardware, some consumer-level encryption products are now so powerful that law enforcement officials say they can't crack them, even with massive supercomputers. Washington Post
  • If you just want to deter prying eyes a substitution cipher using multiple substitutions and several different substitutions schemes offers a reasonable level of encryption for virtually no computational effort. TechWorld
  • There are free on-the-fly disk encryption / on the fly file encryption (OTFE) software that transparently encrypts files on your disk drive (or partition), on demand encryption tools that allow you to encrypt single files for those one-off occasions when you need encryption public key encryption which is particularly useful for things like email (where the key you use to encrypt your data is different from the key used to decrypt the data), etc. thefreecountry.com
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kryptering
Definition:
omformning af tekster eller elektroniske data så de ikke kan læses af uvedkommende
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kryptering


Definition from Nudansk Ordbog:
omformning af tekster eller elektroniske data så de ikke kan læses af uvedkommende

Example sentence(s):
  • Kryptering er omformning af klartekst (tekst eller data) til chiffertekst, således at denne ikke er umiddelbart forståelig for uindviede. - It-leksikon - Version2  
  • Seagate kommer nu med en teknologi til automatisk kryptering af hele harddiskens indhold. - Pc World  
  • Har en borger eller en virksomhed mistanke om at blive aflyttet, er eneste effektive modtræk at kryptere (kode) sine elektroniske meddelelser. - Information  
Mette Melchior
Sweden
Local time: 13:28
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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Yes  Mette Hansen
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Yes  Mads Grøftehauge
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