(idea) by caseyhb Sat May 12 2001 at 0:46:05
transitive verb
(as specified in ISO 7498-2) the application of a cipher (or code) to change plaintext into encrypted text (ciphertext); encipher is synonymous with "encrypt"

For more information regarding cryptographic terminology, see section 1.1 in Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier (ISBN 0-471-11709-9).

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