encipher

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Recent Examples of encipher The digitized voice and key were enciphered by modulo six addition. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2019 To protect sensitive communications traveling along public pathways, the senders enciphered—or encrypted—their words, often using machines that could replace each letter with a new letter. Liza Mundy, Time, 10 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encipher
Verb
  • Importantly, this includes your phone dialer and messenger, the very two apps the FBI and CISA have pointed out should be encrypted if at all possible.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Messages sent between two Apple gadgets are encrypted, as are messages sent between users of Google Messages.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Data can be encoded in both the frequency and depth of these spectral holes.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Scientists Greg Barsh from Stanford University and Hiroyuki Sasaki from Japan’s Kyushu University and their teams studied feline genomes to pinpoint which protein encoded by a cat’s genes brought out the orange hue.
    Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In addition, many business users think of data modeling as something strictly technical and dependent on in-depth coding skills.
    Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Each group is coded by color to indicate difficulty: yellow for the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple for more challenging sets.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024

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“Encipher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encipher. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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