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decrypt

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To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography.
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External process: Track key nicknames and know enough about each key so you can use it to decrypt data.
Encryption: secure encrypted backups by careful key management; ... by Starr, Matt / Computer Technology Review
Nothing in the historical record shows that Roosevelt, Stimson, or McCloy attached any particular significance to any specific MAGIC decrypt, let alone to the vanishingly tiny fraction that mentioned a desire to enlist Nisei spies.
Indefensible internment: there was no good reason for the mass ... by Muller, Eric L. / Reason
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197, Advanced Encryption Standard, describes the AES algorithm as a symmetric block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information.
NIST validates 100th Advanced Encryption Standard implementation by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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